Job Summary

Failure to effectively manage Change may lead to adverse client outcomes, breaches of regulatory requirements that could attract regulatory scrutiny, and/or damage the Group’s reputation.
•    Group Internal Audit (GIA) in Standard Chartered Bank is looking for an exceptional and dynamic Senior Audit Manager to join our Change Transformation Group Internal Audit (GIA) team within the Technology and Operations portfolio.
•    This global role includes executing audits across Ways of Working (WOW), project lifecycle, Classic and Agile delivery, project governance, reporting and monitoring, scheduling, resource management and financial management.
•    This role will get to work on more complex audits such as cross-functional and multi-location high risk audits and will also provide you the opportunities to interact and engage with both Group and Country Stakeholders

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain an awareness of the Group's business strategy and model, and an understanding of the Group’s Transformation priorities.
• Perform, support, or lead where directed, the planning, fieldwork, and reporting of internal audit engagements to deliver agreed assurance objectives to established GIA standards and timelines.
• Deliver quality audit reports that are effectively written with practical, actionable, measurable and value-added recommendations.
• Share knowledge, skills and experience with team members and the wider GIA and provide advisory to internal auditors from both Business and Technology on Change Management. 
• Assist in standardisation and documentation of processes, risks, and controls and work with internal stakeholders to build a comprehensive and simple test procedures for Change Management. Liaise with Change Management standard owners where required.
• Assist to track and consolidate all Change related audit issues raised by GIA, Regulators or Monitors and provide periodic updates to internal GIA Management and senior risk committees of the Bank.
• Apply an in-depth understanding of, and compliance with, GIA methodology standards and the GIA system in all areas of assigned GIA activity. 
• Evaluate quantitative and qualitative data (using data analytics) to diagnose underlying issues, patterns and root causes.
• Monitor and track assigned audit issues and action plans, and report overdue items to the Head of Audit (HOA) for resolution.
• Execute audits in-line with the Group Internal Audit methodology.
• Build good working relationships with the business audit teams to facilitate execution of integrated audit work.
• Complete relevant risk assessment activities in a timely and effective manner, including the completion of Risk Assessment template.
• Assist in continuous auditing and monitoring of key risks in Change Management. 
• Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group's arrangements to deliver effective Transformation governance, oversight, and controls.
   

Skills and Experience

• Strong background in audit (with a focus on Change delivery and Agile concepts) with a minimum of 7 years of experience preferably in the Banking and Financial services industry. 
• Knowledge and experience in Change Management (e.g. Project Management Planning, Agile Practitioner) is required. 
• Attention to detail and curiosity. Strong analytical skills and eager to learn.
• Excellent writing and articulation skills to succinctly communicate complicated technical issues in business terms.
• Strong interpersonal skills for building and maintaining credibly effective working relationships with counterparts in Group Internal Audit and business stakeholders.
• High degree of responsibility, self-motivated, requiring minimal supervision. 
• 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.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or university degree in any related discipline.
• Professional Audit Certification (CIA, CISA, CISM, CISSP etc.) and experience in executing a risk-based Audit Methodology, or a similar methodological approach.
• Professional Certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile Scrum Master, PMI-ACP) in Change Management preferred.
• Business proficiency in English (Verbal and Written)
   

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.

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