Job Summary

This role is a 10-month contract responsible for managing the Shariah Secretariat functions to ensure compliance with the BNM Shariah Governance Policy Document as well as assisting in Financial, Management and Regulatory reporting to SCB management team

Key responsibilities include:

• Organizing Shariah committee (SC) meetings and tracking SC’s training record. 
• Managing the appointment, re-appointment, and termination processes for SC members.
• Conducting annual background screenings and assessments for SC members.
• Liaising with SC members to obtain necessary approvals.
• Preparing meeting minutes and ensuring timely payment of dues to SC members.
• Keeping proper records related to SC approvals and matters.
• Ensuring proper dissemination of SC decisions and advice within the bank.
• Interacting with Shariah teams within the Group as needed.
• Maintaining constructive relationships with Business Heads and other stakeholders.
• Assisting the Head of Shariah in driving the Shariah agenda.
• Assisting the Finance Manager in preparing monthly financial, regulatory, and management reports for the Saadiq management team and stakeholders.
• Preparing monthly Profit Sharing Investment Account (PSIA) reports and daily PSIA funding monitoring.
• Daily monitoring of Intragroup Single Customer Exposure Limit (SCEL) and highlight for abnormality.
• Supporting other key finance deliverables such as EXCO deck, Business Review deck and Board Papers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or Master’s in Islamic Banking and Finance, Islamic Studies, Shariah Law, Islamic Economy, Accounting with Shariah, or a related qualification.
• Good understanding of Shariah principles and their application in banking and finance.
• Good organizational and communication skills to manage SC meetings, training, and interactions with SC members.
• Proficiency in preparing detailed reports and maintaining accurate records related to SC activities.
• Capability to support key finance deliverables and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

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.