Job Summary

•    Internal Audit strengthens the Bank's governance, risk management and control environment by providing independent assurance over the effectiveness of business activities, processes and controls.
•    The role enables informed decision-making through objective assessment of risks, controls and regulatory obligations, ensuring potential issues are identified, escalated and addressed appropriately. It supports organisational resilience by delivering assurance, insight and challenge that helps the Bank manage risk effectively while maintaining high standards of governance and accountability.

Key Responsibilities

Audit Assurance & Independent Challenge
•    Strengthen confidence in the Bank's governance, risk management and control environment through the delivery of independent, risk-based assurance activities.
•    Improve management understanding of control effectiveness by identifying control weaknesses, emerging risks and opportunities for improvement.
•    Enhance organisational accountability by providing objective challenge and evidence-based conclusions on key risk and control matters.
•    Support informed decision-making through timely audit observations, recommendations and assurance outcomes.

Risk, Control & Governance Assessment
•    Improve the Bank's ability to manage risk by evaluating the design and effectiveness of governance arrangements, processes and control frameworks.
•    Strengthen the control environment through the identification and assessment of operational, financial, regulatory, conduct and technology-related risks.
•    Enhance visibility of control weaknesses, emerging risks and governance concerns through structured assessment and reporting activities.
•    Support sustainable risk management by evaluating whether remediation actions effectively address identified issues.

Audit Delivery & Quality Excellence
•    Deliver high-quality audit outcomes through the consistent application of Internal Audit methodology, professional standards and quality requirements.
•    Improve audit effectiveness by maintaining robust planning, testing, documentation and evidence-management practices.
•    Enhance confidence in audit conclusions through objective analysis, professional judgement and fact-based assessment.
•    Support continuous improvement of audit practices, tools and methodologies to strengthen audit quality and efficiency.

Stakeholder Partnership & Influence
•    Build trusted relationships across business and functional stakeholders to enable effective audit engagement and information sharing.
•    Improve stakeholder understanding of risk and control matters through clear communication of audit observations, insights and recommendations.
•    Strengthen collaboration between Internal Audit and the wider organisation while maintaining appropriate independence and objectivity.
•    Support constructive management action through practical, risk-based challenge and professional advisory perspectives.

Regulatory, Compliance & Assurance Oversight
•    Strengthen compliance with regulatory and policy requirements through independent assessment of key control activities and governance processes.
•    Improve organisational readiness by identifying areas of heightened regulatory, operational or conduct risk.
•    Enhance confidence in the Bank's control environment through proactive monitoring of issue management and remediation progress.
•    Support effective governance by providing assurance to relevant committees, leadership forums and stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement & Organisational Insight
•    Improve organisational resilience through the identification of recurring themes, systemic issues and emerging risk trends.
•    Enhance management insight by using audit findings and data analysis to inform risk awareness and governance priorities.
•    Strengthen audit capability through knowledge-sharing, innovation and continuous learning.
•    Support the evolution of governance, risk and control practices in response to changing business, regulatory and strategic requirements.

Skills and Experience

Priority Skills    
    •    Data Analytics and Insights
    •    Human and AI Collaboration
    •    Strategic and Proactive Mindset
    •    Relationship Management and Communication
    •    Resilience and Adaptability
Other Skills    
    •    Internal Audit
    •    Audit Analytics
    •    Compliance Audit
    •    Audit Finding
    •    Integrity Management

Motivations

•    Motivated by understanding how organisations manage risk and identifying opportunities to strengthen governance, controls and decision-making.
•    Energised by analysing complex information, evaluating evidence and providing objective conclusions on important business and risk matters.
•    Enjoy applying professional judgement and independent challenge to improve organisational effectiveness, accountability and resilience.
•    Find satisfaction in working across diverse business areas, building trusted relationships and influencing positive risk and control outcomes.

Qualifications

•    Experience assessing risks, controls, governance arrangements or business processes within audit, risk, compliance, financial services or related environments.
•    Experience performing reviews, testing, analysis or assurance activities to evaluate control effectiveness and identify areas for improvement.
•    Experience gathering, interpreting and assessing information from multiple sources to support evidence-based conclusions and recommendations.
•    Experience preparing reports, observations or management insights that communicate risks, issues and findings in a clear and structured manner.
•    Experience engaging with business, risk and control stakeholders to understand operational activities, challenges and control environments
•    Business English

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• 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 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.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.