Job Summary

The Markets Governance team supports the governance of the Markets businesses with respect to (1) Non-financial risks; (2) Product governance; (3) Conduct and Culture; (4) Senior manager regime; (5) Internal policies and standards. This role is focused on (3), (4) and (5).

This is executed through activities like leading or providing inputs to the Non-financial risk committees (NFRCs), Group Conduct forum and working with the functions to ensure effective risk governance, building the foundations for future growth.
The Markets Governance team supports the governance of the Markets businesses with respect to (1) Non-financial risks; (2) Product governance; (3) Conduct and Culture; (4) Senior manager regime; (5) Internal policies and standards. This role is focused on (3), (4) and (5).

This is executed through activities like leading or providing inputs to the Non-financial risk committees (NFRCs), Group Conduct forum and working with the functions to ensure effective risk governance, building the foundations for future growth.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Maintains understanding of Bank / CIB Conduct standards 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
•    Support identifying process gaps that may give rise to non-adherence to Policies and Standards relevant to the Markets business.
•    Support identification of efficiencies and timeliness improvements for relevant processes (e.g. conduct data collation and review via golden source).
•    As directed, provide support to maintain the Markets Conflict of Interest (COI) Register, in accordance with the requirements specified in Group Conflicts of Interest Policy and Group Conflicts of Interest Risk Management Standards.
•    Provide analysis for conduct related matters across the Markets Process Universe and process owner support as required, for processes such as for Complaints and Gifts & Entertainment.
•    Provide feedback on conduct supervisory dashboard for Markets and other dashboard initiatives (e.g. at CIB level)
•    Support the compilation and reporting of Mandatory Conduct Review (MCR) metrics and issues to relevant forums.
•    Understand and support bank’s and FCA standards of completing the annual conduct effectiveness review and Markets overall approach to setting and managing conduct risk.
•    Support the analysis and review of relevant conduct metrics (including Employee Grievance, Shared Investigation Services, behavioural concerns) and alignment to the Ten Conduct Outcomes
•    Support Markets business and function Heads in overseeing the identification, recording, escalation, and management of COIs that arise within those areas of responsibilities.
•    Provide feedback on improvements in regard to process, workflow and tooling in Conflicts Risk Management System (CRMS) and COI processes.
 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Banking or Financial Instituition.
• Min 5 years of relevant experience
• Good Communication skills both verbal and written.
• Proficient in using MS Office ie. Excel macros with data / Phython.
• Able to leverage programming within Excel to streamline data manipulation and analysis.

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.