Job Summary

•    Drive the Bank’s Vigilance agenda and work towards strengthening preventive measures 
•    Create a sense of staff awareness through various communication channels to ensure appropriate conduct & vigilance culture within the Bank 
•    Lead the Conduct Vigilance Committee meetings and Country Vigilance Forum to ensure seamless monitoring of investigations and timely execution of vigilance actions. 
•    Robust monitoring of ongoing investigations and share learnings as appropriate within the organisation. 
•    Ensure all disciplinary hearings are completed within the stipulated 90-day timeframe. 
•    Study existing procedure within the organization and collect intelligence about the corrupt practices in the Bank and investigate with the help of GI. Identify areas within the Bank which are prone to corruption and take steps to prevent improper practices / misconducts 
•    Review incidents that give rise to concerns on Vigilance cases and provide direction and guidance towards achieving a robust management of vigilance incidents. 
•    Review investigation trends as provided by the GI team to strengthen internal policies and procedures. 
•    Work closely with relevant stakeholders to plan inspections and report any existence of corruption or malpractices within the system. 
•    Prompt and effective collection of intelligence and measures on preventive vigilance. The Vigilance function is in 3 parts (i)Preventive Vigilance (ii) Punitive Vigilance (iii) Surveillance & Detection 
•    Hold periodic meetings with CEO and relevant CMT stakeholders to furnish reports on Vigilance activities on a periodic basis. 
•    Sensitize organization through broadcast of real Vigilance case studies for preventive Vigilance. 
•    Help the bank to strengthen processes from the perspective of preventive vigilance and creating staff awareness on conduct and culture. 
•    Collaborate with ER, GI, Compliance, Fraud and HR teams, etc for Vigilance activities. 
•    Front-end RBI inspections and be the SPOC for any SFIO (Serious Fraud Investigation Office), ED (Enforcement Directorate) and Law enforcement agencies as and when required. 

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Drive the Bank’s vigilance agenda with strong focus on preventive vigilance and conduct culture.

Business
•    Support business objectives through effective vigilance oversight and timely execution of actions.

Processes
•    Lead Vigilance across Preventive, Punitive, and Surveillance & Detection streams.

People & Talent
•    Promote vigilance awareness and ethical conduct across the organisation.

Risk Management
•    Monitor vigilance incidents and trends to reduce conduct and reputational risk.

Governance
•    Chair Conduct Vigilance Committee and Country Vigilance Forum meetings.
•    Lead vigilance inspections and front end RBI and regulatory engagements.

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.

Key stakeholders
•    GI (Group Investigations)
•    CEO and Country Management Team (CMT)
•    Conduct Vigilance Committee and Country Vigilance Forum
•    Employee Relations (ER), Compliance, Fraud and HR teams
•    External regulators and agencies including RBI, SFIO, Enforcement Directorate and other law enforcement authorities when required.

Skills and Experience

•    Vigilance Framework & Practices
•    Regulatory Engagement & Management

Qualifications

Education     Graduate Degree from a Recognized University, Post Graduate Qualification in Management, Finance, Law, Risk Management, Compliance or a Related Discipline is Preferred.
Training     Minimum 15 Years of Business, Risk and Conduct Experience
Languages     English and Hindi

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.