Finance Manager, Controls at Standard Chartered Bank

Job Details

Job Function:

• 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

Qualifications and Skills

• 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

In compliance with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Act of 2004, all applicants should ensure that they have completed the mandatory NYSC programme. A discharge certificate will be required as evidence of completion of the programme. Where an exemption has been granted, a certificate of exemption will also be required.