Finance Manager, Controls at Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria We attract talented individuals. Not only can they give you the benefit of their experience, they also reveal a closer, more personal look at the wide range of global opportunities we offer. At the core of the Group's people strategy is our focus on employee engagement. Engagement is a key driver of productivity and performance, which creates the foundation of our performance culture. We encourage and focus on the behaviours that bring out the very best from every employee, assessing their performance not just on results but on how those results were achieved. To further embed these behaviours we have a remuneration programme in place, carefully designed to incentivise our employees to live our values every day.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Finance Manager, Controls

Job ID: 485111
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job Function: Finance
Regular/Temporary: Permanent
Full/Part Time: Full time

Job Descriptions

• Support the development and enhancement of the control environment across Finance in the 3 countries
• Monitor compliance with and adherence to Financial Controls Policy across the bank in the 3 countries
• Maintain the Bank’s Chart of Accounts, ensuring complete reconciliation in place in the 3 countries
• Review General Ledger suspense and sundry accounts in the 3 countries
• Ensure outstanding items in general ledger sundry and suspense accounts are within life span in the 3 countries
• Assist in coordinating FCP and ORM trainings for Finance and other units across the Bank in the 3 countries.
• Perform ORM controls and drive adherence to the ORM framework across Finance and CRES in the 3 countries
• Perform Assurance reviews to ensure adherence to the FCP in the 3 countries
• Participate in OR and Controls projects across Finance as nominated/delegated by the FORM, Nigeria
• Serve as back-up to the FORM for Nigeria
• Serve as FORM for Sierra-Leone and Cameroon

Key Roles and Responsibilities
Financial Controls:

• Ensure full compliance with the Financial Controls Policies (FCP) within the Bank at all times.
• Ensure that all Minimum Control Standards in the FCP manual are traceable to relevant KCSs/ KRIs within the Bank.
• Review reconciliations from all Account Owners and follow up on long outstanding items to ensure that they are cleared promptly.
• Monitor the number, age and nature of outstanding items in suspense and sundry accounts.
• Ensure proofs and reconciliation of Finance internal accounts is prepared on a regular basis in line with the FCP.
• Monitor and ensure bank wide existence of FCP specific DOIs as required by the FCP.
• Perform account and cost centre ownership and maintenance controls.
• Perform dormant account reviews

General Requirements

• Professional qualifications in Accounting and Finance e.g. ACCA, ACA plus at least four years work experience in highly regulated industry and generally known controls conscious environment.
• Good communications and interpersonal skills
• Broad understanding of banking practice
• General understanding of minimum controls standards
• An eye for detail and accuracy with a strong analytical capability
• Probing mind
• People management and stakeholder engagement skill
• Sound knowledge of Generally accepted accounting principles and group accounting policy
• High level of computer literacy is required especially the use simple system/ data query tools
• Team coordination, supervisory, people management and accurate execution/delivery of agreed tasks and objectives.
• Business writing skills
• A minimum of a second class Degree in a related course
• Professional qualifications in Accounting and Finance e.g. ACCA, ACA plus at least four years work experience in highly regulated industry and generally known controls conscious environment.
• Good communications and interpersonal skills
• Broad understanding of banking practice
• General understanding of minimum controls standards
• An eye for detail and accuracy with a strong analytical capability
• Probing mind
• People management and stakeholder engagement skill
• Sound knowledge of Generally accepted accounting principles and group accounting policy
• High level of computer literacy is required especially the use simple system/ data query tools
• Team coordination, supervisory, people management and accurate execution/delivery of agreed tasks and objectives.
• Business writing skills

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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