Job Summary

•    This position is for a Manager with a degree in a quantitative discipline. It requires 2-4 years of experience in the areas of Credit Risk Management applied across retail portfolios. The candidate will take full responsibility for the timely delivery of loss forecasting, Expected Credit Loss (ECL) analytics, policy and governance, and portfolio risk. This role involves working closely with various teams across the organization to ensure accurate forecasting, comprehensive risk assessments, and adherence to regulatory requirements

Key Responsibilities

Loss Forecasting and LI Analytics:
•    Develop an excellent understanding of the Loan Impairment (LI) processes, including LI (and its components) forecasting, technology and methodologies used.
•    Develop a deep understanding of ECL/ IFRS9 provisioning process.
•    Deliver comprehensive IFRS9-based ECL and LI analytical support to country and regional WRB stakeholders, encompassing Risk functions, Business teams, and segment leaders. Conduct deep-dive analyses to identify and articulate key drivers, providing strategic insights for risk appetite and business strategy.
•    Conduct quarterly forecasts of WRB Loan Impairment (LI), including Corporate Plan forecasts, in collaboration with Group, Country Business, and Finance teams. 
•    Review and report month-to-date (MTD) outlook of Loan Impairment against actuals and explain the variances.
•    Work closely with Country/Regional Finance, Collections, and CRM teams to identify potential risks and opportunities (R&O) within the outlook.
•    Prepare content for Monthly Business Reviews (MBR), Group Performance Reviews (GPR), and other associated portfolio quality MI reports. 
ECL Analytics and Stress Testing:
•    Review Group stress testing outcomes and develop bespoke stress testing approaches for local ICAAP. Review and challenge ECL adequacy and decide on management overlays for all WRB portfolios.
•    Review the existing ECL framework and design new ECL methodologies for newly launched products and digital lending.
•    Actively collaborate with Finance and Climate Risk Teams during Group, Regional and Local stress test activities. Provide business insights and portfolio nuances required to evaluate and to propose adjustment on stress test results. Review and comment stress test outcome. Participate in unstructured questionnaire response submission. 
•    Review and evaluate existing stress test methodologies and identify need to update / upgrade existing approaches to fulfil specific local or regional regulatory requirements.

Policy, Model, and Governance Support:
•    Understand new regulations (IFRS 9, Stress Testing, Basel III/IV), perform gap analyses, and determine WRB Risk actions.
•    Participate in new capability developments. Understand new regulations (IFRS 9, Stress Testing, Basel III/IV), perform gap analyses, and determine WRB Risk actions.
•    Work with Country CRMs and CRM CoE in preparation of PQRs, Portfolio summary reports, CCH and CCO review materials and other contents for stakeholders. 
•    Ongoing support to country PQR processes i.e., scheduling, management, minutes of meeting, risk tracking. 
•    Prepare materials for Higher Risk Market Forum, Risk Appetite, BCRS monthly RWAs and audit processes.
•    Develop strong understanding of priority reports and their schedules. 
•    Provide quantitative and data support to CPM modelling and CRM Analytics teams.
•    Participate in and perform User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and controls for implementation changes.
•    Maintain Portfolio Risk Documentation of Internal Controls (DOI) and UK Sox compliance
Key competencies & experience
•    Should be open to getting involved in on-the-ground and data activities
•    Analytical / Strategic / Conceptual thinking
•    Attention to detail
•    Problem solving
•    Verbal/Written communication
•    Presentation skills
•    Highly motivated, organized and methodical
Risk Management
•    Adherence to laws and regulations, internal risk and compliance policies and the Group Code of Conduct. 
•    Completion of all mandatory risk and compliance training including e-learning within stated timeframes 
•    Proactive identification of risks and concerns, including escalation to all relevant stakeholders 
•    Timely mitigation of risks and resolution of issues including collaboration with all relevant stakeholder functions, and establishment of effective 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.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
•    WRB Group and Local Finance 
•    WRB Group Products Team
•    WRB Risk and Local Risk Teams
•    WRB Risk Segment Heads
•    WRB Reporting Team
•    WRB CPM Modelling Team
Other Responsibilities
•    Here for good and Group’s brand and values in WRB Risk LI team. Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures, as required.

Skills and Experience

•    Statistics
•    English
•    Communication
•    Team leader
•    IFRS9
•    Expected Credit Losses

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, Economics, Statistics, or a related field.
•    2-4 years of experience in loss forecasting, ECL analytics, risk management, or a related area.
•    Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
•    Proficiency in data analysis tools and software (e.g., Excel, SAS, Python, SQL, Tableau).
•    Understanding of IFRS 9, Basel III/IV, and other relevant regulatory frameworks.
•    Excellent communication and presentation skills.
•    Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
•    Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically.
Preferred Qualifications:
•    Familiarity with stress testing frameworks and methodologies.
•    Advanced degree (MBA, MS) or relevant certifications (CFA, FRM

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.