Job Summary

Overview

• RRSD Unit faces the Group Risk Function with a peripheral support to CEO CIB Function. It handles wide spectrum of activities to support the Enterprise Risk Analytics, Traded Risk Management, Risk & Compliance Reporting teams of the Group Risk. 

Traded Risk Management

Business / Purpose

• To develop new processes and tools that:
• meet new capital methodology requirements (such as new products, businesses, locations or regulators’ requirements); or
• enhance the reporting and management of market risk capital-RWA; or
• take in input feeds from new source systems.
• To deliver regulatory market risk capital-RWA requirements reporting for:
• Group and Solo SCB under UK PRA rules;
• Support bespoke analysis for Front Office and risk managers with relevant and timely expert advice on regulatory market risk capital treatment so that the market risk RWA is managed most effectively. 

Processes / Responsibilities

1.    Regulatory market risk capital-RWA submissions and advisory:

• Organise the timely submission of all the components required to produce accurate and complete monthly market risk capital-RWA reports.
• Take an active role in assessing market risk capital-RWA results and providing the business with  regulatory analysis. 
• Assist in the implementation of systems in accordance with business strategies & policies relating to market risk management.
• Issue regulatory and MI market risk capital reports from the core database:
• COREP MKR for Group and Solo (monthly) – for submission to PRA;
• Market risk capital-RWA reports (monthly) for Front Office and risk managers;
• Maintain robust EUCs, documentation and validations that continue to ensure reliable, accurate, complete and BCBS-239 compliant reporting.

2.    Participate in Tech projects and enhance market risk capital process :

• Contribute actively in technology development projects and streamline processes eg to obtain risk sensitivities for each asset class.  
• Engage relevant stakeholders (Risk managers, IT, Quants) to ensure that capital calculations are accurately implemented. 
• Apply data analysis tools like ActivePivot to enhance market risk capital reports.  
• Develop and enhance Excel, MS Access and VBA tools to calculate market risk capital.
• Develop the market risk reporting processes and tools to cater for:
• New requirements (new products, businesses, locations, regulators’ requirements);
• Enhanced analysis – as requested by Front Office, senior mgmt or TRM risk mgrs;
• New source systems/versions (eg. SABRE, ActivePivot);
• More secure validations and controls;
• Proactively review, recommend, and implement best practices and work flow.

Key Responsibilities

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.
• Submit PRA market risk capital-RWA requirements.

Key Stakeholders

• TRM Market Risk Capital Management Team
• TRM Market Risk Analytics
• Group Capital Regulatory Reporting
• Financial Markets
• TRM senior management team and market risk managers
• Market Risk Reporting & MI

Other Responsibilities

• Embed “Here for Good” and Group’s brand and values in Traded Risk Team.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
• Participate in at least 2 days of volunteering per year
• Participate in engagement activities
• Be motivated and actively engage in activities like innovation and automation initiatives

Skills and Experience

• Manage Conduct
• Manage Risk
• Manage People
• FM Products
• Problem Solving skills
• SAS/ Python/ SQL

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in risk management in the banking industry, including demonstrated success in a similar role.
• Team player with good communication skills and quick learner
• Good understanding on FM products and CCR & Market risk methodology
• Advanced level experience developing applications in MS Excel, MS Access including VBA, Python. Understanding of the “Project Management Life Cycle”. Competence in MS WORD and MS Powerpoint.
• Post graduate or equivalent professional qualification eg. CFA, FRM, PRM will be helpful
• Signature Strength – Strong product knowledge in FI / FX / Credit Derivatives / IR Derivatives / Traded Risk with expertise in Data visualisation, dashboarding and automation technologies.
• Hands-on Tool – Programming skills in Python, SQL, API Development, VBA, MS Technologies (Access, Powerpoint), Visualisation Tools (Tableau, PowerBI), Workflow Automation Tools (RPA, Sharepoint), Devops (JIRA, Jenkins, Git), knowledge of AI/ ML will be an added advantage.
• Analytical mindset – Able to detect outliers by observing movements and trends in data. Be able to investigate issues and identify the drivers.  

General Skill Set:

• Commendable people management skills, including handling professionals
• Strong knowledge in banking products across asset classes (FX/Rates/ Equity/ Credit and Commodities)
• Awareness of trading environment, market moves & potential impact on exposures.
• Excellent communication skills - verbal and written
• Be able to work in a global team
• Project management experience and documentation skills
• Be able to implement strategic ideas and enhance productivity and efficiency levels
• Significant Experience in major regulatory programs in the Risk/Finance, Banking industry – BCBS,IMM,CVA etc

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.