Leadership Role - Financial Planning & Analysis Role - Global Business Services

Strategy :

- Delivering governance and Driving process to time

- Develop strategies and initiatives to help deliver significant efficiency and effectiveness gains across Group Finance and the broader organisation

- Own the development and agreement of the planning objectives, approach and timeline of Group Planning events (including 5 Year Corporate Plan, Budget and Forecasts) with senior management

- Establish critical path for planning events with strong emphasis on delivery commitments

- Co-ordinate and drive system engagement & manage milestones

- Expert in preparing and presenting ppts articulating critical timelines, strategy, approach and other Planning deliveries/ roadmaps

- Drive communication to Senior stakeholders and Planning practitioners (including management of Planning Forum Bridge site)

- Drive Governance around Planning activities

Processes :

- Challenging Status Quo of existing Process, Driving efficiency and Process Optimisation

- Drive alignment of Process between historic Planning process and Stress Test Process - ensuring best practise is established going forwards

- Integrate Proposed implementation of Workflow Tool (Service Now) across Planning function and integration with users across the organisation

- Drive independent and collective research into planning best practices and how these may be practically adopted within Org

- Provide thought leadership on process reengineering and change initiatives

- Leverage process / domain expertise to identify opportunities for quality & process design improvement / reengineering while upholding the values of the Group and Company at all times.

- Continuous focus on "Big Picture" and enable the decision support in line with finance strategy

- Excellent project management skills with strong understanding of process dependencies, timelines and cascading impacts

- Support and drive the change agenda from process and systems perspective

- Continually reviewing all assigned processes in order to identify opportunities for quality & process design improvement

- Contribute to transformational agenda in terms of strategic, consensus building, driving and contributing to objectives. Participate and Support in all Global initiatives as applicable from time to time.

- Effectively lead change, manage and escalate risks arising out of transition of new processes

Risk Management :

- Liaise with customers on the periodic review and re-negotiation of Service Level Agreements and any other related performance and quality measures.

- Ensure Ops risk monitoring across all processes covered by the team and report key risks emanating from them to right forums.

- Ensure complete compliance with Group Code of Conduct and Social agenda of the organization.

- Develop key people management and stakeholder management skills to move into People Manager / SME roles.

Governance :

- Liaison point for audit and external regulatory related matters

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. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

- Lead the [country / business unit / function [team] to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.

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

- Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent)

Key stakeholders :

Internal :

- All the CFOs, Business and P2P process leads across Countries & Group.

- Stress Test team

- Various business heads of GFS.

- HR, GPS, Finance, Risk and Compliance

External :

- External consultants on Project implementations.

- Senior members of other Finance Shared Services Centres in the industry.

- Peer group companies related businesses

Other Responsibilities :

- Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in [country / business unit / team]; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats); [List all responsibilities associated with the role]

Our Ideal Candidate :

- Chartered Accountant or MBA with 12- 15 years of relevant finance experience in Planning activities.

- Significant subject matter understanding & experience of planning, performance analysis & corporate strategy within large multinational companies in the financial services sector.

- Significant experience of working with senior management team and of interfacing with and influencing senior stakeholders.

- Service Now and/or Stress testing systems experience will be added advantage

- Working knowledge of Planning and / or Stress testing will be a distinct "advantage"

- Experience in operating within large virtual teams and relationships across a complex network of stakeholders including senior management

- High standard of written English, with the ability to review, summarise and communicate materials accurately and succinctly.

- Attention to details, able to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines while delivering quality output to senior management

- Team player - a challenge mindset and strong influencing skills, balanced with the need for a naturally pragmatic manner - not afraid to "roil sleeves up" when a hands-on approach is required

- Handles ambiguity and possess the ability to conceptualise and articulate frameworks.

- Appreciation for data visualisation and design best practices.

- Excellent Ms PowerPoint and Ms Excel skills and Trello as process management tool

ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES AND PROFICIENCY LEVELS :

- Effective, confident and persuasive Communicator - Verbally, written and with powerpoint

- Ability to work in a matrix environment and to be able to respond positively

- Strong Analytical and Strategic mindset coupled with a thorough understanding of Planning processes in Banking Industry

- Ability to effectively connect and communicate with all levels of the organisation (from senior Finance leadership to process practitioners and to adapt communication style appropriately)

- A mindset of change and continuous Process Optimisation

- Ability to quickly understand and connect with Operations team to drive the design and build structured processes

- Able to quickly establish credibility when representing the Group, presenting a positive, persuasive, and professional presence and have an excellent communication, analytical and decision-making skills Expert

- Ability to culturally orient in diverse & international team environment and lead and inspire multi-disciplinary teams

- Ability to work effectively under pressure, multi-task, lead through ambiguities, influence where he/she does not have direct authority & build on unstructured formative situations

- Able to work in a matrix organisation and being able to manage several leaders (and occasionally ambiguous situations)