Financial Relationship Manager/ Senior Consultant Specialist

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of  Senior Consultant Specialist

In this role, you will:

• As a valued and trusted partner, the FRM provides decision-support financial analytics, cost reporting and governance to ensure that Technology delivers its service and achieves its strategic goals within budget, while ensuring adherence to an operational risk and control framework.
• Tech Stakeholders - the FRM partners with senior Tech management (CIO) and the MSS Tech COO Senior Business Management (SBM) team to provide oversight and support for all finance matters in Tech. Financial SME for the department, they assume ownership of all aspects of cost reporting (direct costs, recovery charges, budget interlock, target setting), acting as an independent challenge authority and influencing decision-making to ensure that Technology as a service is delivered on budget and stretch-targets are met.
• Business/Finance Stakeholders - the FRM forms part of a virtual team with the business and SBM, owning the provision of Tech cost reporting and articulating key messaging through monthly and ad-hoc reviews with business and finance counterparts (COO, CFO). Ensuring the right level of cost transparency and underlying drivers are understood, they ensure the timely escalation of funding issues/opportunities and influence business initiative forecasting and prioritisation.
• Tech Transformation - providing financial support to the Tech Transformation agenda, the FRM is responsible for validation of related financial targets, plus financial benefits forecasting, tracking and delivery in line with committed operational plans formulated by CIO/Strategy and Operations/SBM
• Other:
• Dedicated financial advisory to Tech Asset Class, including all financial reporting and MI needs for recovery charges and direct costs
• Preparation of ad hoc cost analyses, commentaries, trend analysis and presentation to senior stakeholders
• SME on all financial tools, cost processes, governance and controls within Tech COO
• Lead for all Tech COO finance matters associated to re-orgs and business (funding) boundary changes.
• The FRM is responsible for delivering excellence in Financial Management, cost governance and control for the MSS Tech Executive team, Asset Class CIO and Business stakeholders. To act as a trusted finance partner to help Tech achieve operational and strategic success through provision of financial management information, forecasting and decision-support cost analytics.