Finance Manager

Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to support the management of the Information Security Group budget and expenses to ensure effective and efficient management of ISG budget across all locations, in accordance with the bank policy. The role is pivotal to coordinate with Finance team, other business units (with whom we share the budget, get charged, etc.) and the ISG CISO DR’s for continuously tracking, monitoring and reporting on budgeting and expense tracking.

The role holder will be the go-to person for project managers to raise finance approval request in the system, follow up on approval and coordinate with finance team to get project code and tracking the project expense

Key result Areas

Planning & Budgeting : Support Head of IS GRC in budget planning and managing of ISG budget and expenses globally.

Liaising with Finance team, Technology and other business units where budget is shared, transferred etc. to have clear understanding on budget and expense view.

Liaising with Finance team to track monthly budget and expenses for each line items. Manage with CISO DR’s and Head of IS GRC any deviations from the plan.

Continuously connected with CISO DR’s on budget and expense tracking and conduct monthly meeting budget tracking and reporting.

Support on ISG on expense request, follow up and tracking as a central point of contact.

Validate vendor invoice tracking based on milestone and timeline agreed.

Support travel arrangement for ISG team, event management and work as buddy for new joiners, trainees to enable required level of access etc.

Support in initiatives tracking and project management and HR related activities such as staffs training requirement gathering, suggesting on available budget, coordinating with Mashreq training and learning unit.

Supporting on facility requirement gathering and delivery with admin team.

Support to organizes IS and data privacy road shows and trainings etc.

Consolidate ISG initiatives and projects and coordinate with respective project owners to get required input and update for head of GRC to track progress of these initiatives.

Support Head of IS GRC to collate training & learning requirements across ISG staffs.

Global Support : support regional CISOs with governance activities including formulation and adherence to the budget plan and projects in line with bank’s strategy and local regulatory requirements.

Business-focus and balanced approach with the ability to consult and clearly communicate to multiple types of stakeholders.

Ability to work with minimal supervision, to adhere to the process set by the unit and handle the work with sensitivity

Excellent numeracy skills with an attention to detail

Strong analytical skills

Knowledge of accounting best practices

Ability to explain budgeting and financial information in plain terms

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in any stream (preferred in finance and accounting) or IT or Engineering.

Minimum 8-10 years of experience in managing budgeting and finance in banking environment either in Technology or Information Security.

Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Word, SharePoint and others)

Documentation and report writing skills

Knowledge of information security risk, governance and compliance is a plus.

Professional certification in Information security is a plus.