Executive Director, Financial Resource Management

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Requisition Number: 57280

Job Location: Singapore, SGP

Global Grade: Band 4

Work Type: Office Working

Employment Type: Permanent

Posting Start Date: 07/07/2026

Posting End Date: 22/07/2026

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Job Summary

To manage and execute Standard Chartered Bank’s (“SCB”) Corporate and Institutional Banking (“CIB”) strategy for Financial Resource Management (“FRM”). The role envisages driving financial resource optimisation for capital and liquidity for the designated ASEAN balance sheets across CIB and WRB as well as the Group, with a view to achieve increased return on tangible equity (“RoTE”) for the Bank.

Focusing on optimising the balance sheet through engagement across CIB Business functions and working in close co-ordination with the Asset side CPM/ frontline teams, the CPM Markets , CPM Transactions Services and WRB, as well as the CPM distribution team, the mandate is to achieve overall balance sheet and RoTE optimisation, while operating within the regulatory constraints of Group and LEs. The role will be the CPM voting representative in the designated country Asset & Liability Committees (ALCOs) and the primary faceoff to CIB business teams across coverage and product, Group/Regional Treasury and Finance for all CIB balance sheet management matters.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy: CIB balance sheet resource management

Engagement with CIB Business teams across coverage and product on all matters in relation to balance sheet resource allocation and optimisation

Design and own CIB’s balance sheet resources for the designated balance sheet.

Contribute towards SCB Group’s and LE financial resource plans whilst driving congruence between the two

Drive consistent CIB deposit and pricing strategy across current account & savings account (“CASA”) and client term deposits (“CTDs”).

Business

Plan and forecast

Own and drive CIB’s forecasting for assets, liabilities and RWA across LEs and Group, while being accountable for the variances and accuracy of the forecast

Forecast CIB’s impact across key metrics such as LCR, NSFR, CET1 and Leverage ratio and drive business growth whilst meeting metrics across LEs and Group.

Financial resource optimisation

Optimise CIB balance sheet across assets, liabilities and capital to improve business competitiveness whilst maximizing the balance sheet capacity within existing regulatory and internal liquidity metrics.

Working closely with the TB Cash and Markets businesses in the region, and the CPM product areas managing these globally, drive improvements in quality of CIB liabilities, to reduce Cost of funds and reduce the contribution to Treasury drag

Working in close co-ordination with the CPM distribution team, drive diversity in funding sources including structured and contingent funding, as well as reduce the RWA volatility through distribution actions.

Work closely with the CPM Asset/ Coverage teams to drive RWA and liquidity consumption efficiencies across key balance sheets to maximise Group RoTE.

Work closely with the CPM WRB team to drive optimisation of the liabilities across CIB and WRB at country level to improve Group ROTE outcomes.

Through a combination of above, drive reduction of Central & Others (“C&O”) drag attributed to CIB.

Promote alignment of global priorities (segment / product / function) with local balance sheet realities (regions/countries), raising awareness and understanding through pro-active, insightful engagement.

Stress Testing and Modelling capabilities

Key CIB representative for liquidity stress testing at Group and LE levels for assumptions and review of outputs

Contribute towards developing advanced balance sheet modelling capabilities for key LEs in conjunction with Treasury and Finance

Processes

Oversight and Process Simplification

CPM voting member at Asset and Liability Committees (“ALCOs”) for the designated balance sheets.

Key CIB representative for ASEAN for all local/Group FTP and balance sheet optimisation conversations with Treasury/Finance

Own and manage the global booking model process for CIB banking Book, including the transaction clearance and booking in the LE. Continuously streamline the booking process to make it more efficient. Drive better co-ordination and optimal utilisation of liquidity and capital across key booking centres and build inter-operability of booking across key balance sheets

People & Talent

Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations for FRM and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.

Lead and reinforce strategic change and develop organization alignment geared towards the overall strategic direction of Group RoTE maximisation to enable effective business performance.

Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles, ensuring they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risk.

Risk Management

Ensure compliance with the highest standards of regulatory conduct and compliance standards and practices as defined by internal and external requirements.

Ensure any audit and compliance issues relating to FRM are resolved in a timely manner.

Ensure that Risk Management matters that are brought to the job-holder’s attention are subject to direct remedial action and/or escalated, where appropriate to relevant risk committees.

Governance

Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group’s arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas

Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role; and

Responsible for delivering ‘effective governance’; capability to challenge fellow executives effectively; and willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner.

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.

Lead the CPM FRM team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients, Effective Financial Markets, Financial Crime Compliance, The Right Environment.

Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Encourage a “no blame” culture within the team and a “lessons learnt” approach to highlighting areas for improvement. Recognise openly the good conduct demonstrated within the team.

Key Stakeholders

External Stakeholders: Industry Bodies, Regulators, Banks, Ratings Agencies, Institutional and Private Investors, External Lawyers and Accountants.

Internal Stakeholders: CIB CEO, Cluster /Country CEO, Global Banking and Product Heads, Cluster / Country Heads of Banking and Product, CFO-CIB as well as Cluster and Country CFOs, WRB CFO, Group Treasurer and Treasury MT, Country Treasury Markets teams, COOs of CIB, Banking and Products, Risk Management teams including CRO/CCOs, Portfolio Risk/Risk Reporting teams; Group/CIB Business Finance and Balance sheet management teams, Legal and Compliance Heads.

Our Ideal Candidate

Graduate qualifications.

15+ years of relevant experience in the banking and financial services industry.

Relevant experience in Business function (CIB/WRB), Treasury, Balance Sheet Management.

Experience in Liquidity and Capital Management would be an added advantage.

Knowledge in CIB/WRB products & markets is preferred.

Having the confidence to interact credibly with senior management and influencing skills.

Strong communication skills.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

Liquidity Management

Financial products and markets

Capital Management

Financial Forecasting and modeling

Effective Communications

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, 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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