Head, GCFO Analytics Hive Lead

JOB SUMMARY

Background and Strategy

• Programme “Aspire” is a multi-year investment programme to transform Finance and Treasury functions to a global target model. This involves investment to replace the infrastructure, and move to a more centralised, standardised and automated business model. This will enable faster processing, easier and more frequent access to information, at lower levels of cost.
• Through the roll out of the strategic Aspire toolset most of the monthly Finance and Treasury processes are being standardised and centralised. This will give functions and businesses access to key financial metrics and KPIs in a more controlled and robust environment.  Leveraging on the data that the sub-ledger and general ledger consume as well as other golden source data providers, this new delivery role will own and be accountable for end-to-end delivery of strategic data and analytical capabilities to enable business insights, commercial decision making and risk management.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

• Partner with senior GCFO and business leaders to co-create the Aspire Analytics vision and strategy to enable the programme
• Define and execute the end-to-end delivery roadmap to achieve Aspire Analytics vision and strategy
• Drive the design and implementation of the Analytics Build & Maintain hive in line with Group Transformation Office and TTO standards
• Manage end-to-end financials and costs, delivery governance and controls and all aspects of programme management for Analytics book-of-work ensuring all quality delivery objectives are met
• Run regular delivery huddles, governance and refinement forums
• Enable delivery of standardised and simplified business finance reporting packs [digital] for all countries for CCIB, CPBB, and Functions / Costs, including Digital ALCO
• Enable advancement of GCFO Balance Sheet Management, Genesis Program and related-capabilities
• Define and set-up Analytics Spaces within SAP Analytics for GCFO and Business for users to access quality data with advanced self-service analytical tools and visualisation
• Enable Generative AI capabilities piloted and established for GCFO
• Set-up Analytics centre of excellence (CoE) aligned to GCFO delivery location and cost strategy and manage the respective teams
• Ensure data, solution architecture and governance in place to support analytics for Finance and Treasury Functions
• Ensure delivery of relevant data (by other programmes of work) into data store for Analytics
• Articulating, prioritizing and delivering key use cases for analytics
• Upskilling Finance and Treasury community to use leverage new analytical capabilities and tooling

Business

• Be a fearless leader in driving the adoption and associated operational benefits of the strategic technology
• Proactive in seeking regular assurance that the teams are performing to an acceptable risk and control standard.
• Act quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness become apparent and ensure they are addressed within an appropriate timeframe and escalated through the relevant committees.
• Include all necessary internal, legal and regulatory controls through the development of Global Finance requirements.
• Balance business performance delivery and cost management constraints with risk and control matters to ensure that they do not materially threaten the Group’s ability to remain within risk appetite.

Processes

• Collaborate and partner with Global Process Leaders as part of the Build & Maintain model
• Delivery the infrastructure and capabilities to enable target operating model and control framework
• Optimizing current business model and enabling business benefit materialization through straight-through processing

People & Talent 

• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values.  Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
• Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.
• Employ, engage, and retain high quality people, with succession planning for critical roles.
• Responsibility to review team structure/capacity plans.
• Set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports and provide feedback and rewards in line with their performance against those responsibilities and objectives. 

Risk Management

• Reinforce an effective and exemplary risk and control culture and further strengthen the control environment, ensure that specialist knowledge and skills are assigned to relevant needs.
• Act to minimize operational loss and audit failures and take proactive measures to respond to matters arising and identify and manage forward looking risks. 
• Work with relevant teams to identify and mitigate identified operational risks in their areas.
• 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 

• Embed the Group’s values and code of conduct in the Global Finance Technology teams to ensure adherence with the highest standards of ethics and compliance with relevant policies, processes and regulations among employees form part of the culture.
• Ensure compliance with all salient SCB governance frameworks where there are direct touchpoints with them or any subsequent downstream influence from the Global Finance Technology Team.

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

Key Stakeholders

• GCFO COO Management & Leadership Team
• CIO Finance Management & Leadership Team
• Treasury Management Team
• Business Finance Teams
• Regional and Country CFOs
• TTO Finance and Functions 

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; Multiple functions (double hats)

Our Ideal Candidate

Must Have:

• Strong track record of programme management execution and delivery in transformation projects 
• 15+ years of overall work experience and 10+ years of relevant experience combined in Agile and Traditional Project delivery methodologies 
• Ability to work proactively, independently when necessary and displays strong initiative.
• Agile framework or PMP certifications
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Consistently high performer and excellent role model of the Banks core values 
• High levels of energy and drive, willingness to work hard
• Pragmatic team player with attention to detail
• Hands on experience in delivering MI and Analytics changes in Tier 1 Bank 
• Experience in working in multicultural teams 
• Good expertise on organisational design and process implementation to support regulatory driven financial reporting
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills covering both senior and operational levels
• Experience of programme definition and delivery in an evolving regulatory environment

Preferred:

• Exposure to Analytics tools, user-centered design
• Exposure to production support
• Displays personal authority, integrity and ethics
• Exposure to business architecture principles and methods

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Proven experience in delivering large scale global solution deployments preferably in the financial services environment
• Agile Project Management 
• Project Planning
• Management of project scope
• Management of project financials
• Identification & Management of project Risk/Assumptions/Issues/ Dependencies
• Proficiency in analytical tools and platforms
• User experience
• Communication and presentation skills
• Understanding of Bank systems architecture 
• Business requirement definition
• Solution design and validation
• Tagged as: Audit, Accounting & Finance