Senior Manager, Business Finance at Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Manager, Business Finance

Job ID: 570628
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job Function: Finance
Regular/Temporary: Permanent
Full/Part Time: Full time
   
Job Description

• To add value to the strategic direction, planning, budgeting and performance of the Financial Markets business.
• Provide financial advisory to all FM projects, initiatives, deals and transactions to ensure they create value.
• Analyse and interpret the Financial Markets business performance and trends and suggesting remedial action.
• Actively review and assist in planning business costs to ensure value for money and a lean cost base.
• Ensure FM’s Management Accounting Systems are robust for the accurate and timely collation, analysis and dissemination of information.
• Support ALM Balance sheet analysis and forecasting to ensure effective control of the Liquidity and Market Risk.
• Ensure that the FM performance and balance sheet forecasts are robust and adequately tracked.
• Analyse and interpret the operational and competitive trends likely to affect the business operations, including performance gaps and suggested remedial action.
• Establish processes to ensure the necessary Financial Control disciplines are adhered to within the FM Business and the inherent operational risks have been identified and satisfactorily managed.
• Entrench a no surprise culture by proactively communicating with stakeholders, CFO, Regional Finance and Business.

Key Roles and Responsibilities
Business Partner:

• Analyse, challenge and provide insights to ensure that the business strategy is robust, competitive and will ultimately enhance shareholder value.
• Regularly monitor the competitive positioning and the key performance metrics of the FM Business.
• Drive greater focus on returns through competition, RWA and Cross Sell analysis.
• Strengthen RWA utilisation and reallocation framework and ensure it is correctly computed.
• Regular monitor the competitive positioning and key performance metrics of the WB business to ensure that market share is protected and enhanced.
• Provide enhanced commentaries on performance through P&L attribution and Balance Sheet commentary.
• Provide forward looking analysis and challenge the status quo.
• Enforce performance accountability for the delivery of budgets and scorecards.
• Ensure that the FM Balance Sheet is aligned to deliver performance targets and is continuously leveraged to deliver optimum revenues.

Reporting:

• To ensure FM monthly reporting is timely and accurate.
• Develop relevant scorecards for tracking performance of the FM products.
• Ensure that the FTP framework and cost allocation methodologies are consistently applied.
• Ensure ALCO objective and directive are properly implemented by the ALM/FM business.
• Eliminate AvF breaks through daily reviews of DPL to the Ledger.
• Review daily P&L and highlight any gaps noticed in reviews.
• Review cost base to ensure Value for Money (VFM) and accurate reporting
• Ensure that Daily and weekly Balance Sheet forecasts prepared by ALM is accurate and provides relevant information.
• Review and escalate any issues in daily Trial Balance reviews

Budgeting and Planning:

• Co-ordinate the formulation of the Business operating plans/budget and monitor progress towards its achievement, drawing attention to important trends opportunities to maximise earning and minimise risk.
• Ensure that budget and forecast Balance Sheet reflect reality and ensure that P&L projections are reflected in product profitability and reporting.
• Provide financial input and co-ordinate the formulation of the Business operating plans/budget and monitor progress towards its achievement, drawing attention to important trends opportunities to maximise earning and minimise risk.
• Extract agreed KPI’s for tracking Financial Markets financial achievement against budget.

Financial Risk & Control:

• Ensure that FM business reporting complies with taxation, capital, regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Review country addendum and product programs to ensure that tax and group policies have been accurately reflected.
• Ensure disciplines and principles from the Group Management Accounting manual and Group Accounting Policy Manual are consistently applied.
• Ensure a robust risk is in place to track potential risk especially in the regulatory and market environment as it affects Financial Markets.

Project Management:

• Assist in the evaluation of projects which are specific to the FM Business in accordance with Group and local guidelines and contribute fully to their implementation.
• Ensure that project accounting disciplines and tracking mechanisms (including benefits tracking) are in place for all Financial Market projects.

Qualifications and Skills

• MBA in Business, or Accounting or Professional Qualification – CIMA, CPA, ACCA or its equivalent plus at least ten years post Qualification years experience, four of which should be in senior management position with relevant / specific banking experience
• High level of computer literacy and understanding of business computing environments
• Knowledge of the Banking Products
• Strong knowledge in Management and Accounting principles
• Strong analytical skills and an eye for detail
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Team player
• Knowledge of Internal markets and dynamics
• Fair degree of understanding of economics

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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