Property Manager, CPBB

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The Role Responsibilities

Strategy

This client centric role will act as the primary liaison between Property and CPBB and potentially Property and GBS ensuring seamless interaction for managing our retail footprint and representing Property in initiatives aimed towards improving our overall client experience and lower our cost base. At the same time, contributing to other on going initiatives with other teams within Property to:

deliver portfolio and Business outcomes within the bank’s risk and governance framework

co-develop, define and manage new initiatives with different business segments and functions

driving client centricity through the Property ecosystem.

Drive data accuracy and to interpret data to help influence the right outcome for both Property and the Businesses to ensure alignment with the Bank’s strategy

Responsible for the development and delivery of great business alignment tactics, influencing key geographic and business stakeholders to ensure optimal solutions are implemented.  A “challenge accepted” attitude as well as ‘Know how to push back with a better option’  is a must have in this fast-paced environment.

The individual will need to develop a deep understanding and awareness related to the Bank’s strategy and be able to relate Property strategy and scorecard to the overall Bank’s strategies.

Business

The role is accountable through global, regional, cluster and country Property teams as well as key business stakeholders.

Responsible for Property engagement model with CPBB, GBS and other business leaders, to ensure the function has a deep understanding of strategic business needs and influence business outcomes beyond express needs.  

Support Asia BPM as Property MT Employee Volunteering (EV) sponsor to drive participation and contribution to the community.

Portfolio Management & Alignment

Through proactive engagement with Retail Banking, understand and translate Business outcomes into property deliverables.

Build strong Relationships with Regional property teams, ensure alignment between Country, Regional and Group Assumptions and Deliverables.

Ensure consistency and share of best practices across Regions and Group reporting and Insight

Link Property Agenda to provide a seamless Client Experience to Retail Banking

Manage balance sheet insights and reporting for Retail’s owned assets, as well as execution oversight

Support Retail Transformation agenda and act as liaison from Property to support these initiatives through pro-active data analysis, insights and execution at Group and Regions

Keep informed on emerging technologies and innovations and identify potential opportunities that would be relevant to the current and future customer base

Support Performance management system, and ensure they remain relevant (especially to Retail Banking) to both the property scorecard, as well as supply partner’s performance management system.

Improve and work upon the Bank’s Client Experience agenda to drive a culture of client obsession and drive new and innovative ways to serve our clients

Data and Insight

Liaise with other parts of property to improve reporting and insight through the eyes of Retail Banking, which include:

Ensure Retail Banking’s needs are met (across both Geographic and Group stakeholders)

Influence and align Supply Partners capabilities with SCB Data Analytics

Cluster Dimension and scope of responsibility

US $ 606 m Annual Budget 

9.2m Sq.ft Portfolio Size 

927 Of Properties 

625 # Of Branches

~60k # of WS

25 # of markets

Processes

Develop, implement and deliver property strategies and strategic initiatives on business alignment matters

Proactive engagements with Property, business stakeholders and supply partner - deepens partnerships, influence with future-focused, affordable and robust solutions

Work with country and cluster on coordinating Data & Analytics and property related submissions to ensure consistency

Risk Management

To support Business Planning Manager on risk related matters as needed

Governance

To ensure appropriate pace in delivering the RB agenda - understand, review and support the ongoing Property agenda by driving selected initiatives across various stakeholder groups.

Review existing processes to identify improvement & automation opportunities and ensure robustness of controls

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.

Support AHoP to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.

Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

Support Asia Business Planning Manager and Asia Head of Property for senior stakeholder management particularly CPBB and GBS within the region; developing strong partnerships, proactive discovery of upcoming projects while creating value by influencing stakeholders to make decisions when considering the wider business.

Key stakeholder interactions are Business / Function Heads in Asia particularly CPBB and GBS

Property Management Team and Extended Management Team.

Other Responsibilities

Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Assist in other Business Planning / Business Alignment related programmes/projects when the team requires additional capacity to deliver time sensitive projects as and when needed.

Our Ideal Candidate

Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Real Estate (Masters a plus), Preferably a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate other Business related discipline

5 year experience in either working for a Retail oriented organisation or manage property deliverables for Retail businesses

Qualifications / Experience: 

Knowledge of the facilities/real estate market as well as a keen understanding of customer service principles

Demonstrated resourcefulness in seeking out market opportunities and leveraging supplier base to maximum advantage

Qualifications around Analytics and Financials would also be an added advantage

Strong Communication, Influencing and Negotiation skills

Exposure to working with multi-cultural/geographic teams.

Data- oriented personality with a client centric mindset.

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