Job Summary

This role could be based in Poland and Malaysia. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.

The Lead, Risk Analytics & Insights provides strategic leadership for data, automation and advanced analytics across T&O Risk and Control. The role sets the vision and delivers trusted, timely and forward-looking risk insights by developing automated dashboards, integrated data flows and analytical tools. It leads a team of analysts, developers and visualisation specialists and enables senior leaders and governance forums to make faster, evidence-based decisions across the T&O non-financial risk environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Set and execute the long-term strategy for risk data, analytics and automation across T&O Risk and Control.
•  Lead the transition from manual, reactive reporting to real-time, self-service analytics, early-warning indicators and forward-looking insights.
• Align the analytics roadmap with T&O priorities, regulatory expectations and wider risk transformation objectives.
• Deliver and continuously improve automated dashboards covering RCSA and residual risk, issues and remediation ageing, root-cause themes, emerging risks, risk appetite metrics, management thresholds, Gifts & Entertainment, UBIA and EUC reporting.
• Translate business needs into scalable, repeatable and auditable data solutions, supported by a central repository and controlled data flows.
• Develop trend analysis, linkage mapping, hotspot detection, anomaly detection and other advanced analytics to strengthen risk monitoring and forecasting.
• Lead pilots for predictive analytics, artificial intelligence risk signals, natural-language processing of root-cause and control narratives, and generative artificial intelligence for reporting summaries and thematic analysis.
• Manage the analytics project portfolio, ensuring priorities, resources, dependencies, risks and governance are clear.
• Replace manual data manipulation with sustainable automation and continuously improve reporting quality, speed and usability.
• Ensure analytics and reporting provide an accurate, complete and forward-looking view of the T&O risk profile and are accessible, traceable and up to date.
• Provide validated data, dashboards and analytical insight to T&O and Group non-financial risk governance forums, senior management, audit and regulatory engagements.
• Partner with risk, control, framework and reporting leads to embed analytics into core risk processes, strengthen control effectiveness and support timely remediation.
• Act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders and risk stakeholders, converting complex data into clear, actionable insights for governance and business decisions.
• Lead cross-functional initiatives involving Risk, Technology, Operations, Internal Audit and regulatory liaison teams.
• Build effective relationships across T&O and Group functions and communicate priorities, outcomes and risks clearly.

Skills and Experience

• +8 years of significant experience leading data, analytics or automation capabilities in a large, complex organisation, ideally within financial services. 
• Strong understanding of non-financial risk, controls and regulatory reporting expectations. 
• Proven delivery of dashboards, automated reporting and analytical solutions for senior stakeholders. 
• Experience setting a strategic roadmap, managing a portfolio of change and transformation initiatives, and leading cross-functional teams. 
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Data Science, Technology, Business, Risk or a related field; relevant technical, project delivery or risk qualifications are beneficial.
• Designing and embedding effective processes, controls and governance to support safe, compliant business delivery.
• Translating regulatory and policy requirements into practical, auditable ways of working.
• Improving control and process effectiveness through data, insight and cross‑functional collaboration.
• 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.
• 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.