Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Lead Business Analyst to join our team to drive the business analysis & solutions for Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Simplification Program.  This program is a is a key part of our global SCM transformation. This role is pivotal in delivering transformation change by simplifying and optimizing TPRM processes.

The ideal candidate is a TPRM SME and will have a strong analytical mindset, strong EQ and Risk and business engagement skills, exceptional problem-solving skills, and the ability to think strategically to deliver committed business goals.

Key Responsibilities

Business Requirements Gathering

• Engage with TPRM risk groups to understand their needs, challenges, and objectives.
• Conduct detailed analysis and document business requirements to ensure clarity and completeness.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications for the technology delivery team.
• Secure stakeholder approval and sign-off on business requirements
• Develop and maintain a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) that maps each requirement to its source, corresponding design elements, test cases, and implementation.

Solution Design and Optimization

• Develop and propose optimal solutions to address the identified business requirements.
• Ensure solutions align with the overall strategic goals and organizational strategy.
• Collaborate with the technology delivery team to validate and refine proposed solutions and ensure documentation is to the required bank specifications and standards.
• Ensure that solutions are tested thoroughly and meet quality standards before implementation.

Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of business analysts.
• Assign tasks, monitor progress, and ensure the team meets project deadlines and quality standards.
• Foster a collaborative and productive team environment

Project Delivery

• Oversee the implementation of business requirements, ensuring they are delivered accurately and on time.
• Work with the project director, process owner, product owner and technology team to prioritise and shape the product backlog for prioritisation by business value
• Coordinate with the technology delivery team to address any issues or changes that arise during the project lifecycle.
• Conduct regular reviews and testing to ensure the delivered solutions meet business needs.

Stakeholder Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including TPRM risk groups, technology teams, and senior management.
• Work closely with project director and other workstream leads to ensure project achieve its outcome within the committed timeline

Quality Assurance 

• Implement best practices and standards for business analysis and project management.
• Ensure all deliverables meet the required quality standards and are aligned with business objectives.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews to identify lessons learned and areas for improvement.

Strategy 

• Understanding and comply with Group standard policies and guidelines to ensure no breach of the global and bank standards.
• Assist in defining TPRM program strategy and delivering business solutions to meet the strategy. 

Business 

• Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates

Processes 

• Work closely with process lead in designing streamlined processes

People and Talent 

• Good problem-solving capabilities and execution
• Team leadership, development, and resourcing of team to ensure business outcomes are achieved
• Ability to work under ambiguous business environments to provide clarity and facilitate discussions to reach consensus / business decisions
• Strong scope and accountability management
• Strong regular communication highlighting impediments and requesting help where required / reporting to management on progress
   

Risk Management

• Ensure potential risks and issues that could impact the project delivery are identified and develop corresponding mitigation strategies to address the risks and issues
• Ensure risks and issues are monitored and managed

Governance

• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role. 

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

• TPRM Process Owner
• TPRM risk groups
• Supply Chain Management (SCM) Process Owner
• Supply Chain Management (SCM) Product Owner
• Technology & Operations
• Operational & Technology & Cyber Risk (OTCR)
• WRB stakeholders
• CIB stakeholders

Our Ideal Candidate

• 10+ years experience in a financial institution setup
• Proficiency with Third-Party Risk Management
• Strong Project Management background

Role Specific Technical Competencies 

• Data analysis
• Project Management
• Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM)
• Stakeholder Management

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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