Job Summary

•    Group Internal Audit (GIA) in Standard Chartered Bank is looking for an exceptional and dynamic Audit Manager to join our Group Finance. This is a role that provides exposure to auditing and risk management of Financial Regulatory Reporting risks at a global scale and offers significant career development opportunities. 
•    This role primarily focuses on auditing Financial Regulatory Reporting risks from a Group perspective and there will be opportunities to learn about Group framework, policies and standards across Principal Risk Types with a focus on Financial Regulatory Reporting risks to influence and drive changes.
•    To act as Team Supervisor/ Team Member, as necessary, and take responsibility for contributing to the delivery of high quality Finance, Property and Treasury function audits, the performance of which cause minimal disruption to the business. 
•    To role model the valued behaviours and develop an environment in which positive behaviours are celebrated and poor culture is challenged. 
•    To execute assigned audit work, as well as the work carried out by the team, in an efficient and effective manner, within the given budget and timelines, and in line with GIA methodology standards. 
•    To clearly identify the risks and impact of issues during issue writing, agreeing these issues with management and obtaining quality management action plans to mitigate the risks raised. 
•    To support GIA audit teams by providing product knowledge and expertise for their audits relating to the candidate area of responsibility. 
•    Issue validation: All audit issue action plans agreed during audit fieldwork should be tracked through to completion in accordance with methodology requirements
•    This role will get to work on 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. 
•    You will also get to learn about different Risk Types and get to engage with different Risk Groups relevant to Financial Regulatory Reporting such as Financial Books and Records, Compliance, Data Privacy, Group Operational Risk etc.
•    The role reports to Head of Audit Group Finance. 

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Audits assigned to the candidate in the GIA audit plan should address the key risks identified in the detailed risk assessment and in the audit planning process and meet relevant regulatory requirements and expectations that are required to be covered by GIA. 
•    Ensure that audit team operates in line with the Audit Charter during engagements, remains independent from management and free from interference

Business
•    Participate as a Team Member in audit work, with opportunities to team lead audits depending on the skills of the individual.
•    Support the Team Leader/ Team Manager by executing audit planning, fieldwork and reporting for work assigned in an efficient and effective manner such that audit work meets the given budget, quality standards and timelines.
•    Assist in the drafting of the audit programme, audit observations/ issues and support team leader/ team manager in preparing the audit report.
•    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/track assigned audit issues and action plans, and report overdue items to the Head of Audit (HOA) for resolution.
•    Support GIA audit teams by providing SME knowledge and expertise for their audits.

Skills and Experience

Processes
•    To act as Team Supervisor/ Team Member on assigned audit work across the Group. 
•    When Team Leading to provide clear guidance, detailed review and supervision of the audit team’s work so that audit deliverables meet quality standards and timelines in line with the GIA methodology. 
•    When Team Leading to provide guidance on business/audit technical knowledge and management skills to team members to enable them to effectively deliver their assigned contributions for an audit. 
•    Provide technical input and challenge on audit work being undertaken within the scope of assigned product area of responsibility. This will include working with the audit team to produce outputs of high quality which address the areas of greatest risk.
•    To support GIA audit teams by providing product knowledge and expertise for their audits relating to the candidate area of responsibility.
•    To attend and represent GIA at formal committees and Group meetings, providing meaningful challenge and data-driven insights, as assigned.
•    Serve as the GIA portfolio subject matter expert – proactively engage with peers and stakeholders to maintain, build and share knowledge.

People & Talent
•    Build good working relationships with the business to facilitate execution of audit work, help improve the control environment and keep updated with changes in the risk profile of the business. 

Risk Management
•    Assist in the update of the assigned Continuous Risk Assessment on a regular basis to identify changes in risk profiles and document these in a timely manner, proposing changes to the assigned audit plan, as appropriate. 
•    Promote early identification and escalation of risks, issues, trends and developments to relevant stakeholders. Be prepared to raise issues/concerns outside the normal audit process. 
•    Adopt an anticipatory approach to risk assessment through stakeholder engagement and monitoring of the external environment to improve audit planning; and 
•    Review MI and reports regularly to keep up-to-date with key trends within the business and audit deliverables

Governance
•    Manage the relevant portfolio stakeholders and establish good working relationships to help the businesses improve the control environment and keep updated with changes in the business impacting their risk profile. 
•    Use networks and relationships to build engagement and achieve results. 
•    Escalate delays in the execution of audit work, both to auditee management and GIA Management. 
•    Be able to clearly explain issues identified along with the risks and root causes to GIA and business management, using language designed to be understood by non-experts

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.
 

Qualifications

•    Qualified accountant with auditing experience or a risk and governance / business person with relevant experience in Financial Regulatory Reporting with a Bank of global scale or Big-4 Accounting firm. 
•    Understanding of Financial Regulatory Reporting risks including interpretation of key regulations and reporting to the regulator.
•    Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with ability to influence business management, other stakeholders and peers.
•    Assured and courageous to raise/escalate issues in a proactive, professional and timely manner.
•    Track record of performing work alone with minimal supervision and meeting stretch timelines; comfortable to deal with ambiguity and solve problems.
•    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.
•    Responds enthusiastically to tasks allocated, accepts responsibility readily and demonstrates business professionalism.
•    Good time management, well-organised with the ability to prioritise and plan workload to ensure delivery to timescales.
•    Ability to work in a team and willingness to assist team members.
•    Flexibility to work across different functions and situations globally, and change priorities at short notice

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 an opportunity 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 market standard pay 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.