Job Summary

•    Business Risk Mgmt (BRM) is the function’s first-line non-financial risk leader, accountable for proactively identifying, assessing, and managing operational, technology and third-party risks across processes and services that potentially impact business objectives, client outcomes, operational resilience, or regulatory compliance. 
•    The role drives strong risk governance, control effectiveness and operational resilience by translating risk insights, emerging issues, and regulatory expectations into practical guidance, controls and mitigation actions. Operating in a dynamic and regulated environment, it supports consistent governance, oversight and accountability while strengthening risk awareness and resilience across the organisation.
•    The BRM partners closely with business, functional, and control teams to embed effective risk practices into day-to-day business activities and change delivery. 

Risk Advisory & Business Decision Support

•    Act as a trusted risk advisory partner to business stakeholders, providing timely, practical risk insights that inform decision making, execution priorities, and trade-offs
•    Translate risk assessments, emerging risk themes, and control considerations into clear, business relevant guidance that supports strategic and day-to-day decisions
•    Support the business in understanding risk implications associated with new initiatives, products, process changes, or external developments

Risk Identification, Assessment & Insight

•    Lead risk incident governance (operational, financial, conduct and non-financial) impacting business activities, client outcomes, and operational resilience, including triage, classification, escalation and management reporting 
•    Ensure thorough analysis of incidents, risk events, and near misses to identify root causes, control gaps, and systemic themes, providing actionable insights to prevent recurrence and proactive identification of risk
•    Apply data, scenario analysis, and thematic reviews to highlight emerging risks, concentration areas, and interdependencies across business activities

Risk Mitigation & Control Effectiveness

•    Partner with business and functional teams to support the design, implementation, and strengthening of risk mitigation actions and controls
•    Provide challenge and guidance on control effectiveness (including design effectiveness, operating effectiveness and testing strategies), ensuring risks are managed within agreed appetite and aligned to business objectives
•    Track remediation actions and risk treatment plans, supporting timely closure and sustainable outcomes

Risk Monitoring, Reporting & Governance

•    Support ongoing monitoring and reporting of key risks, issues, and control metrics, ensuring transparency and clarity for senior management forums
•    Prepare risk insights, dashboards, and materials that enable effective oversight, escalation, and informed governance discussions
•    Ensure risk management activities are conducted in line with internal policies, frameworks, and regulatory expectations, supporting audit, review and regulatory engagements as required
•    Work closely with Second and Third lines of defence (e.g. Compliance, Internal Audit) on effective coordination and delivery of risk assessments and assurance reviews

Motivations

•    Energised by spotting emerging risks early and helping the business make informed decisions that protect clients, the firm and long term outcomes.
•    Motivated by strengthening how organisations manage risk by building a strong risk and accountability culture over time. 

Skills Required

•    Cross Functional Collaboration
•    Business Acumen
•    Stakeholder Management
•    Financial Risk Management
•    Change Management
•    Problem Solving
•    Regulatory Compliance
•    Incident Management 
•    Negotiating
•    Controls Design
•    Root Cause Analysis
•    Data Analysis & Interpretation

Key Experiences, Qualifications and Languages

•    Identifying, assessing and managing non financial risks in dynamic, regulated environments.
•    Translating risk insights, incidents or regulatory expectations into practical guidance, controls or mitigation actions that can be applied in day to day business and change activity.
•    Working across teams to embed effective risk practices through influence, clear communication and structured governance.
•    Professional certifications in risk, compliance, audit, or governance are beneficial but not mandatory
•    Business English

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• 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 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.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.