Job Summary

•    The role will be part of the Country Risk governance team and candidate is expected to provide extensive and thorough 2LOD oversight of risk governance process, in compliance to local regulations and internal risk management framework/policy/standards.
•    Uphold the integrity of risk, ensuring that risks are properly assessed.
•    The role monitors the adoption of frameworks and policies in the Bank for Country teams within the Risk function.
•    The role is expected to oversee the Country Risk monitoring and reporting.
•   This role acts as a liaison to Regulatory Reporting Working group (RRWG) in oversight of Non-financial Regulatory Reporting (NFRRs) process within the Risk function.The role carries an extended responsibility in overseeing the appropriateness and adherence to Group polices and local regulations in Risk Appetite (RA) setting for the bank. 
•    This role is also expected to prepare and coordinate the Credit Rating Agency meeting within Singapore Risk Functions
•    Secretariat for Singapore & ASEAN Risk Committee and Local Models Assessment Committee
•    Assist in preparation of meeting materials for annual MAS CRAFT meeting
•    Any other task which may be assigned by Head of Risk Governance & Enterprise Risk, Singapore & ASEAN

Key Responsibilities

Business
•    Ensure that risk decisions are transparent and supporting rationales are justifiable.
•    Preparing Risk reports tailored to the relevant audience
•    Perform committee governance oversight
•    Support the Head of Risk Governance & Enterprise Risk and Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of other ad-hoc requests.

Processes
•    Monitor the daily country concentration.
•    Perform quarterly report of country risk

Risk Management
•    Monitor and ensure adoption of Group Frameworks, Policies and Standards and maintain local addendums, if there are deviations.
•    2LOD oversight of risk governance processes, in compliance to local regulations and internal risk management framework/policy/standards.
•    2nd LoD effectiveness review for Risk Reporting Standards and Risk Governance  
•    Facilitate other Risk Information and Governance related activities.
•    Prepare, review and challenge materials for submission to the relevant Risk Committees as required.

Governance
•    Prepare and coordinate the Credit Rating Agency reviews within Risk Functions.
•    Manage and Oversee GBS’s Secretariat Support for Singapore and ASEAN Risk Committee (SGARC) and Local Model Assessment Committee (LMAC)
•    Ensure all relevant Department Operating Instructions are refreshed for all responsibilities tagged.

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.
•    Assist in MAS CRAFT meeting decks preparation and RFIs.
•    Provide support for ad-hoc requests from external agencies, regulators and auditors. 

Key stakeholders
•    External regulators
•    External credit agencies
•    External Auditors
•    Group SRMG Team
•    Group Country Risk Team
•    Group Reporting, Risk & CFCR Team
•    Country Credit Risk teams
•    Country CFCR Team
•    Country Operational, Technology & Cybersecurity Risk (OTCR) Team
•    Country Technology & Operations Office
•    Country Treasury Risk Team
•    Country Traded Risk Team
•    Group Internal Audit team
•    Offshore centres

Other Responsibilities
•    Embed Here for Good and Group’s brand and values in country.
•    Perform other responsibilities in accordance to relevant policies and procedures.
•    Compliance to Group and country policies and procedures including local regulations
•    Involve in projects and any ad-hoc requests or assignments which may be directed by reporting line manager

Our Ideal Candidate

•     8+ years of experience, in MAS regulations,  preferably in banks with multi locations dynamic.
•     Bachelor’s degree or above in statistics, economics, finance or any other related academic field.
•    Strong regulatory interpretation skills on technical aspects.
•    Good personality and comfortable to communicate with senior management and other key stakeholders across different risk teams in the bank. 
•    Ability to present complex information in a succinct manner to senior management.
•    Having excellent Excel, Word and PPT skills.
•    This is key contributor role which will require very good planning and coordination to deliver timely and high quality.
•    Very good command of the Business Communication (both written and spoken).

Role Specific Technical Competencies

•    Strong understanding of MAS regulation
•    Good understanding of risk appetite management
•    Analytical
•    Independent
•    Good senior stakeholder management
•    Advanced excel skill

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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