Job Summary

The Markets Governance team supports the governance of Markets businesses with respect to non-financial risks ensuring alignment with Bank Policy and Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF). This role involves providing secretariat support of non-financial risk committees (NFRCs), monitoring overall risk management information, executing strong governance to ensure effective risk reporting and supporting risk initiative to build foundations for future growth.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Maintain understanding of Bank / CIB Governance standard and policy.

Business
•    Good understanding of the Markets business, how Markets operate within Group, and the external market environment in which we operate.
•    Good understanding of Risk standards and Policy relevant to the Markets business and scope of the role.
Processes
•    Manage and coordinate Markets Non-Financial Risk Committees (NFRCs) including scheduling, agenda preparations and formalizing risk meeting deck.
•    Ensure quality production and documentation of NFRCs materials to facilitate an effective discussion and decisions in NFRCs.
•    Collaborate with NFRCs and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure non-financial risk agenda is reported on a timely basis. 
•    Prepare regular risk information reporting for management oversight.
•    Support data research and analysis to facilitate comprehensive MI for emerging risk monitoring and enhancement.
•    Identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies in non-financial risk management activities.
•    Assist in development and maintenance of risk dashboards and other reporting tools.
•    Responsible for staying current with Policies and Standards relevant to Governance process.
•    Provide guidance and support to stakeholders on non-financial risk management practices.

People & Talent
•    Good technical skill to support process streamline and automation is preferable. 

Risk Management
•    Responsible for escalating and provide advice on relevant risks timely and accurately
•    Stay alert with good risk awareness and able to pro-actively challenge on emerging risk to ensure effective governance.
Governance
•    Ensure Governance meetings and risk forums are managed in accordance with Markets and the bank Governance Standard.

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

•    Markets Non-Financial Risk Committee (NFRCs) members, invitees and management team
•    Markets NFRCs one down risk forums stakeholders and teams
•    Markets Group, Regional and Country COO and functional teams
•    Business and Functional stakeholders across CIB, 1st, 2nd and 3rd line of defences

Other Responsibilities
•    Live by the Here for Good promise and the brand values as stated for Group, Business and Country
•    Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures
•    Responsible for developing a strong working relationship across all Markets risk and risk ops teams and locations.
•    Responsible for leveraging the opportunity provided by Corporate Social Responsibility to enhance the Group’s internal and external reputation and indirectly influence the bottom line.
•    Responsible for promoting the Group’s brand and here for good with employees, clients and regulators. 
•    Responsible for performing other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
•    Responsible for maintaining effective communication with key stakeholders, and staff.
 

Qualifications

•    EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Banking, Finance, Economics
•    TRAINING: Bank Mandatory
•    CERTIFICATIONS: Certificate in Operational Risk or equivalent
•    LANGUAGES :English 

Skills and Experience

•    Markets Business and Products (FSS, FM) 
•    Operational Risk Standards
•    Process Optimization
•    Risk Reporting and Data Analytics
•    Non-Financial Risk Governance / Equivalent Workflows 

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.