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Requisition Number: 56667
Job Location: Guangzhou, CHN
Global Grade: Band 7
Work Type: Hybrid Working
Employment Type: Permanent
Posting Start Date: 24/06/2026
Posting End Date: 31/12/2026
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Job Summary
Overall, the role is located in Guangzhou and playing a contact of finance in Guangzhou supporting Finance Controller of GBS China and Guangzhou, covering accounting and control BAU operations including book close, reporting, risk and control. Besides, the position will also cover initiatives/projects driven for both GBS China and Guangzhou and cross legal entities’ backup plan for both legal entities.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy
Support Financial Controller on business needs in process efficiency and standardization
Support Financial Controller to identify opportunities for cost efficiency and execution plans as one solution
Oversee the Finance function and develop the appropriate financial governance and control framework in accordance with regulatory delivery
Business
Internal:
Work as country finance to ensure corporate financials’ accuracy.
Assist finance controller on the financial analysis and reporting, budget controls of the entities.
Work as finance partner to manage CRES and LE level financial tracking and control, and cost target delivery of the entities.
Manage the TA cost recovery with TA team lead of the entities.
External:
Act as finance representative to support regulatory, audit and other local requirements.
Processes
Ensure timely and accurate month-end close and support group internal reporting
Manage the budget planning and controls of CRES
Oversee the LE level financial tracking and analysis
GPS TA cost allocation and recovery
Coordinate with external auditors and support them throughout the whole audit process
Monitor long aging items in FCS on timely manner with other stakeholders and owners
Identify opportunities of process improvement area and drive the efficiency and accuracy
Any other relevant business given by Finance Controller
People & Talent
Support Finance Controller to drive daily operation, process, and project-based initiatives
Work with country finance team, CRES finance and GFS team to achieve timely reporting and budget control
Proactively engage with key stakeholders’ engagement to drive budget and business planning.
Risk Management
Assist the Chief Financial Officer and the Unit Operation Risk Manager in identifying and managing key risk areas.
Ensure compliance and improve internal controls and financial processes for the Company. This includes building management and operational control awareness within Country Finance team and ensure applicable policies and procedures are documented and embedded in operating manuals and instructions
Governance
Responsible for supporting the effectiveness of the Bank’s arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the function and monitor changes in these areas
Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Bank operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role
Regulatory & 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.
Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
Finance Controller of GBS China and Guangzhou, Tax head, Risk manager, GFS team and local support functions, CRES Head of GBS China and Guangzhou, TA Head of GBS China and Guangzhou
Other Responsibilities
Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedure
Skills and Experience
Excel and Data analytic skill
Accounting knowledge
Communication
Stakeholder management
Teamwork and collaboration
Qualifications
Minimum of Bachelor’s degree,
8 years above working experience,
Big 4 experience is preferred,
Experience in the financial sector is preferred,
Excellent proficiency in English,
Qualified Accountant preferred,
Advanced Microsoft Office tools knowledge,
Strong team player, capability to work across functions to support and lead initiatives.
Strong organisational skills, flexibility with a sense of materiality and decision-making capability.
Business analysis skills, with the ability to see implications and provide consultative solutions and recommendations.
Self-confident and flexible to manage the stakeholders.
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.
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