Manager - Country FP&A

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Manager - Country FP&A

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Requisition Number:

60316

Job Location:

Chennai, IND

Global Grade:

Band 7

Work Type:

Office Working

Employment Type:

Permanent

Posting Start Date:

06/11/2026

Posting End Date:

27/11/2026

Job Description:

Job Summary

This role is part of the Country Financial Planning & Analytics (FP&A) Cost team, which deals with analysis of country performance, reviewing and highlighting risks and opportunities, and driving actions to ensure committed financial outcome. The primary responsibility is to collaborate with country finance teams to be able to provide insightful and relevant financial information to senior management and other stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

•    Awareness and understanding of the Group's business strategy and model appropriate to the role.

Business

•    Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates.

Processes

•    Deliver Standard Performance MI with insights on current performance.

•    Manage overall process of financial forecasting and planning, as well as other specific areas assigned to the team for Cost (e.g. Other Banking, Corporate Items).

•    Ensure integrity of the financial performance results through keeping regular track of the numbers and their validity.

•    Provide required support to country finance teams on various regular or ad-hoc submissions on cost drivers or analytics.

•    Manage overall design and outcome of the end-to-end process and own the process output in terms of client service, financial performance and risk where appointed as Process Owners.

•    Ensure timely and accurate submission of financial returns to internal and external authorities and stakeholders.

•    Drive continuous process improvements to achieve standardisation, efficiency and better controls.

•    Support and contribute to key finance projects and process change agenda.

Risk Management

•    Act to minimise operational loss and audit failures, take proactive measures to respond to any issues identified, and manage forward looking risks.

•    Through assignment of direct and indirect reports, establish and maintain an appropriate framework and procedures for monitoring, identifying, measuring, assessing, reporting, and managing compliance, regulatory, financial crime, operational and reputational risks.

Governance

•    Ensure compliance with Group / IFRS accounting principles and practices, Financial Control Policy and other guidelines.

•    Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.

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.

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

Key stakeholders

•    Country CEOs & CFOs

•    Country FP&A

•    Country Finance and Business Finance

•    Group FP&A

•    Finance Operations and Transformation

Other Responsibilities

•    Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Country FP&A team; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures

Skills and Experience

•    Financial Analysis

•    Performance Management

•    Financial Forecasting and Modelling

•    Banking Products

•    Effective Communication

•    Risk & Controls

Qualifications

•    CA, CFA, ACCA, MBA, MCom, BCom with a minimum of 4 years of experience (post qualification) in a financial service industry

•    Experience in financial planning and analysis preferred

•    Strong understanding of Banking business and products

•    Strong process and data analytical skills

•    Previous exposure to financial planning and analysis preferred

•    Self-driven, ability to work effectively under pressure and produce high quality work within tight timelines

•    Proven ability to work within a team environment and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders

•    Good written and oral communication skills

•    Previous exposure to ledger and reporting systems especially SAP preferred

•    Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills

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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