VP, Engineering Lead - Core Finance

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Job Summary

Define key responsibilities to reflect the duties and responsibilities of this role.

We are seeking a talented and passionate, individual to join Standard Chartered as the Engineering Lead of S2P Hive in the Core Finance

Strategy

Supports Hive Tech Lead on Technology strategy, roadmap and execution.

Support Chief Product Owner & Hive Tech Lead on analysis for planning, budgeting and QPR reporting, including trade-off analysis.

Deliver outputs that make a significant contribution to the organization's strategic goals.

Partner with stakeholders to determine the right solutions to business needs.

Business

Promote engineering craftmanship and focus on delivering business value.

Responsible for technical delivery and technical excellence across the squads.

Works across multiple squads or hives for delivery of complex Features, Epics & Releases.

Point of escalation for delivery issues across all impacted hives and squads.

Work with Change Delivery Manager (Release Manager) to develop delivery and release plans with technical dependencies, aligning all partners with support from the team and architect.

Exhibit passion for client experience with a user-first mindset.

Drive the domain towards future state of banking and technology.

Ensure the technical consistency of solutions in the Hive with the business architecture, technology architecture and enterprise technology standards.

Key Responsibilities

Processe

Study existing engineering processes and contribute to improvements to drive up efficiencies. Present ideas across other areas and foster innovation.

Analyze, remove, or mitigate dependencies across teams to enable speed and quality of delivery.

Responsible in the preparation of production outputs and their planning in alignment to ESDLC standards.

Vendor Data Management - reviewing the data handling practices from the vendor to ensure they adhere to the data protection regulation and best practices defined by Standard Chartered bank.

People & Talen

May also take on Chapter Leadership as long as he / she is an active practitioner in the craft of the Chapter that they lead; i.e., has full accountability to the growth of the Chapter, and not solely an line management responsibility.

Employ, engage and retain high quality talent that the team is adequately staffed and skilled to deliver on business commitments.

Work on upskilling of technical expertise in line with latest market trend.

Mentoring and training the squad on technical skills.

Work with Hive Tech Lead to ensure the agreed blend and balance of in-house and vendor resources.

Risk Management

Mitigate delivery risks and issues, and ensure quality, affordability, and scope of delivery.

Act as the risk control owner under the Group's risk management framework at the appropriate level.

Governanc

Address tech compliance (ESDLC) requirements through the delivery lifecycle (design reviews, security reviews, SAT, OAT, etc.) with support from HTL(Hive Tech Lead) / PO / CPO (Chief Product Owner).

Skills and Experience

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.

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

Key stakeholders

Hive Tech Lead R2R

Head of Core Finance Technology

F&T T&O MT

Global Head, R2R

TO Partners

Other Responsibilities

Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in transformation team; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats)

Qualifications

Education

bachelor's in engineering or relevant field

Training

Sap technology

Certifications

Sap and architect

Sap technology

Finance / Supply chain

Transformation programs

Sap ariba

Sap hana

Architecture

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.