Job Summary
Group Internal Audit (GIA) is seeking a high-calibre Senior Audit Manager to join our Third Parties and Operational Risk team. This is a key leadership role within a global audit function, offering exposure to both Group-level and Country-level audits across a complex and evolving risk landscape.
The role is ideal for candidates with strong expertise in Third Party Risk Management (TPRM), Source-to-Pay processes, or a solid understanding of Second Line Operational Risk frameworks, including regulatory expectations such as BCBS 515 – Sound Principles for Operational Risk Management.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead and deliver end-to-end audits across Third Party Risk and Operational Risk domains at both Group and Country levels
• Assess the design and effectiveness of governance, risk management, and control frameworks
• Provide independent challenge to business and risk functions, identifying key risks and control gaps
• Engage proactively with senior stakeholders across the organisation, influencing outcomes and driving improvements
• Contribute to risk insights and thematic analysis, supporting GIA’s role as a trusted advisor to the Group
• Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering a high-performance audit culture
Third Party Risk Management (TPRM)
The Bank relies on a diverse ecosystem of third-party providers to deliver critical services. These relationships vary in complexity and risk, and must be managed effectively across the full lifecycle:
• Sourcing and vendor selection
• Onboarding and risk assessment
• Ongoing vendor management and monitoring
• Contractual oversight and exit management
You will assess whether these processes are aligned to risk appetite and regulatory expectations, including outsourcing and third-party risk regulations across jurisdictions.
Operational Risk Management
Operational Risk is inherent in all aspects of the Bank’s activities. You will evaluate the effectiveness of the Second Line of Defence (2LoD) in providing oversight and challenge to the business:
• Risk Framework Owners (for Principal Risk Types)
• Subject Matter Experts (for Operational Risk sub-types)
• Operational Risk Officers with cross-risk oversight
The role includes assessing whether 2LoD activities provide robust independent review, governance, and challenge to the First Line of Defence (1LoD), in line with regulatory expectations.
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.
• Lead the [audit team] to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
The role requires strong collaboration across both business and audit teams. Key stakeholders include:
• Business Stakeholders
Designated stakeholders aligned to individual audit assignments and the assigned portfolio. This includes Business and Function representatives across First Line and Second Line of Defence, with whom the role will engage to understand risks, perform audit assessments, and provide independent challenge.
• GIA Stakeholders
Internal audit stakeholders across Group Internal Audit, including:
• Team Leaders and Team Managers
• Audit team members
• Heads of Audit
The role will work closely with these stakeholders to deliver high-quality audits, share insights, and contribute to a consistent and effective audit approach across the function.
Our Ideal Candidate
• Proven 12 + years’ experience in Internal Audit, Risk Management, or related disciplines within financial services
• Strong expertise in one or more of the following:
• Third Party Risk Management (TPRM)
• Source-to-Pay / procurement processes
• Operational Risk Management Frameworks (ideally aligned to BCBS 515 principles)
• Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders with credibility and professionalism
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complexity into clear risk insights
• Experience working across multiple geographies or regulatory environments is advantageous
• Leadership capabilities with a commitment to team development and collaboration
• Professional Qualifications: Relevant professional certifications such as CPA, CIA, or equivalent are preferred.
Role Specific Technical Competencies
• Audit Execution & Methodology (planning, fieldwork, reporting)
• Risk & Control Assessment (including 3LoD framework)
• Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) / Outsourcing Risk
• Operational Risk Frameworks (incl. BCBS 515 principles)
• Stakeholder Management & Influencing
• Data Analytics & Interpretation (for audit insights)
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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