ICBC Standard Bank Plc
Finance MI Decision Support Analyst
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Finance MI Decision Support Analyst
The Management Information team is responsible for delivering timely, accurate, and insightful management information across revenue, costs, actuals, forecasts, and forward-looking business performance. The team supports senior management and business stakeholders by providing high-quality analysis, clear performance narratives, and robust information to inform decision-making, business planning, and financial governance.
The purpose of this role is to support the delivery of high-quality management information, financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting across the Bank. The candidate will contribute to strong financial control, insightful business partnering, and continuous improvement of reporting processes, with responsibility for activities including:
- Accounting journal entries
- Analytical review of expenses
- Balance Sheet reconciliations & substantiation
- Monthly financial reporting to business units
- Using Power Automate to enhance accounting and reporting processes, including workflow automation, process standardisation, control improvements, data quality checks, and more efficient delivery of recurring Finance outputs.
The role will provide broad exposure to Finance processes, accounting systems, reporting controls, and stakeholder-facing analysis. The candidate will be expected to take ownership of assigned deliverables, maintain strong control and confidentiality over accounting records and business information, manage competing deadlines effectively, and contribute to the continuous improvement of MI, reporting, and financial control processes.
What you'll be doing
The candidate will work within the Management Accounting team, taking responsibility for the delivery, review, and continuous improvement of accounting and reporting processes that fall under the team’s remit, including but not limited to:
- Monthly accounting processes
- Reviewing expenses to identify any required accruals and prepayments
- Processing of journals and adjustments to the accounting records
- Variance analysis commentary in monthly cost review meetings
Balance Sheet reconciliations and substantiation
- Substantiation and attestation of Balance Sheet accounts for review at the monthly Finance Governance Committee
Monthly financial reporting and business partnering
- Production of monthly financial packs for distribution to business units
- Analysing and clearly articulating key monthly movements, year-on-year trends, and variances to budget or forecast, including identification of underlying drivers, risks, opportunities, and areas requiring business challenge or follow-up.
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Budgeting and forecasting
- Collaboration with the business to prepare annual budgets and interim forecasts
- Uploading of Budget and forecast information to the reporting systems
- Supporting the development, review, and challenge of budget and forecast assumptions, working with stakeholders to understand key cost drivers, resource requirements, risks, and opportunities.
- Contributing to scenario analysis, timetable management, and preparation of clear budget and forecast outputs for Finance and business review.
Business reporting structure maintenance
- Collaboration with finance business partners to ensure any business structure changes are implemented in the reporting systems
- Delivering ad-hoc analysis and reporting to provide value-add support to business stakeholders, including analysis of cost trends, profitability, headcount, investment decisions, business cases, process efficiency, and other strategic or operational priorities as required
What you'll need to be successful
We're looking for the following skills and experience. If you don't have all of these but think you could be a good fit for the role, get in touch.
- Working towards a recognised accounting qualification, such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent
- Due to the requirements of the role Mandarin communication skills are required (written and verbal)
- Advanced Microsoft Office capability, including Excel modelling and analysis, PowerPoint presentation of financial insights, and experience using Power BI and Power Automate to support reporting, data visualisation, and process automation.
- Self-starter who can identify opportunities to improve Finance processes and use technology to deliver better outcomes.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the Bank to channel multiple inputs into coherent outputs, and constructively challenge assumptions relating to budgets, forecasts, cost drivers, resource allocation, and business performance narratives.
Why should you join us?
ICBC Standard Bank Plc (ICBCS) is a leading financial markets and commodities bank, driven to deliver the right outcomes for our stakeholders, clients, counterparties, and markets. We benefit from a unique Chinese and African parentage and an unrivalled global network and expertise. We're headquartered in London, with operations in Shanghai, Singapore, and New York.
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Our vision statement, "Be Yourself, Succeed Together," underpins our drive for an open and transparent culture which values difference, enabling everyone to thrive whilst being themselves. We have an active E, D&I forum, and we're growing other employee network groups, including for women and neurodiversity.
We're committed to the principle of equal opportunities. All applicants will be treated equally and will be considered on their merits and skills without discrimination.
What’s in it for you?
- Financial – market-based pay based on skills and experience, discretionary annual bonus, pension contribution 10% (employee contribution 5%), travel insurance, life assurance, and income replacement insurance.
- Hybrid working – the option to work remotely up to two days per week, depending on the role.
- Family – 6 months maternity leave at full pay, 4 weeks paternity leave at full pay, and enhanced shared parental leave pay. Coaching for family leave returners and access to emergency care via My Family Care. Paid fertility and miscarriage leave.
- Wellbeing – private medical insurance, Bike2Work scheme, health and fitness subsidy, holiday exchange, Employee Assistance Programme, and menopause policy.
- Community – paid volunteering leave and Give As You Earn scheme. Vibrant CSR and engagement forums and fundraising for our charity partners.
- Development – a suite of opportunities to build the skills you need to excel in your role
If you’re excited about becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!
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