Analyst- Vendor Cost Controllership (Chennai, IN)

<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Job Summary</b></H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Support the execution of a standardised vendor cost controllership process across planning, reporting, reconciliation and governance cycles.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Improve transparency, accuracy and control over vendor spend by maintaining robust data quality, audit trails and reporting outputs.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Enable better forecast accuracy and cost governance for Cost GPO, Finance, Country Finance and Operations stakeholders.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Key Responsibilities</b></H2> </div><div><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Vendor Cost Process Execution</span></strong><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Support day-to-day execution of vendor cost controllership activities across planning, tracking, accruals, reporting and governance cycles.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Coordinate month-end inputs, validate vendor cost data, prepare schedules and track closure of open items within agreed timelines.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Work with Finance, Financial Control, Country Finance and Operations teams to ensure vendor cost processes are completed accurately and consistently.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Reconcile vendor cost schedules with GL, source files, accrual postings and supporting documentation to ensure completeness and accuracy.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Investigate variances, maintain data quality checks and ensure reconciliations are review-ready with clear audit trails.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Prepare MIS, dashboards, variance analysis, action trackers and governance reporting to support timely decision-making.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Support vendor cost inputs for Annual Plan, Forecast, Restatement and outlook cycles by consolidating data, validating assumptions and maintaining working files.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Maintain vendor-level cost schedules covering committed spend, run-rate movement, accrual requirements and expected cost trends.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Track key metrics, KRIs, SLA adherence, ageing items, open actions and governance exceptions through to closure.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Maintain process documentation, SOPs, control checklists, working files and evidence packs for audit readiness.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Coordinate with Finance, Procurement, Operations, Country Finance and vendor management teams to collect inputs, resolve issues and close process dependencies.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Support process standardisation, automation, dashboard testing and reporting enhancements to improve control, transparency and efficiency.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Motivations</b></H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Energised by working with financial data, reconciliations and controls to improve accuracy, transparency and confidence in vendor spend reporting.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Motivated by structured execution, clear timelines and disciplined follow-through across month-end, planning and governance cycles.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Driven by opportunities to simplify processes, improve reporting quality and support better cost governance outcomes for stakeholders.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Skills and Experience</b></H2> </div><div><p><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Vendor Cost / P2P Process Understanding</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Excel Analysis, Reporting &amp; MIS</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Controls, Governance &amp; Audit Readiness</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Stakeholder Coordination</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Process Documentation &amp; SOP Management</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Continuous Improvement Mindset</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Qualifications</b></H2> </div><div><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Key Experiences</span></strong><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Experience in finance operations, cost reporting, vendor cost management, GL reconciliation, accruals, MIS preparation or financial governance activities.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Strong working knowledge of Excel for reconciliations, variance analysis, data validation and reporting support.</span><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Exposure to financial controls, audit evidence, process documentation or governance reporting preferred.</span><br><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Certifications/Qualifications</span></strong><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    Finance, Accounting, Commerce or equivalent relevant qualification preferred.</span><br><strong><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">Languages</span></strong><br><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10.0pt">•    English – business proficiency.</span></p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>About Standard Chartered</b></H2> </div><div><p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Together we:</p> <ul> <li><b>Do the right thing</b> and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do</li> <li><b>Never settle,</b> continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well</li> <li><b>Are better together,</b> we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>What we offer</b></H2> </div><div><p><b>In line with our Fair Pay Charter,</b> we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.</p> <ul> <li><b>Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,</b> with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.</li> <li><b>Time-off</b> 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.</li> <li><b>Flexible working</b> options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.</li> <li><b>Proactive wellbeing support</b> 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</li> <li><b>A continuous learning culture</b> to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.</li> <li><b>Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation,</b> one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.</li> </ul></div></div></div>