ACCA Trainee Associate

Standard Chartered; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 670,000 - 1,004,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible working options

Leaves and parental leave

Wellbeing support

Continuous learning

Job summary

Standard Chartered in Karachi invites applications for a 3-year ACCA Trainee Programme designed to propel Affiliates toward full membership and a long-term career in finance. The programme blends on-the-job learning, formal training, and guided mentorship to build strong technical, analytical, and business partnering skills.

Trainees rotate across Financial and Regulatory Reporting, Balance Sheet Management, Financial Controls, Business Finance, Tax, and Group Internal Audit, while gaining

Qualifications

• Be ACCA Affiliate at the time of application and actively pursuing full ACCA membership.
• Bachelor degree or equivalent recognized by HEC.
• Strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel; familiar with MS Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end and year-end close activities, including journals, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Assist in the preparation of management, statutory, and regulatory reports.
• Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance reviews.
• Help maintain internal controls and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on projects and process improvements.
• Develop technical and professional skills through structured learning and on-the-job coaching.

Skills

Numerical skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

ACCA Affiliate

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (HEC)

Tools

Microsoft Excel

MS Office

Job description

About The Programme

The 3 year ACCA Trainee Programme has been designed specifically for ACCA Affiliates who are ready to take the next step towards full membership and a long-term career in finance. This structured programme combines on-the-job learning, formal training, and guided mentorship to help you build strong technical, analytical, and business partnering skills.

Rotations & Exposure

As an ACCA Trainee, you will gain exposure across key specialist and business-facing finance units, including:

• Financial and Regulatory Reporting – Support the preparation of financial statements, regulatory returns, and disclosures in line with relevant standards and regulations.
• Balance Sheet Management – Assist in monitoring balance sheet risks, liquidity, funding, and capital, and support analysis to optimise the bank’s financial position.
• Financial Controls Unit – Contribute to the implementation and testing of financial controls, reconciliations, and process improvements to strengthen the control environment.
• Business Finance – Partner with business units to support budgeting, forecasting, performance analysis, and decision-making.
• Tax – Support tax compliance, reporting, and analysis, and assist with tax-related queries and projects.
• Group Internal Audit – Gain insight into risk and control assessment by assisting in audits, documentation of findings, and follow-up of remediation actions.

Key Responsibilities

• Support month-end and year-end close activities, including journals, reconciliations, and variance analysis.
• Assist in the preparation of management, statutory, and regulatory reports.
• Contribute to budgeting, forecasting, and financial performance reviews.
• Help maintain and enhance internal controls and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on projects and process improvement initiatives.
• Continuously develop your technical and professional skills through structured learning and on-the-job coaching.

Eligibility Criteria

To Be Considered For This Programme, You Must

• Be an ACCA Affiliate at the time of application (all ACCA exams completed) and possess a Bachelors degree/equivalence recognized by HEC.
• Be actively working towards full ACCA membership.
• Demonstrate a good understanding of financial and management accounting principles.
• Have strong numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Possess clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Be proficient in Microsoft Excel and familiar with other MS Office applications.

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.