Project Management Officer - Finance

Job Description

*About Standard Chartered Were an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, weve 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 youre 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 cant 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, youll 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 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.
Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role youve applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.Role Responsibilities MONITORING & REPORTING Support Zeus Refinement Forum in setting up an appropriate governance and reporting the monthly financials for Zeus ProjectsEnsure Clarity is up to date including resource and finance forecasts Create periodic and ad hoc reports Support workstream leads in raising service/procurement request (eproc, SCBuy, RFS), record, track and monitor till paid including forecast and accrual submission, where applicable. 2. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Drive financial discipline in project budgeting, forecasting and expenditure. Provide guidance on financial management policies, processes and standards and ensure all projects in the portfolio are compliant.Ensure financials (Actual and Forecast) are updated in Clarity, in line with the stipulated operating rhythm.Deliver / drive workstream leads to deliver:(i) Detailed project financials including dedicated resource costs (business, function, ITO, external) per key deliverable.(ii) Quality forecasts; monitoring of actuals vs. forecast; accruals.(iii) Finalising financials at project closure.Drive 100% timesheet submissions. Monitor and report on timesheet submissions, recoveries and forecasts across the portfolio, ensuring team members understand the importance of these tasks and adhere to deadlines. Support the Refinement Forum in
1. maintaining a strong GL control, reconciliation and substantiation environment
2. ensuring the accuracy and validity of the transactions booked in the cost centres.
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Establish an effective resource allocation and escalation process, using Clarity to allocate, track and prioritise resources. Manage, track and report on
1. resource allocations and bookings and
2. resource assignments and utilisation
Manage, strengthen, and guide the team on resource management (planning/forecasting, approvals, sourcing, allocations, capacity management, onboarding/offboarding).Proactively identify and resolve potential resource issues / conflicts across the portfolio.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 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.
Key Stakeholders
• ET MT
• T&I PMO
• RF Programme managers
• RF Project managers
• Business stakeholders
• ePMO
• Finance
PERSONAL AND INTER-PERSONAL SKILLS
• Must exhibit high attention to detail, accuracy and analytical skills
• Attention to detail is essential given the executive level target audience
• The ability to simultaneously work on multiple project and deadlines
• Applies standards consistently across all solutions
• Demonstrates ability to develop, communicate and educate on standard operating procedures within their given function
• Highly productive, delivers quality results with great attention to detail
• Displays professionalism with excellent interpersonal skills which lend themselves to team-oriented approach and able to work effectively as part of a team and as an individual
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Adherence to standard operating procedures
• Can adapt to a rapidly changing environment
• Self-motivated/directed with an ability to take direction from multiple areas
• Must exhibit excellent organizational skills and ability to track, consolidate, and analyze large amounts of financial data and information
• Proficient in using SharePoint, Bridge and MS Office Suite, namely Excel and PowerPoint (advanced level). Experience with Confluence and Tableau will be an added advantage
Other Responsibilities
• Embed Here for good and Group s brand and values; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
Our Ideal Candidate
• Academic or Professional Education/Qualifications: Masters or Bachelors Degree
• Licences and Certifications/accreditations: Agile Certified Preferred, Not Mandatory
• Languages: English.
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Keyskills :
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