Head of Business Finance, Wrb Segments

Job ID: 26837

Location: Singapore, SG

Area of interest: Audit, Accounting & Finance

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 26 May 2025

**Job Summary**
- The Head of Business Finance, WRB Segments would manage financial performance of global WRB segments. This will include planning, performance management, segment analytics and providing advisory to relevant stakeholders to track and improve segment performance and to achieve agreed medium and long term targets.**Responsibilities for this finance role cover managing financial performance and underlying drivers of growth for following areas within WRB**:

- Affluent segment
- Personal Segment
- SME Segment

**Strategy**
- The Head of Business Finance, WRB Segments should have thorough awareness and understanding of the WRB business strategy and be able to help execute this to specific segment context globally. This includes:
- Partner with segment CFO and various segment heads in implementation of agreed strategy across market
- Actively report, review and analyse progress against set strategic target
- Alignment of this strategy and related financial impact, execution with key country finance colleagues and business partners

**Business**
- Advice stakeholders on financial performance, profitability, returns and highlighting areas of opportunity and early warnings of the challenges ahead
- Track financial and non-financial performance and momentum regularly
- Develop and implement financial and non-financial value drivers and regular measurement & analysis
- Conduct client segment deep dives to identify opportunities to improve income and returns; utilise these insights to modify or formulate new strategies with business stakeholders and finance partners
- Lead strategic multiyear planning process aligned with strategic priorities
- Partner with business and finance teams in markets to execute plans to improve market share including tactical and strategic actions
- Contribute to performance reporting and analysis for WRB Business Reviews
- Periodically review SCB performance against competitors and analyse relative strength and opportunity
- Effectively manage costs and lead appropriate prioritisation decisions to achieve cost efficiencies
- Support business on understanding and effective appropriate usage of various financial views
- Enhanced Financial view, Management view, Market view and Franchise vie

**Processes**
- Review and ownership of flash, outlook, forecasting and monthly performance for the business in coordination with offshore support teams
- Smooth and efficient corporate plan process and other internal finance processes specially forecasting alignment across region, country and Market/ Financial view interlock
- Regular report and tracking financials and non-financial value drivers in coordination with analytics team and offshore support teams

**People & Talent**
- Work effectively and collaboratively with finance/ non finance colleagues within WRB group finance, country finance and offshore teams
- Ensure ongoing training and self-development for both current role and future aspirations from a career growth perspective
- Guide other team members as a leader to get the optimum results

**Risk Management**
- Coordinate regular review with Risk to ensure appropriate capital deployment
- Review Risk Weighted Asset (RWA) performance vis-à-vis balance sheet growth and product/ client returns for the Affluent segment
- Regular review, reporting and understanding of loan impairment related to lending portfolios
- Ensure compliance with Group Accounting Principles and practices, Financial Control policy and other regulatory accounting guidelines
- Understanding of various regulatory requirement (eg Basel III/IV) and implementation of the same appropriately by working with product teams in group and markets

**Governance**
- Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates and the regulatory requirements and expectations to the role
- Represent the WRB finance function at key WRB Business forums and escalating any issues that may impact finance responsibilities

**Key Stakeholders**
- CFO WRB Affluent and Segments
- CFO WRB
- 10+ years relevant experience in finance at a leading global financial services firm, preferably banking
- Qualified Accountant i.e., CPA, CMA, ACCA or equivalent, or MBA (Finance) or other relevant qualification is preferred
- Track record of business partnering and ability to influence and effectively challenge stakeholders
- Strong understanding and/ or previous experience in consumer banking, wealth management or SME/ commercial banking is preferred
- Proven problem solver using quantitative techniques, strong analytical skills with ability to develop proof of concept frameworks and business cases
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively manage varied stakeholders and global teams within finance and business.

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