Head of Country SU Controller

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Over the last few years, as our Taiwanstrategy has evolved and matured, the expense base of country has also grown commensurately. We have decided at this point to make a strategic investment in capability for Support Units drive a transformation of how we look at, manage, and consider costs using a transparent, data driven framework. It is also necessary at this point to review our processes and improve them to design a robust, granular and data based framework for the transparent management of costs across support units for the bank.

The focus of the role is to uplift our capability in the budgeting, MIS, allocations and cross border charging processes working with both country and group functions to drive large scale process transformation, create radical transparency and significantly uplift our cost capabilities to help the Country and Group make better business decisions.

As the lead of the country SPOT team, you will report to the country CFO with a dotted line to the Group Support Unit Finance function and work with the relevant leadership teams to manage an annual expense budget base across IT investment and Technology, Operations, Support Units (Risk, Finance, Legal / Compliance, HR etc) to manage all related costs.

As a successful candidate you will be able to lead all aspects of financial management for the functions that you are responsible for including, but not limited to Budgeting, MIS, Allocations, Cross Border Charges and Productivity. You will have a deep understanding of costs and controllership with a demonstrated track record of running these functions in a matrixed environment.

We are in the midst of our transformation journey and looking for like-minded individuals to join the team in making DBS the Best Bank for a Better World #B3W through supporting shift in the way we work, agility in our business processes and platform construct

Role Description & Responsibilities

Partnering closely with specific Support Units, Operations and Technology platforms, you will drive day to day operational and financial responsibilities for the portfolio, which involves leading a Finance team, in ensuring the fundamentals are in order, including but not limited to financial processes, governance, risks and controls.

You will also be heavily involved in business partnering with the respective heads, leads and business partners, to drive the productivity & optimization agenda and overall technology strategy & transformation.

Main functional responsibilities and deliverables

Technology and IT investments, Operations and Support Units

• Working within the Groups’ Technology and IT investment framework you will partnering with the Country Head of Technology & Operations (T&O), and across the Country Technology Platforms.
• You will be heavily involved in partnering with Regional T&O and Support Unit Finance especially in areas of performance management and driving deeper insights through data and well thought out analysis
• You will also be responsible to drive T&O strategic priorities and scorecard; KPIs formation, defining and standardizing KPIs, monitoring and review with T&O Executive Team.
• You will also be a key stakeholder in helping drive the transformation of Technology business processes. This includes driving the implementation Regional Platform operating model and new IT Infrastructure recovery model
• Support the implementation of in-country and regional strategies with a financial lens
• Drive strategic priorities and bridge the requirements of Group to country and vice versa
• Drive transparency and support MIS and financial reporting including resources to ensure consistency across locations and with Group, while ensuring timely closure of all queries
• Ensure alignment of Group vs location reporting for T&O and SUs including consistency in platform reporting

Cost Allocation

• Working with the Groups’ cost allocation framework, you will partner with local and group teams to ensure that the allocations and associated data provide a fair representation of allocations to Business Units, Segments and Products
• Where necessary, you will work in cross functional teams to help refine methodology and data while ensuring consistency with Group standards.

Direct Billing / Recharges

• Ensure appropriate governance & understanding of cross border charges for services provided by regional teams and work done for the country overseas including billing for operational activities, technology build work for initiatives and reimbursements for overseas spend working with the country T&O / SU teams and Regional T&O Finance
• Support the Country Tax for Audit/Assessment queries regarding Inter-Co charges, ensuring completeness of documentation & understanding of the charges

Qualifications:

– The successful applicant will possess at least 10 years of experience in banking technology and operations finance including proven track record in leadership and senior management roles

– Relevant industry exposure gained in project investment, agile, design thinking

– The ideal candidate should be CA/CPA/ACCA qualified and holding an MBA is advantageous.

– Solid business acumen and experienced with business and financial planning, forecasting and budgeting

– Deeply data driven with the ability to work with large data sets and the ability to connect the dots across a number of areas

– Ability to balance the local vs. regional requirements and a proven track record of being able to work effectively in a matrixed organisation. Able to thrive in a matrix reporting organization

– Deep experience in cross border billing / recharges / processes/ technology systems and finance databases

– Competency / experience in working with large datasets

– Proficiency in complex stakeholder management and the ability to make thoughtful trade-offs