Job Description

Role Responsibilities

• As part of the Financial Markets IT organisation, we have a delivery Governance covering Risk Technology which is a large portion of the total FM portfolio including Derivatives, Risk Analytics, Credit Solutions and Market Risk.
• This Portfolio will be responsible for a significant spend in 2021. There is a need to make certain that the team has effective governance and support so the portfolio both meets its delivery targets as well as stays in control of the internal cost and headcount KPI\'s. The drivers for change vary from platforms and components that generate significant revenue through to a challenging regulatory agenda - all of which have delivery targets in 2021 and beyond.
• To ensure that we have effective support for one of the 5 Financial Markets Director\'s and the project managers in his area, we are looking to fill a PMO role covering his entire portfolio.
• The role of the PMO is to support the FM Risk Technology Team across several key management areas and will be a part of a lean PMO team. As a PMO, the role requires a great degree of flexibility and pro-activeness alongside "a head for numbers" and the ability to explain in simple terms complex information. The successful candidate will plan, support and work with the management team to control multimillion-dollar budgets in a global working, - and fast paced technology environment and maintain close relationships with key internal stakeholders and customers.
• The right candidate will become part of a small team. By its nature, this role is expected to be very hands-on; the successful candidate is expected to have a reasonably knowledge of the portfolio and of the SC processes and will add value by taking care and ownership of planning tasks for the Director and the wider team that reports into him.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\'s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Contribute to the PMO team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\'s Conduct Principles.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• Finance teams
• Other technology teams
• Human Resources
• Information security
• ePMO & Change management
• Audit / Regulatory teams
• Risk teams
• Vendor management

Responsibilities:
Financial tasks

• Planning, tracking, analysis and reporting of financials (budget, forecast, actual costs, etc.)
• Cost rationalization and re-prioritization.
• Project cost planning and support of the PM\'s.
• Data sourcing and improvements of financial processes.
• Invoice and transaction tracking and management.

Workforce Planning

• Resource tracking and reporting
• Location strategy and its impact
• Hiring and open roles management

Governance

• Adhere to the Portfolio Governance.
• Assist Program management with their oversight and reporting (achievements, milestones, risks, etc.)
• Stay on top of the changes in the Guidelines and Processes.

Our Ideal Candidate
Behavioural skills:

• 5 + years experience in reporting and analytical skills at both detailed and macro levels.
• Strong communication skills.
• Taking ownership of tasks.
• Eye for continuous process and data quality improvement.
• Ability to work with minimal oversight.
• Organized, flexible and common-sense approach.
• Be part of a fun and hard-working team.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, PPP).
• Portfolio - Programme - Project Governance in multiple systems and prescribed folders (Risk systems, SharePoint, JIRA / Confluence).
• ERP System (any; we use Clarity & SAP).

About Standard Chartered
We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, we\'ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you\'re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents. And we can\'t wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you\'ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
• Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

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