Key Responsibilities

People & Talent 

• Lead through example and contribute to the appropriate culture and values.
• Promote a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm.
• Stimulate an environment where forward planning, prioritization, deadline management and streamlined workflows and collaborative, inclusive yet effective and efficient work practices are the norm.).
• Drive the migration of skill, knowledge, best practice and lesson learned across the network between regulatory reporting especially in relation to compliance with relevant regulations and internal policies/standards as they pertain to the function.

Risk Management

• Support completion of Risk & Control self-assessment
• Ensure effective management of Governance matters, and in collaboration with the rest of the team, effectively manage regulatory issues that have a significant impact on the Group including but not limited to conflicts of interest, data conduct, quality and record keeping
• Provide updates to relevant Finance risk committee, Control forum and Operational Excellence Forum on key risks and issues pertaining to regulatory reporting

Maintain adequate management MI / trackers across all aspects of their coverage and responsibility to ensure all issues and matters are tracked, followed, regularly assessed and 

Skills and Experience

Control and Governance:

• Accountability and Risk Management:  Take ownership of First-Line responsibilities as defined in the Enterprise Risk Management Framework and other Group or Principal Risk Type frameworks. Develop a risk-aware culture within the Regulatory reporting function.
• Collaboration and Policy Adherence: Collaborate with relevant stakeholders to ensure adherence to Group policies and controls. Evaluate risk awareness gaps and implement suitable learning initiatives.
• Assist in the running of the operational excellence meetings, including preparing and collating of materials and tracking of actions
• Propose control effectiveness and efficiency improvements and simplifications where appropriate.
• Support the end-to-end life cycle of audit, assurance and regulatory reviews, including tracking, remediation and preparing lessons learned from such reviews.
• Work closely with stakeholders across different reporting functions to ensure alignment on governance and risk matters across the teams. Maintain a central view of key governance deliverables and timelines

Processes:

• Risk Processes: Identify risks within the processes, ensure control mechanisms are implemented, and act as a key escalation point for risk-related events / issues.
• Support projects in reducing operational risks and perform root cause reviews of risk events.
• Risk Management: Raise awareness of business controls and governance responsibilities and assess risk management capabilities.

Qualifications

• MBA (Fin) or master’s in finance/accountancy/economics or affiliated subjects; Undergraduate degree in Science / Engineering / Commerce.
• Chartered Accountants: Risk Management or related Professional Certification will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in Risk Management and Governance.
• Good communication skills to share and present dashboards with global services teams and leadership.
• Good understanding on Banking Products and able to co-relate to Risk Weighted Assets / Regulatory Reporting    

• Familiarity with the use of SQL to interrogate and extract data for analysis is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of SAS and/or Python would be an added benefit.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements for data management, such as BCBS 239 and PRA requirements, is advantageous.
• Experience with stakeholder engagement across geographies is desirable.
• People leadership and management skills are highly valued.
• Technical skills such as Advanced Excel (including macros) and Python/R are desirable.

Knowledge of Balance Sheet Management systems like Moody’s, Oracle, and QRM is beneficial.

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.