Accountant

Accountant

Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank

Chennai, IN

Experience :

Manager

Closes on :

Mar 5, 2025

Job Description

Job Description

Job Summary

The Data Governance Specialist - Finance & Treasury will play a pivotal role in defining and implementing a Data Governance strategy for Finance & Treasury. The individual in this role will need to partner closely with the Finance, Fin Ops and Treasury Management Teams, Business Leaders (Data Providers), CDO, GLRR, Risk, CFOs, COOs and CIOs to -

Assist in the delivery of the BCBS239 and Data Quality Management Framework remediation activity across Finance & Treasury.

Assist in the implementation of BAU processes to address annual BCBS239 self-assessments but also to ensure ongoing detect controls are in place ensuring compliance throughout the year.

Collaborate with the BCBS230 Programme to ensure tooling and capabilities are fit for purpose and leverageable for other divisions.

Define, implement and run the operating model for End User Computing (EUC) applications and Manual File Uploads (MFU) change control to ensure Ongoing BCBS239 compliance

Support the head of Data Governance in the management and tracking of the BCBS239 delivery and annual cycles.

Conduct Data Analysis on the data flows and lineage in the Meta Data tool Axon to identify broken lineage and poor data quality.

Escalate breaches of DQMF operating model through Operational Risk Framework.

Work with Technology to establish a standardised toolset to change control, approve, test and release EUC’s and MFU’s.

Undertake the centralised management of EUCs across GCFO Finance with possible expansion to Treasury. Scope of the work includes the end-to-end responsibility of registration, renewal and deletion on behalf of the business users.

Active collaboration with the EUC SPOCs across countries and streams for timely registration and renewal of EUCs and adherence to EUC Policy

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

Define, implement a strategy, operating model and toolset to adequately change control EUC’s and MFU’s to ensure their ongoing compliance with BCBS239 principles and adherence to firm policy.

Establish a mechanism and forum to review agree the strategic remediation of the EUC and MFU population.

Business

Work closely with upstream business functions to track and monitor remediation activity that will remove Finance & Treasury manual interventions.

Understanding and knowledge of IFRS 9 and typical data flows will be a bonus

Processes

Manage the BCBS239 annual cycles and support the planned remediation activity.

Oversee the remediation activity and annual review cycles for EUC and MFU.

Support the maintenance of the Finance Business Glossary

Ensure integrity and quality of DQMF artefacts produced by T&I and Operations Teams.

Track and monitor upstream and downstream dependencies working with the relevant Data forums and NFRC’s.

Ensure data control weaknesses, incorrect data sources and material data quality issues are quantified measured and tracked to resolution.

People & Talent

Develop training and awareness programme for Data governance across all Finance and Treasury teams.

Foster a culture of data management into the DNA of the Finance & Treasury teams.

Risk Management

Responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks to the Group relevant to F&T data governance.

Manage and track declared internal and external milestones and provide accurate and transparent status updates.

Skills and Experience

Governance

Ensure accurate and quality updates are presented in the DQ Governance forums for all relevant Finance and Treasury Processes (where material DQ Risk is identified).

Present updates into the Finance Regulatory Remediation Programme on progress against the overall Data governance Plan.

Prepare updates for the Finance and Treasury Non-Financial Risk Committees on compliance and implementation of Data Governance.

Provide consolidated updates into BCBS239 Programme and Non-Financial Risk Committees.

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.

Lead the [country / business unit / function [team] to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] *

Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

[Insert local regulator e.g. PRA/FCA prescribed responsibilities and Rationale for allocation]. [Where relevant - Additionally, for subsidiaries or relevant non -subsidiaries]

Serve as a Director of the Board of [insert name of entities]

Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent)

Key stakeholders

Group CFO, Head of Finance, Group Treasurer

Finance, Fin Ops and Treasury Management Teams

Head of Data Management, Finance & Treasury

Head of Data Governance, Finance & Treasury

BCBS239 programme team

Business COO’s & Business Leaders (Data providers and data consumers)

CFO’s

CIOs

CDO

Risk, Audit and Compliance (Risk also as partners in data sourcing / DQ / BCBS 239 etc)

External Consultants / Agents

Regulators

Qualifications

Academic degree from a well-recognised institution.

Other qualifications:

Experience in Banking Industry

Geographic experience, including Asia

Core knowledge of UK & International regulatory environment

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 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

Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

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 leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months 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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