Job Summary

•    Group Internal Audit & Investigations (GIAI) in Standard Chartered Bank is looking for an exceptional and dynamic Audit Manager to join our Financial Markets (FM) and Financial Crime Surveillance (FCS) Operations team within the Technology & Operations portfolio.  
•    The role holder is expected to manage, lead and deliver the audit work covering key risks of FM and FCS Operations and should have minimum of 5 years hand-on experience.
•    Strong communicator, both written and verbal, with ability to clearly explain issues to Management and write audit issues, reports, and opinions in simple English.  
•    Strong analytical skills with hands-on experience on Python, Power BI, Tableau, SQL. 
•    Proven skills in prompt engineering queries for artificial intelligence (AI), in the aid of audit planning, execution and delivery. 

Key Responsibilities

Audit Delivery
•    Lead audits or assist as a Team Member to deliver audits.
•    Execute audit work and issue validation in an efficient and effective manner, within the given budget and timelines.
•    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 risk.
•    Provide guidance to the team on business / audit technical knowledge and management skills.
•    Champion innovation and increase the use of leading-edge methods, such as artificial intelligence and data analytics, in audit assignments.
•    Ensure timely and open communication throughout the audit process, within GIAI and with the auditee. 
•    Track the implementation / delivery of the agreed issues and action plans for the audits assigned, understanding the key risks arising, provide advice on resolution of issues to auditees/action plan owners and escalate audit findings that remain unresolved.
•    Carry out their role in line with the Audit Charter and remain independent from management and free from interference.

Personal Behaviors
•    Model valued behaviors and foster an environment that recognizes positive contributions. 
•    Engage with peers to enhance knowledge sharing.
•    Seek external perspectives to improve audit work.
•    Provide expertise to support GIAI audit teams.
•    Implement and support department initiatives, including planning and training.

People & Talent
•    Build and maintain relationships with key GIAI, FM and FCS Operations stakeholders to understand business developments including regulatory concerns, identify emerging risks, and facilitate execution of audit work. 

Risk Management
•    Complete relevant Group and Country risk assessment activities in a timely and effective manner, including the completion of the Risk Assessment template.
•    Assist in continuous auditing and monitoring of key risks in relevant Functional and Country portfolios as assigned.
•    Follow changes in the laws and regulations to identify emerging risks for both Functional and Country portfolios.
•    Utilize the risk assessment process and stakeholder engagement to determine an anticipatory audit plan. 

Governance
•    Manage the Vietnam stakeholders relevant to assigned portfolio 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.
•    Propose changes to audit plans, so that the audit plan remains relevant.
•    Lead by example on how to communicate audit-related matters and resolve any conflict between auditors and auditees during an audit. Use networks and relationships to build engagement and achieve results.
•    Escalate delays in execution of audit work in a timely manner, both to auditee management and GIAI management; role model this behavior.
•    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; and
•    Support country stakeholders to improve the control environment and keep updated with changes in the business impacting their risk profile.

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.
•    Support Country Head of Audit in discharging GIAI regulatory obligations to country regulators.

Key stakeholders
•    Designated FM and FCS Operations stakeholders, typically related to individual audit assignments and the assigned portfolio. For the Vietnam portfolio, all Country Management Team members, including Country CEO, CFO, Head of Legal, Head of Compliance, Head of HR, Head of Businesses, CCRO, CTOO and Head of Products. 
•    GIAI stakeholders – Team Leaders, Team Members, Team Managers, Product, Functional, Country and Regional Heads of Audit.
•    Board of Control (audit committee equivalent), Board Risk Committee and Board of Members.
•    Ernst & Young (or local audit firm if different)

Other Responsibilities
•    Embed Here for Good and Group’s brand and values in GIAI.
•    Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Qualifications

•    Education - Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent.
•    Training - Minimum of 5 years hands-on experience in the Audit, and/or Banking and Financial Services industry. 
•    Certifications - Chartered Accountant or Certified Internal Audit (CIA) will be advantageous. 

Skills and Experience

•    Internal Audit 
•    AI & Data Analytics (LLM, Python, Power BI, Tableau, SQL)
•    English (Written/Spoken)
•    Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint

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.