Senior Manager, Capital Management, Treasury

Standard Chartered India; Chennai; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Wellbeing support

Learning opportunities

Employee assistance

Parental leave

Job summary

Standard Chartered India is seeking an experienced Treasury professional to lead Balance Sheet Management and capital optimisation initiatives in Chennai. The role focuses on analytics-driven decision-making, regulatory alignment and scalable process improvements across capital activities.

You will partner with Group Treasury, Risk, Finance and regional stakeholders to ensure resilient capital deployment and governance.

Qualifications

• MBA (Fin) or Master’s in finance / Accountancy / Economics, or affiliated subjects.
• Undergraduate degree in Commerce / Science / Engineering.
• Chartered Accountant: Risk Management or related Professional Certification will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 8 years experience in Balance Sheet Management, Capital, or Stress Testing.

Responsibilities

• Keep up to date with the Group's business strategy and ensure the capital frameworks are aligned to it.
• Embed an analytics-led insights framework for capital management.
• Develop an agile operating rhythm to adapt processes to evolving strategic themes.
• Identify, prioritise and execute capital optimisation initiatives.
• Support strategic balance sheet and capital decision-making through high-quality analysis.
• Deliver core capital responsibilities, including stressed capital forecasting, ICAAP coordination and governance, sensitivity analysis and treasury capital activities.
• Own change management for capital-related regulatory and policy changes.
• Ensure strong outcomes in engagements with auditors and regulators.
• Lead the safe migration of large-scale capital processes from Group and Country into India.
• Own end-to-end process understanding across capital activities, including ECST and ICAAP.
• Decompose, standardise and streamline complex processes across jurisdictions.
• Identify control gaps, weaknesses and inefficiencies, and design remediation.
• Drive automation, digitisation and simplification of capital processes.
• Ensure migrated processes meet Group and Country regulatory, control and governance standards.
• Establish scalable and resilient operating models that satisfy both Group and local requirements.
• Own capital-related governance frameworks, including structural effects.
• Lead preparation and approvals for ALCO/RALCO, Board Risk Committee and Board-level capital updates.
• Ensure compliance with Group policies and regulatory requirements.
• Conduct periodic gap analysis and attest compliance.
• Oversee activities related to profit retention, capital issuances and corporate structure changes.
• Assess the effectiveness of governance arrangements; understand regulatory framework; contribute to governance by challenging Treasury, etc.

Skills

Balance Sheet analysis

Capital management

Analytics

Regulatory knowledge

Education

MBA (Fin) or Master’s in finance / Accountancy / Economics

Undergraduate degree in Commerce / Science / Engineering

Job description

Job Summary

Treasury works closely with senior management, businesses, Country CEOs and CFOs, and Finance to manage and promote the Bank's liquidity, capital and balance sheet position, balancing the supply and demand of liquidity and capital to create sustainable value.

Treasury works closely with senior management, businesses, Country CEOs and CFOs, and Finance to manage and promote the Bank's liquidity, capital and balance sheet position, balancing the supply and demand of liquidity and capital to create sustainable value. Treasury Capital manages and optimises the firm's capital, balance sheet and structural liquidity, supporting resilience, regulatory compliance and efficient deployment of capital. Within the Global Capability Centre model, the function delivers standardised, well-controlled and scalable capital processes in partnership with Group Treasury, Risk, Finance and regional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Strategy

• Keep up to date with the Group's business strategy and ensure the capital frameworks are aligned to it.


• Embed an analytics-led insights framework for capital management.


• Develop an agile operating rhythm to adapt processes to evolving strategic themes.


• Identify, prioritise and execute capital optimisation initiatives.


• Support strategic balance sheet and capital decision-making through high-quality analysis.

Business

• Deliver core capital responsibilities, including stressed capital forecasting, ICAAP coordination and governance, sensitivity analysis and treasury capital activities.


• Own change management for capital-related regulatory and policy changes.


• Ensure strong outcomes in engagements with auditors and regulators.

Processes

• Lead the safe migration of large-scale capital processes from Group and Country into India.


• Own end-to-end process understanding across capital activities, including ECST and ICAAP.


• Decompose, standardise and streamline complex processes across jurisdictions.


• Identify control gaps, weaknesses and inefficiencies, and design remediation.


• Drive automation, digitisation and simplification of capital processes.


• Ensure migrated processes meet Group and Country regulatory, control and governance standards.


• Establish scalable and resilient operating models that satisfy both Group and local requirements.

Risk Management

• Own capital-related governance frameworks, including structural effects.


• Lead preparation and approvals for ALCO/RALCO, Board Risk Committee and Board-level capital updates.


• Ensure compliance with Group policies and regulatory requirements.


• Conduct periodic gap analysis and attest compliance.


• Oversee activities related to profit retention, capital issuances and corporate structure changes.

Governance

• Assess the effectiveness of arrangements for governance, oversight and controls in the capital frameworks and oversee changes where necessary.


• Understand the regulatory framework in which the Group operates and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.


• Contribute to effective governance by actively challenging Treasury, Business and Risk counterparts and working with the Prudential Regulation Authority in an open and cooperative manner.

Key Stakeholders

• Global Process Lead / Global Process Manager, Balance Sheet Management and Regulatory Reporting


• Group Treasury COO


• FP&A – Group Head / GCFO India Head and Leads


• CPM – Functional Heads and Leads


• Segment – CIB, WRB, Treasury, C&O Head and Leads across Group and Clusters


• Change Management - Head and Leads across Treasury Change


• Cluster and Country Treasury / Finance


• Global Treasurer.


• Treasury Liquidity, Capital, Recovery and Resolution Planning, Issuance and Markets.


• Regional and Country Treasury teams.


• Business stakeholders in CCIB, CPBB and SC Ventures.


• CPM and FRM.


• Financial Planning & Analytics.


• Country and Business Finance.


• Regulatory Reporting, BSA, Disclosures and other Finance teams.


• Treasury CRO.


• Technology and Change organisation.


• Investor Relations.


• Rating agencies, investors and regulators.


• GALCO, Board Risk Committee and Digital Asset Risk Committee.

Skills And Experience

• MBA (Fin) or Master’s in finance / Accountancy / Economics or affiliated subjects; Undergraduate degree in Commerce / Science / Engineering.


• Chartered Accountant: Risk Management or related Professional Certification will be an added advantage.


• Minimum of 8 years experience in any combination of Balance Sheet Management, Capital, or Stress Testing.


• Strong knowledge of Balance Sheet including explains, analytics of trends, engaging with business effectively to understand the drivers of movements, strong in comparing actuals, flash, forecast, internal thresholds with an aim to optimise balance sheet and advise key stakeholders in Segments, CPM and Treasury.


• Good understanding of banking products, accounting basics, Capital, Liquidity, IRRBB, FTP metrics and its binding constraints to grow balance sheet.


• Proficient in analytics to drive deep understanding of B/S trends and its implications; Collaboration mindset; able to deliver solutions to improve B/S.

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.


• 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 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.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.