Manager, Product Control GBS

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Job Summary

The GCM (Global Capital Markets) Financing Product Control role is a critical position within the Banking CFO organization, responsible for overseeing and managing the fee-based Profit and Loss (P&L) and Balance Sheet related to the firm's financing products. This role supports the strategic financial management of the Markets Financing business. The candidate will play a pivotal role in providing accurate and timely financial analysis, ensuring integrity of financial reporting, and supporting business decision-making. This includes daily and monthly P&L reporting, balance sheet substantiation, fee and commission tracking, variance analysis, and working closely with front office, operations, and other finance teams to understand and explain drivers of performance.

Key Responsibilities

Responsible for the daily P&L production and evaluation along with ensuring integrity of Balance-Sheet of GCM Financing Portfolio.

New deal review and revenue recognition in line with IFRS9 & IFRS15 accounting standards.

Net Interest Margin evaluation of banking book portfolio.

Actively engaging with stakeholders across multiple functions and representing PC on various forums.

Responsible to oversee and review the BAU controls, reporting, and escalation process.

Production of periodic MI pack with commentaries.

Establishing best practice across various PC process, streamlining and automation.

Supervise, mentor and provide leadership to the existing team.

Review of Key Control Indicators (KCI) and Control Sample Testing (CST).

Supporting control & governance, external audits and regulators queries

Support new business initiative and help execute on management strategies.

Lead project delivery and represent Product Control in project forums

This role requires a strong understanding of financial products, excellent reasoning skills, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment while maintaining a strong control mindset.

Qualifications

CA or MBA (Finance) from a reputed institution.

4+ years of experience with most recent 1 year in product control.

Good understanding of Accounting and Financial Markets products.

Analytical skills, hands on experience with PeopleSoft financials, SAP, MS Office & MS SQL will be an added advantage.

Strong Control mindset.

Strong interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skill which help build an effective internal network across the numerous stakeholders. Strong interpersonal and communication (verbal and written) skill which help build an effective internal network across the numerous stakeholders

Role Specific Technical Competencies

Communication

IFRS & Accounting knowledge

Banking Loan Products

Product Controller

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.