Job Summary

•    Group Internal Audit (GIA) in Standard Chartered Bank is looking for an exceptional and dynamic Audit Manager to join our Third Parties and Operational Risk Team. This is a role that provides exposure to auditing and risk management of Third Party and Operational risks at a global scale and offers significant career development opportunities. 
•    We engage Third Parties for a wide variety of goods and services to effectively run our business. All Third Party engagements must be managed appropriately in accordance with the underlying risks throughout the lifecycle - from sourcing, onboarding, vendor management to exit.
•    This role primarily focuses on auditing Third Party risks and Second Line Operational Risk from a Group perspective. Candidate will need to have core skillset in either TPRM or Operational Risk and audit work will be assigned according to skillset. 
•    This role will need to lead audits such as cross-functional and multi-location and be capable of leading conversations with Country/ Group Stakeholders. 
•    Experience in other Risk Types/ areas relevant to Third Parties such as Supply Chain Management, Compliance (including Anti-Bribery and Fraud), Data Privacy, Resilience can be considered. 

Key Responsibilities

Business
•    To act as a Team Leader and take responsibility for overseeing the planning and execution of the audit, maintaining the audit budget, including drafting of audit programmes, audit issues and the audit report.
•    Ensure that the scoping of audit work assigned addresses the key risks identified in the detailed risk assessment and in the audit planning process and meets relevant regulatory requirements and expectations that are required to be covered by GIA.
•    Drafting of the audit programme, audit observations/ issues and audit report.
•    Provide technical input and challenge on audit work being undertaken within the scope of assigned product / country area of responsibility. This will include working with the audit team to produce outputs of high quality which address the areas of greatest risk.
•    Evaluate quantitative and qualitative data (using data analytics) to diagnose underlying issues, patterns, and root causes.
•    Monitor/track assigned audit issues and action plans, and report overdue items to the Head of Audit (HOA) for resolution.
•    Support GIA audit teams by providing SME knowledge and expertise for their audits.
•    Provide ongoing continuous monitoring support to Head of Audit (HOA) and raise issues and observations outside of formal audit work to expedite rectification of control weaknesses.
•    Demonstrate leadership and ability to motivate and guide audit team members.

Processes
SME or relevant experience in Third Party Risk Management, Supply Chain Management or Second Line Operational Risk.

People & Talent

•    Build good working relationships with the business to facilitate execution of audit work, help improve the control environment and keep updated with changes in the risk profile of the business. 

Skills and Experience

• Operational Risk 
• TPRM 
• Audit 

Qualifications

•    An experienced auditor or a risk and governance with a minimum of 10 years relevant experience in Operational Risk or Third Party risks such as Outsourcing, Procurement or Third Party Risk Management with a Bank of global scale, MNC or Big-4 Accounting firm. 
•    Experienced in performing vendor onsite reviews across various types of vendor services or experiences in working with technology vendors such as cloud vendors will be an advantage. 
•    Understanding of Third Party or Outsourcing risks across business strategy, plans, products, performance and related issues.
•    Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to influence business management, other stakeholders and peers.
•    Confident and courageous to raise/escalate issues in a proactive, professional and timely manner.
•    Track record of performing work independently with minimal supervision and meeting stretch timelines; comfortable to deal with ambiguity and solve problems.
•    Ability to collect and objectively analyse and apply information, “thinking out of the box” where necessary, in supporting the planning, fieldwork or reporting of results of audit engagements.
•    Displays initiative and knows when and how to seek guidance. Willingness and capacity to learn on the job.
•    Responds enthusiastically to tasks allocated, accepts responsibility readily and demonstrates business professionalism.
•    Good time management, well-organised with the ability to prioritise and plan workload to ensure delivery to timescales.
•    Flexibility to work across different functions and situations globally and change priorities at short notice.
•    Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) / Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) is preferred

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.