Financial Reporting Officer at Standard Chartered Bank

The Role Responsibilities

• To provide support to the Head Financial and Regulatory Reporting by efficiently collating data on regulatory returns   and ensuring completeness of data.
• To ensure the accuracy, and timeliness of local regulatory and group reporting.
• To liaise with business units and regulatory bodies on all matters pertaining to Regulatory Returns.
• To provide support to the Head Financial and Regulatory Reporting to ensure financial accounting practices are in accordance with prescribed policies in the Local Regulatory and Group Financial Control Manuals.
• Preparation of regulatory returns to BOG, SEC and GRA
• Assist the Head Financial and Regulatory Reporting in the follow up of regulatory and audit issues.
• Preparation of month-end P & L and Balance Sheets with all supporting documents attached.
• Review monthly reconciliation of Bank of Ghana and Nostro accounts
• Carry Out detailed review of balance Sheet lines and escalate issues to the Head Financial and Regulatory Reporting.
• Any other duties as may be assigned by the Head Financial and Regulatory Reporting /Financial Controller and CFO

Regulatory and 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.
• 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.

Key stakeholders

• CFO
• FC

Our Ideal Candidate

• First Degree from a reputable institution
• Professional qualifications in Accounting and Finance e.g. ACCA, ACA plus at least five years work experience in Regulatory and Financial reporting department of a financial institution.
• Understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and its impact of the bank’s financial reporting. 
• Good working knowledge of the Group Accounting practice and Local Regulatory requirements supplemented by all round Banking experience.
• Working knowledge of Accounting/Banking systems is essential for the extraction and processing of data from the system.    
• Understanding of the GL accounts is essential in assessing whether the trend of an account is irregular and requires immediate management attention.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills are essential in dealings with both internal and external customers.
• Ability to work in a busy and strenuous environment for long hours in order to meet set deadlines
• High level of computer literacy is required for processing data in various packages

Role Specific Competencies

• General Ledger Analysis
• Business communication
• Financial Analysis

About Standard Chartered 

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
• 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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks 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.
• Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.