Financial Analyst

Job Summary

The Financial Analyst role at Standard Chartered offers a comprehensive opportunity to engage with diverse business lines and key internal stakeholders. This position provides broad exposure to end-to-end finance processes within a dynamic and highly regulated environment. You will play a crucial part in supporting the financial integrity and regulatory compliance of our organization, working closely with the intra-group finance community aligned with the legal entity strategy. The role encompasses a spectrum of responsibilities including regulatory reporting, tax preparation, vendor management, accounts payable operations, and ledger maintenance.

This is an exciting chance to develop a solid understanding of finance functions beyond typical siloed tasks, contributing actively to both compliance and operational excellence. The Financial Analyst will collaborate across departments to ensure financial data accuracy and governance, reinforcing the company’s reputation for transparency and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring the precise and timely preparation and submission of all mandatory regulatory reports to authorities such as BRSA, CBOT, TBB, and TUIK in strict alignment with the latest regulations.
• Designing and implementing enhanced control procedures to safeguard the validity and integrity of financial data through rigorous daily checks.
• Acting as a primary liaison with internal auditors, facilitating a smooth and comprehensive audit process by providing all required information and documentation.
• Maintaining robust ledger controls to guarantee accuracy and consistency of financial transactions and balances.
• Preparing taxes, declarations, and e-legal books in compliance with local and international requirements.
• Managing the accounts payable workflow effectively, including coordinating vendor management activities alongside vendor owners to ensure accurate and timely invoice processing.
• Overseeing third-party invoice follow-ups via the e-invoice portal, processing necessary accounting entries, securing internal approvals, and expediting payments.
• Building and maintaining an effective audit trail, enabling transparent verification of accounting records forming the foundation of all financial reporting.
• Supporting the annual preparation of the Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) report as part of risk and capital management efforts.
• Delivering accurate and timely Management Information System (MIS) reports to various functional teams to inform decision-making.
• Providing cross-functional cover within the Finance team as business needs arise, demonstrating flexibility and adaptability.
• Performing any additional duties as assigned by the Head of Finance, contributing proactively to the continuous improvement of finance operations.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• 3-4 years of hands-on experience in finance or accounting roles, ideally within a bank or a reputable consulting firm serving banking clients.
• Fluency in both spoken and written Turkish and English to effectively communicate with local and international stakeholders.
• Proven capability in teamwork and strong intra-team communication skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge of fundamental accounting principles and financial reporting standards (GAAP).
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, including pivot tables, formulas, and financial data analysis techniques.
• Demonstrated interest in the banking sector and regulatory environments, geared towards operating within controlled financial ecosystems.
• Excellent analytical skills with meticulous attention to detail, capable of managing multiple priorities and meeting stringent deadlines.
• A proactive attitude, high level of responsibility, and a strong inclination for continual learning and improvement.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse international teams and adapt to comprehensive group reporting processes.
• Experience working with ERP or accounting software and banking platforms such as SAP or equivalent is advantageous.
• Professional accounting qualifications (e.g., CPA, SMMM) will be considered a plus.
• Prior experience with Internext banking systems and PeopleSoft General Ledger is advantageous.

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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