About the job

Job Summary

Strategy

• Support the finance process as per the timelines advised for both Group & local cycles.
• To be vigilant & alert while making payments to the vendors to avoid double payments.

Business

• Ensuring that all bills/invoices received by different departments & units gets paid on time and settling suspense accounts on time.
• Send/circulate the list of Fixed Assets to all the cost centre/branches to confirm that the record of the assets in FA system reconciles with the physical presence.
• Deposit of tax and submission of details on time through online and issue TDS certificate to vendors where applicable.
• Perform month end task such as pass month end provision, amortization of prepaid account etc.
• Prepare and provide daily liquidity reports.
• Perform KCSA & CST checks.

Processes

• Ensure compliance of various policies, regulations and group norms and values.
•  Fulfil month end requirements for provisioning and payments.
•  Interest Tax Reconciliation of every local/Nepali month.
•  Updating Invoice Dashboard for leftover invoices during month end
•  Prepaid Reconciliation and reports
•  CBR & SODA Processing
•  Timely process of vendor invoices

People & Talent*

• Emphasize on training and development activities as well learning from colleagues

Risk Management

• Proactive identification of risks and concerns, including escalation to all relevant stakeholders
•  Compliance of applicable laws, regulations and internal policies and procedures
•  To be vigilant & alert while making payments to the vendors to avoid double payments.
•  Have various control measures to ensure transactions are valid and risk free.

Governance

•  Ensure strict adherence of statutory/group/internal, policies/guidelines & timely escalation of all breaches to CFO.
•  Ensure money Laundering prevention & compliance issues are tracked and addressed.
•  Perform reconciliation of various accounts under APU ownership and make follow ups for clearance of outstanding entries.

Key Responsibilities

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.
• Timely submission of TDS
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matter.
• Lead the Nepal country finance to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles

Key stakeholders

• Vendors
• Local staff

Other Responsibilities

Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Nepal finance team Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats);

•  Provide TDS certificate & transaction details as per vendor request.
•  Support to Business unit and support functions
•  Financial Control and Group policy compliances

Qualifications

• Completed bachelor’s in business administration.
•  2 years of work experience
•  Proven experience in accounting process
•  Excellent listening, speaking, reading and writing skills

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.