JOB SUMMARY

This role is the Risk Data Lead for Project IRIS, a strategic multi-year Regulatory Reporting program at the bank. The position involves leading the design, development, and implementation of Risk data deliverables and overseeing end-to-end project delivery. It is a techno-functional role requiring strong data analytics experience, Credit Risk knowledge, and stakeholder management skills, with the goal of consolidating data sources across Risk & Finance.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy
•    Define and implement the strategy for data sourcing, transformation, and adjustment for financial risk reporting across CIB, WRB, and Traded risk.
•    Support the bank and function’s AI strategy by integrating advanced analytics and machine learning techniques into risk data processes.

Business
•    Develop Management Information (MI) and analytics functionalities based on business requirements and Business Intelligence (BI) strategy.
•    Drive the consolidation of data sources across Risk & Finance to ensure a unified and accurate data repository for regulatory reporting.

Processes
•    Lead the design, development, and implementation of Risk data deliverables under Project IRIS.
•    Oversee end-to-end project delivery to ensure quality and timely execution.
•    Engage in data quality improvement initiatives and the setup of Business-As-Usual (BAU) operating models.

People & Talent
•    Lead a team of business analysts and data specialists to support project delivery.
•    Provide guidance, mentorship, and performance management to team members.
•    Foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment.

Risk Management
•    Ensure all risk data processes comply with internal and external regulatory requirements.
•    Identify and mitigate risks associated with data consolidation and reporting activities.

Governance
•    Collaborate with bank-wide programs such as Mercury & GDP from an IRIS perspective to determine requirements for financial risk reporting.
•    Ensure adherence to governance frameworks and policies related to data management and regulatory reporting.

Regulatory & Business Conduct
•    Manage relationships with senior business stakeholders to ensure their needs and expectations are met.
•    Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and internal policies.
•    Promote a culture of ethical business conduct and adherence to regulatory standards.

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.
•    Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles

Key Stakeholders

•    Senior Business Stakeholders: Ensure their needs and expectations are met through effective communication and relationship management.
•    Risk & Finance Teams: Collaborate to consolidate data sources and improve data quality.
•    Bank-wide Programs (e.g., Mercury & GDP): Work together to determine requirements for financial risk reporting.
•    Project IRIS Team: Lead and coordinate efforts to design, develop, and implement risk data deliverables.
•    Regulatory Bodies: Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and standards.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Candidate with 8+ years of experience in Data science with extensive experience on Financial Data products, large exposure
• Hands on experience with Collateral allocation methodologies
• Experience in Python / SQL
• Coding experience will be an advantage.

This is direct contractor role for 12months.

•    Education     Technical Degree

Role Specific Technical Competencies
•    Data Science

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.

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