Key Responsibilities

Job Summary

To act as a Team Member and/or Team Leader on assigned audit work primarily in Wealth Retail Banking – Small and Medium enterprises and take responsibility for overseeing the planning, execution and timely deliverable of the audit. Support in department wide exercises such as annual planning, Issue validation, risk assessment, handling regulatory requests and training.

Processes

Key Responsibility 

• Support the HOA and SAMs where required, in the development of the GIA risk assessment and development of an appropriate audit plan for the HOA’s assigned portfolio;
• Propose audits for coverage during the audit cycle based on their knowledge of the business; and
• Carry out their role in line with the Audit Charter and remain independent from management and free from interference.
• Assist the HOA to effectively manage the cost of assigned audits within the allocated budget for audit engagements.
• Identify opportunities for efficiencies within audit work.
• Participate as team member or team leader for assigned audit work and potentially lead the more complex audits such as cross-functional and multi-location high risk audits;
• Ensure that audit deliverables meet quality standards and timelines in line with the GIA methodology;
• Draft and submit inputs to the audit scope (including the Audit Planning Memo and Process Risks ControlsMatrix) proposed by the Audit Lead;
• Assist in the drafting of the audit report in the GIA report review process; and
• Track the implementation/delivery of the agreed issues and action plans for the audits assigned, understandingthe key risks arising, provide advice on resolution of issues to auditees/action plan owners and escalate auditfindings that remain unresolved.
• Demonstrate proactivity and positive engagement during team sessions;
• Influence change within the department by highlighting potential enhancements;
• Identify growth areas at the start of each audit, and discuss with the Audit Lead on how best to work on them during the work;
• Identify and successfully complete key internal training for self-development; and
• Support the HOA to proactively spot talent for GIA.
• Support the HOA to update the relevant assigned risk assessments on a regular basis to ensure that changes in risk profiles are identified in a timely manner, proposing changes to the assigned audit plan to the HOA, as appropriate;
• Be prepared to raise issues/concerns outside the normal audit process;
• At the request of the HOA, attend relevant meetings (e.g. Management Groups and Committees) to keep up-to-date on key business matters and provide the right challenge to ensure risks are appropriately identified, discussed and timely remediation plans are put in place; and 
• Review MI and reports regularly to keep up-to-date with key trends within the business.
  Assist the HOA to manage the relevant Product/Country clients, and establish good working relationships tohelp the businesses improve the control environment and keep updated with changes in the businessimpacting their risk profile;
  Ensure clear communication of findings/issues/root causes to all relevant clients and monitor/escalate anyoverdue actions plans to the appropriate business manager and/or governance committee for resolution; and
  Ensure timely escalation of delays in execution of audit work, both to auditee management and GIA management

People and Talent

Skills and Experience

• Experience in Corporate or Small Medium Enterprise discretionary lending
• Trade products and processes.
• Methodology & Systems
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk Assessment
• Audit Planning
• Continuous Monitoring
• Audit Report Writing
• Audit Fieldwork
• Planning, Coordination & Scheduling

Qualifications

Preference given to candidates with membership of recognised accountancy, auditing and similar qualifications

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.