Job Summary

• The senior operational risk manager role is to support the financial markets operational risk team, in giving independent oversight of functional teams globally.  The focus of this role is to oversee data operations globally across all jurisdictions, ensuring that risks are raised, escalated and monitored to closure.  They should be able to attend multiple meetings to explain the issues in plain language to ensure stakeholders have a clear understanding of the risks we run.
• Being based in FMO India, the role also requires giving support to the local FMO R&C team and also the E&A team in managing risk across all products traded in the region (i.e. derivatives, FXMM, securities etc).

Key Responsibilities

Strategy:

• Support in developing risk conduct across financial markets, focus on bringing functional teams up to industry standards to ensure team meets policy.

Business:

• Oversight and ownership from a risk perspective of all open risks related to data operations, this should include all jurisdictions where regulations may differ. 

People & Talent:

• Lead by example in promoting risk culture throughout the bank and emphasis on timely escalation per policy
• Share experience with the wider team to develop knowledge across the team, mentor more junior staff to help them build their knowledge and as such help career growth

Risk Management:

• Work closely with the data operations team to ensure their risk framework efficiently matches the current risks
• Ensure all risks are correctly logged in a timely manner into the bank’s risk monitoring system 
• All risk incidents are shared across all stakeholders as per policy
• Work with operation teams, group risk and compliance if there are any incidents that need to be reported to a regulator – making sure that key stakeholders are kept informed of developments
• Work with the data team on upcoming tech and reg releases to ensure that horizon risks are captured and any action places are recorded
• Prepare for audits by ensuring any concerns are fully documented and where possible resolved prior to audit
• Work with audit and be a focal point for them where needed
• Look to perform regular assurance checks to spot any unknown concerns before they become issues

Governance:

• Support local FMO R&C team and E&A region in monitoring risk across all teams in their CST/KCI/KRI’s, incidents, reconciliations etc
• Support local FMO R&C team and E&A region in attending service review meetings and regional risk meetings with local stakeholders

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.
• Lead the team out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
• Serve as a Director of the Board
• Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association 

Key stakeholders:

• FMO Global Head
• FMO R&C Head
• FMO Regulatory Reporting Head 
• COO Teams
• Group Risk Teams
• Compliance Teams

Technical Skills:

• FINANCIAL SERVICES INDUSTRY
• Operational Functions
• Operational Risk
• Problem Management Process
• Regulatory Environment - Financial Services
• Risk Management

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of relevant banking experience
• Deep knowledge in collateral management
• Strong background in risk management and controls
• Knowledge of wider Financial Markets business
• Ability to write complex risk papers
• Ability to perform assurance reviews and write up findings to present to higher management
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills

About Standard Chartered

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.

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.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off 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.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support 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
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.