Business Enablement Manager - Accountant

Standard Chartered Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Wellbeing support

Continuous learning culture

Inclusive and values-driven culture

Job summary

Standard Chartered Bank is seeking a Business Enablement Manager – Accountant to support accounting and invoicing for trust structures managed by the Singapore Trust Company, and to prepare EAM Retrocession Fee statements for PvB FIM desk. The role includes training junior colleagues and contributing to regulatory reporting and internal data projects.

The ideal candidate has ACCA/AAT/CPA qualifications and 5+ years in finance roles, with experience in trust banks or related fields.

Qualifications

• ACCA, AAT, CPA, or recognised accountancy qualification.
• 5+ years of experience in finance and client accounting roles.
• Member of Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners, if applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial information support aligned with the group strategy for business consideration.
• Assist in preparation of External Asset Management Retrocession Fee statements for PvB FIM desk.
• Bookkeep the accounts and prepare financial statements for trust structures and SCTS-managed entities.
• Liaise with external auditors and tax agents for statutory financial statements and regulatory filings.
• Assist in preparing internal and external reports (RM scorecard, equity aggregation, data extraction) and MAS/CRS/FATCA filings.

Skills

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Education

ACCA, AAT, CPA or recognised qualification

Job description

Job Summary

The key responsibilities of Business Enablement Manager – Accountant include but not confined to supporting their Team Leader, in handling all matters relating to accounting and invoicing for trust structures managed by Singapore Trust Company (“SCTS”) and preparation of External Asset Management (“EAM”) Retrocession Fee statements for PvB FIM desk and any other projects assigned to support SCB PvB in achieving business operational efficiency. Candidate would also be required to provide training to junior/new colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy & Business

• With the awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model, coupled with staying abreast of industry news, provide financial information support for business consideration.

Processes

• For those relating to EAM: Assist in preparation of External Asset Management Retrocession Fee statements for PvB FIM desk and provide status update to management.
• Assist PvB in any project assigned.

For those relating to SCTS

• Bookkeep the accounts and prepare financial statements of trust structure and company managed by the SCTS.
• Peer review of financial statements for less complex structures.
• Liaise with external auditors and tax agents in relation to the financial statements of the company and/or trust structure where audit and tax returns are regulatory required.
• Assist in issuance of SCTS fee invoices when the fees for trust structures are due.
• Assist in preparing any internal (e.g. Review RM scorecard (AUM reported), equity aggregation report, extraction of investment review data etc) or external reporting where information required is relating to trust and company managed by SCTS.
• Assist in preparing data for annual MAS and CRS/FATCA filings and any ad-hoc regulator surveys.
• Keep up-to-date with any regulatory and GAAP changes in regard to financial statements.
• Participate in annual User Acceptance Testing any system migration and ad-hoc projects when required.

Risk Management andGovernance

• Ability to have a controls centred mind while conducting day to day operations, identify key issues and propose course of mitigation.

Regulatory andBusiness 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.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, raise, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• SCTS Trust Administration Teams
• SCTS Trust Administration Teams
• SCB Country Finance Team
• SCB PvB front office and wealth planner teams
• SCB IT and/or change management teams
• Other internal and/or external Stakeholders

Our Ideal Candidate

• ACCA, AAT, CPA, or recognised accountancy qualification etc.
• 5+ years of experience in finance and client accounting roles, prior working experience in Trust companies or banks will be advantageous.
• Member of Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners, if applicable.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Microsoft excel, word

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 thingand 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-offincluding 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 workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing supportthrough 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 cultureto 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.

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