CFO Switzerland

Standard Chartered; Genf; On-site; CHF 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working options

Wellbeing support

Learning culture

Diversity & inclusion

Job summary

Standard Chartered is seeking a senior finance leader in Geneva to oversee all finance, financial control and regulatory reporting for the Swiss legal entity. You will build a high-performing finance function and provide independent financial stewardship to the CEO and Board, ensuring compliance and robust governance as the entity prepares for licensing and ongoing regulatory obligations.

You will lead treasury, tax and regulatory reporting capabilities while partnering with regulators and

Qualifications

• Experience leading financial reporting, financial control or governance within a regulated environment.
• Experience operating within complex stakeholder and governance structures.
• Experience delivering outcomes through direct leadership and influence.
• Experience supporting change, regulatory initiatives or finance transformation initiatives.
• English proficient; additional Swiss languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead all finance, financial control and regulatory reporting activities for the Swiss legal entity, ensuring accurate financial information and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Maintain governance over capital, liquidity, balance sheet management and financial risks.
• Build and lead a high-performing finance function delivering controls, compliance and operational excellence.
• Provide independent financial stewardship and challenge as a member of the Switzerland Executive Board and adviser to the CEO and Board.
• Support establishment of the Swiss legal entity and finance activities for licence acquisition and maintenance.
• Develop and implement finance, treasury, tax, regulatory reporting and control capabilities.
• Partner with regulators and internal stakeholders to demonstrate readiness and compliance.
• Ensure finance operating model, systems and processes are fit for purpose ahead of licence approval and launch.
• Oversee statutory reporting, external audits and financial governance post-licence.
• Oversee corporate tax compliance and transfer pricing with external advisers.
• Own the finance risk and control framework and substantiation, reconciliation activities.

Skills

Financial reporting leadership

Regulatory reporting

Stakeholder governance

Change management

English (Required)

Other languages welcome (French/German

Education

Swiss Advanced Federal Diploma preferred

Internationally-recognised accounting qualification

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all finance, financial control and regulatory reporting activities for the Swiss legal entity, ensuring accurate financial information and compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements.
• Maintain effective governance over capital, liquidity, balance sheet management and financial risks, safeguarding the financial soundness of the Swiss legal entity.
• Build and lead a high-performing finance function that delivers robust controls, regulatory compliance and operational excellence in support of the Swiss franchise.
• Provide independent financial stewardship and challenge as a member of the Switzerland Executive Board and trusted adviser to the CEO, Board and Board Committees.
• Support the successful establishment of the Swiss legal entity and the completion of all finance-related activities required to obtain and maintain a Swiss banking licence.
• Lead the development and implementation of finance, treasury, tax, regulatory reporting and control capabilities required to support a regulated Swiss banking entity.
• Partner with regulators, external advisers and internal stakeholders to demonstrate financial readiness, governance effectiveness and regulatory compliance.
• Ensure the finance operating model, systems, processes and resources are fit for purpose ahead of licence approval and business launch.
• Lead the financial management of the Swiss legal entity, ensuring the integrity, accuracy and completeness of all financial information.
• Maintain an effective financial control environment and ensure compliance with Group policies, accounting standards and local regulatory requirements.
• Oversee statutory reporting, external audits and financial governance activities following banking licence approval.
• Ensure appropriate oversight of corporate tax compliance, tax reporting and transfer pricing arrangements, working closely with external advisers and Group Tax specialists.
• Own the finance risk and control framework, including substantiation, reconciliation and financial control activities required to maintain the integrity of the Swiss legal entity’s financial records.

Qualifications

• Experience leading financial reporting, financial control, regulatory reporting or finance governance activities within a regulated environment
• Experience operating within complex stakeholder & governance structures
• Experience delivering outcomes through direct leadership and influence
• Experience supporting change, regulatory initiatives or finance transformation initiatives
• Internationally-recognised professional accounting qualification, or Swiss Advanced Federal Diploma preferred
• English – Required
• French, German or Italian – Nice to have

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.