Total 4 job vacancies by Standard Chartered Bank

Job Summary

The Group Internal Audit & Investigations (GIAI) at Standard Chartered Bank is seeking a strong Senior Audit Manager to join the Information and Cyber Security (ICS) team. The role requires solid technical expertise across identity and access management, vulnerability management, code security, security operations, threat intelligence, red and purple teaming, penetration testing, and ICS standards such as NIST and CIS, along with risk management experience. Exposure to AI security and digital assets is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Support the HOA in the development of the GIA risk assessment and development of an appropriate audit plan for the assigned portfolio;

• Propose audits for coverage during the audit cycle based on their knowledge of the business;

• Carry out their role in line with the Audit Charter and remain independent from management and free from interference; and

• Provide clear, effective supervision and leadership to the audit teams and champion the implementation of the strategy.

Business

• Perform, support, or lead where directed, the planning, fieldwork, and reporting of internal audit engagements to deliver agreed assurance objectives to established GIA standards and timelines; and

• Deliver audits/assignments within budget and drive efficiency to support cost save objectives;

Processes

• Act as Team Manager or Team Lead to lead the delivery of high risk audits with integrated teams;

• Execute audit work and issue validation in an efficient and effective manner, within the given budget and timelines;

• Provide clear guidance, detailed review and supervision of the audit team’s work, so that audit deliverables meet quality standards;

• Clearly identify the risks and impact of issues during issue writing, agreeing these issues with management and obtaining quality management action plans to mitigate the risk;

• Provide guidance to the team on business/ audit technical knowledge and management skills;

• Champion innovation and increase the use of leading edge methods, such as artificial intelligence and data analytics, in audit assignments; and

• Track the implementation/delivery of the agreed issues and action plans for the audits assigned, understanding the key risks arising, provide advice on resolution of issues to auditees/action plan owners and escalate audit findings that remain unresolved.

People and Talent

• Share knowledge, skills and experience with team members and the wider GIA and provide advisory to internal auditors from both business and technology on Information and Cyber Security;

• Assist in conducting training sessions for GIA Stakeholders on topics related to Information and Cyber Security;

• Support the function in audit talent development and career growth;

• Develop skills and competencies to support the function in ensuring future readiness; and

• Contribute to building a high performing collaborative function through regular feedback and coaching;

Risk Management

• Complete relevant risk assessment activities in a timely and effective manner, including the completion of the Risk Assessment template;

• Assist in continuous auditing and monitoring of key risks in Information and Cyber Security; and

• Follow changes in the laws and regulations to identify emerging risks.

Governance

• Assist the HOA to manage the relevant Product/Country clients, and establish good working relationships to help the businesses improve the control environment and keep updated with changes in the business impacting their risk profile;

• Ensure clear communication of findings/issues/root causes to all relevant clients and monitor/escalate any overdue actions plans to the appropriate business manager and/or governance committee for resolution; and

• Ensure timely escalation of delays in execution of audit work, both to auditee management and GIA management.

Regulatory and 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; and

• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• Designated business stakeholders, typically related to individual audit assignments and the Information and Cyber Security portfolio; and

• GIA stakeholders – team leaders, team members, team managers, Product, Functional, Country and Regional Heads of Audit.

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in GIA; and

• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Skills and Experience

Technical and Audit Skills:

• Strong understanding of identity and access management, vulnerability management, code security, security operation centre, threat intelligence, red and purple teaming, penetration testing, ICS related industry standards such as NIST and CIS, and risk management.

• IT infrastructure components, including servers, networks, databases, and cloud services would be a plus.

• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, frameworks, and best practices.

• Proficiency in audit tools and techniques.

Professional Certifications:

• Professional certifications such as Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), and Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) related certificates are highly desirable. Other designations such as Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) are a plus.

Analytical Skills:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with a keen attention to detail.

Soft Skills:

• Communication Skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively convey audit findings and recommendations.

• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams and build strong relationships with stakeholders.

• Group Information and Cyber Security Risk

• Information and Cyber Security domain knowledge (e.g. Identity and Access Management, Third Party Risk Management)

• Audit

• Risk and Controls

• Business Language (Written/Spoken)

• Microsoft Word/Excel/PowerPoint

Our Ideal Candidate

• 12 years of experience in IT auditing, information security, or risk management.

• In-depth understanding of Information and Cyber Security risk management and associated control requirements;

• Strong communicator, both written and verbal, with ability to clearly explain complicated technical issues in business terms to audit and business management;

• Team management, team leading, coaching and mentoring, problem solving and conflict management, multi-tasking, risk assessment and collaboration.

• Strong understanding of identity and access management, vulnerability management, code security, security operation centre, threat intelligence, red and purple teaming, penetration testing, ICS related industry standards such as NIST and CIS, and risk management.

• IT infrastructure components, including servers, networks, databases, and cloud services would be a plus.

• Knowledge of cybersecurity principles, frameworks, and best practices.

• Proficiency in audit tools and techniques.

• Professional certifications such as Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), and Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) related certificates are highly desirable. Other designations such as Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) are a plus.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities with a keen attention to detail

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. A master's degree is a plus.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Group Information and Cyber Security Risk

• Information and Cyber Security domain knowledge (e.g. Identity and Access Management, Third Party Risk Management)

• Audit

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.

Recruitment Assessments

Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers

JOB SUMMARY

SABRE is Standard Chartered’s Analytics Booking and Risk Engine and is the strategic risk and PnL platform for Financial Markets. The development team is a world class technology group in Standard Chartered bank to provide technical solutions to support the bank’s Financial Markets business as well as support requirements from other projects with a wider scope such as regulatory books of work. We bring a deep understanding of the market, a scientific approach, and innovative technologies to bear on the challenges of profitable trading in the world's highly competitive environment. This is a rare opportunity to get into an organization working with smart, great technologists globally in financial markets domain. The culture in SABRE is open, intellectual, and fun. Learning opportunities are plentiful: organized classes and seminars; freewheeling discussions; intensive one-on-one mentorships. Career advancement is always waiting for those high-energized talents to pursue.

The successful candidate will play a leading role in the implementation of highly visible strategic programmes with the primary responsibilities around building components within the SABRE risk platform. Any developed solution must be scalable, robust and fault tolerant catering to the existing and future business needs in a timely manner. In addition the successful candidate will be expected to develop innovative solutions with a view to these being released quickly to gain feedback before advising on the full scale roll out.

The candidate will be a natural leader and mentor with a driven yet pragmatic, delivery focused mindset and a desire to deliver constant business value through the effective and innovative use of technology with a proven background in delivering high quality business critical software. The candidate will be expected to take ownership, responsibility and accountability for critical deliveries. In addition, the successful candidate will have come from a mature and demonstrable agile background and be comfortable dealing with the resistance that comes with change.

An important aspect of the role is second line support in a dynamic and fast-paced front-office environment. The candidate should be comfortable talking directly with the business to understand the issue and take ownership of the issue to provide a timely and accurate resolution.

The candidate will work closely with the other team members and senior stakeholders in order to design and implement critical strategic solutions whilst collaborating and engaging with Business Stakeholders to deliver to exacting requirements. The candidate is expected to work in a dynamic global team with business analysts, project managers, business stakeholders and other technical experts across multiple locations.

Diversity & Inclusion

Standard Chartered is committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe that a work environment which embraces diversity will enable us to get the best out of the broadest spectrum of people to sustain strong business performance and competitive advantage. By building an inclusive culture, each employee can develop a sense of belonging, and have the opportunity to maximize their personal potential.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Development Manager, Project Manager, and a team of developers to deliver quality features and enhancements to the internal business users

• Demonstrate a systematic and disciplined architectural, system design and programming approach

• Deeply passionate about best-practice software design principles, you will write robust code along with a high-level of test coverage

• Self-starter who can drive/facilitate requirements and development effort

• Design smart and scalable solutions following the bank standards

• Coordinate with other teams in Technology

• Develop, prepare and maintain system documentation, including program descriptions and operational procedures

• Act as the second line of support during production problems.

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 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

Our Ideal Candidate

• 8+ years hands on development with investment banking IT experience

• C#/WPF/.NET development experience working in a performance focused concurrent environment

• Experience of TDD and BDD in a commercial environment

• Exposure to continuous build and deployment solutions such as Azure DevOps

• Able to work within an agile environment delivering software incrementally

• Strong analytical & problem solving and creative skills

• Good communication skills in both written and oral .

• Ability to be organised and multi-task on different requirements across various stakeholders, and to work independently and under pressure

• Cultural sensitivity and awareness to work with a range of people from diverse background and geographies

• Should have a technical or numerate degree in subjects such as Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or Economics

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Good understanding of JVM internals including but not limited to concurrency, garbage collections, nio, async programming

• Experience with analytical databases like Clickhouse is a plus

• Experience with Apache Spark is useful but not essential

• Knowledge of Financial Markets domain would be a great advantage

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.

Recruitment Assessments

Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers

Job Summary

Standard Chartered is investing significantly in its Transaction Banking – Cash Management capabilities to improve the Digital experience of Clients and colleagues whilst increasing efficiency. The delivery Programmes within the TB portfolio are each aligned to a key product area and span business change and technology delivery teams across Cash Management products.

The Programme Manager for Cash Technology will work closely with the Programme Accountable Executive, Chief Product Owners, Product Owners and Hive Delivery Lead to manage the successful delivery of the Programme outcomes. They will be responsible for implementing and maintaining effective controls and governance across all programme teams and stakeholder groups and will foster collaboration both within the programme and with broader Transaction Banking teams to drive effective execution.

Key Responsibilities

The Head of Programme Management, Cash Technology will be responsible for driving and delivering the agenda of Cash Technolohy Programme. Key responsibilities are:

• Oversee the coordination of Cash Technology program level milestones and adherence to Standard Chartered standards and governance mechanisms.

• Structures and critical thinking to ensure that all initiatives and agenda are set up professionally, operating efficiently and driven to manage outcomes.

• Re-planning and prioritising Projects as required to maximise benefits and delivery efficiency

• Delivering the Programme and handover to BAU.

• Drive proactive management of issues and risks – working closely with interface and business partners and recognising the overall program level risks and identifying mitigation action plans.

• View projects through the lens of scaling on a global level by utilising tools and processes. Confirming Clarity, the Enterprise tool for program monitoring and reporting, is up to date including Programme static, RAG status, key milestones, financials, risks, dependencies, issues, and resource forecasts, and they are tracked and reported at QPR.

• Establish engagement cadence with stakeholders to ensure that they are informed and part of the decision-making process (where required).

• Support prioritisation by assessing the business/ client impact.

• Manage risks, issues, interdependencies, and coordination across programmes to ensure that information relating to programmes deliverables, risk and issues are effectively communicated between stakeholders and that key performance indicators are monitored and evaluated.

Strategy

• As a key member of the Programme Management team, develop the strategic direction and roadmap for Cash Technology programmes while adopting agile practices; aligning with Business & IT Strategy, Bank’s Digital Agenda and Portfolio Investment priorities

• Envisage and align the portfolio to the growing technology needs & capabilities like Cloud, AI etc.

• Transformation and Change management strategy. Leading overall strategy, planning, and execution of programs of work to support Transaction Banking Technology aligned to strategic Agile transformation.

• Determine and ensure optimal cost of delivery of programs.

• Support Business and Transaction Banking Operations by leveraging technology to streamline processes, enhance productivity, enable straight-through processing & zero touch, reduce risk and improve controls

• Work with the domain teams to ensure processes and controls are suitable to enable building and maintaining sustainable, well-controlled business solutions. Ensure transparency and appropriate escalation of material risks through relevant governance processes.

• Work actively with Product, Operations and technology Teams to push client agenda and support respective businesses in risk reduction implementation activities.

• Continually evaluating services on Fit for purpose and run streamlined remediation programs with focused outcomes aligned to business and client priorities and risk reduction.

Business

• Establish and maintain a highly engaged working relationship with shared accountability across businesses/functions

• Ensure traceability and clear metrics to demonstrate the achievements delivered.

• Identify and implement improvement opportunities within TB Tech and associated functions.

• Trusted advisor to the business. Work hand in hand with the Business, taking product programs from investment decisions, into design, specification, and solution phases, all the way to operations on the ground and securing support services from other teams. The term “Product” is used here in a generic sense to describe the required capabilities. It includes capabilities that are needed to meet regulatory requirements as well as capabilities for supporting “internal clients”.

• Support respective businesses in the commercialisation of capabilities, monitoring of usage, improving client experience, and collecting defects for future improvements.

• Manage business partner expectations. Ensure delivery to business meeting time, cost and with high quality

• Help determine capital investment parameters, priorities, and risks for portfolio-wide IT initiatives to maximize the return on investment, commercialisation of capabilities, bid teams, monitoring of usage, improving client experience, enhancing operations and addressing defects & continuous improvement of systems

• Provide ‘hands on’ support to ensure all relevant bank governance and risk requirements are met for the domain.

Processes

• Responsible for overall governance of Cash Technology projects & programs that includes financial management, risk management, representation in steering committee reviews and engagement with business for strategy, change management and timely course correction as required

• Support Business Operating Models, Standards, Finance, Risk Controls and compliance with regulations

• Inculcate the Group’s values and code of conduct in the Transaction Banking Technology Team to ensure adherence to the highest standards of ethics and compliance to relevant policies and processes

People and Talent

• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Sets appropriate tone and expectations for their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.

• Employ, engage and retain high quality people such that Transaction Banking Technology is skilled and experienced to deliver its obligations.

• Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development, ensure that direct reports are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles and that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.

• Foster a culture of innovation, transparency and accountability in Transaction Banking technology while promoting a “business-first” mentality at all levels

• Set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports and provide feedback and rewards in line with their performance against those responsibilities and objectives.

• Create a motivational and challenging environment for staff which is conducive to creativity and performance with customer centricity in mind

Risk Management

• Responsible for addressing program delivery risks and other delivery risks like Operations risk, key person risk, change concentration risks, etc.

• Performing strategic assessment of the benefits and potential value generation of the IT services right from conception through investment, execution and BAU stage

• Engage consistently with business, technology and operation teams for CCIB-TB T&I throughout the whole lifecycle of Tech investments and stay aligned to the overall roadmap and strategy of the bank.

• Proactive in monitoring and seeking regular assurance that the areas of responsibility and teams are performing to an acceptable risk and control standard.

• Work towards the elimination of non-standard processes and systems that contributes to high operational risk.

• Act quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness become apparent and ensure they are addressed within an appropriate timeframe and escalated through the relevant committees.

• Balance business performance, delivery and cost management constraints with risk and control matters to ensure that they do not materially threaten the Group’s ability to remain

Governance

• Working with Business partners such as CPOs to prepare investment plan requests and manage approval of Programme(s), accountable to manage $80m worth of projects, spanning 3 years and define framework, mechanism to track, monitor the programs, frequent communication to CIO’s, COO’s & CPOs. Individual will lead and coordinate cross-functional, cross-departmental, cross-company teams that are responsible for all aspects of a Project or Programme, from Initiation to Closure.

• Partnering with relevant stakeholders, responsible for ensuring that the B&M model is followed, and the relevant artefacts are delivered on time with quality, in adherence to the development methodology/approach.

• Knowledge and understanding of Governance processes, especially on the controls and policies.

• Defines, enhance, and drive a transparent service excellence & governance model with clear accountabilities.

• Manage communication of key risks/preventive actions and other key insights of services to stakeholders through appropriate forums including NFRC and other Sustainability forums (refinement meeting)

• Plan and participate in change governance forums as needed

• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.

Regulatory and 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 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

Internal

• TB MT

• TB COOs

• CCIB Cash Product Management Heads

• CCIB Trade Product Management Heads

• CCIB Tech MT

• Global Technology Services Heads (Production Support, Infrastructure, Testing etc)

• Interface team Heads

External

• Regulators (as applicable)

• Relevant industry groups and professional bodies

• Consultancy and recruitment agency relationships

Other Responsibilities

• Accountable for TB portfolio governance and financial facing off with COO and CCIB portfolio teams

• Maintains high levels of integrity, motivation and morale.

• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies & procedures

Our Ideal Candidate

• 15+ years of banking experience. Should be an experienced Programme Manager, or as a senior Project Manager, within a large-scale multi-year programme, preferably within Standard Chartered, or within a global Transaction Banking business.

• PMP or PgMP certification preferred

• Excellent knowledge of Programme Management disciplines (planning, reporting, risk management, QA, document management, financials, benefits, resource management, stage controls, stakeholder management and governance).

• Strong practical knowledge of project or programme delivery in both Agile and Waterfall environments.

• Experience in managing external vendors, preferably with working knowledge of SCB Global Sourcing process and standards.

• Experienced in supporting a global group and ability to work in a highly collaborative manner across the network with a wide range of stakeholders.

• Strong skills in conceptual and quantitative problem-solving, aligning a broad range of stakeholders from multiple functions, and executing against a tightly-defined timeline.

• Excellent professional skills, including verbal, presentation and written communication skills; ability to simultaneously “see the big picture” and manage the details of implementation; ability to follow through on execution.

• Experience in one or more of the following areas (Cash Management & Payments, Corporate/Institutional Banking or Financial Markets)

• Demonstrated knowledge of Transaction Banking Cash processes and technology systems

• Experience in lean / six sigma process improvement

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Change / Project Management

• Stakeholder Management

• Communication & Presentation Skills

• Operational Risk

• Strategic Thinking

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.

Recruitment Assessments

Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers

Job Summary

The Operational, Technology and Cyber Risk (OTCR) organisation is instrumental in protecting and ensuring the resilience of Standard Chartered Bank’s operations, data, and IT systems by managing operational, technology and cyber risk across the enterprise. As a critical function reporting into the Group Chief Risk Officer (CRO), the Group OTCR team serves as the second line of defence for assuring that controls are implemented effectively, in accordance with the OTCR Framework, and for instilling a risk culture within the Bank.

The Head, OTCR, WRB is an important role that requires solid business acumen and a detailed knowledge of WRB and understanding of working in a second line capacity within a risk management organisation. The role reports directly to the Global Head, OTCR, WRB .

The purpose of this role is to act as the single point of contact (“SPOC”) within the second line for WRB, in respect of all OTCR matters and decisions, for the portfolio assigned, providing judgement-based input and advice to ensure effective risk management and be a trusted partner collaborating as appropriate with senior stakeholders including SMEs and other risk teams to ensure that risk management practices are integrated into all aspects of WRB.

The individual is expected to be familiar with WRB specific tools / practices, enabling the WRB first line leads to make right decisions. The individual will be skilled in business risk management, stakeholder management, and communication, with an ability to contribute to a vision for others to follow.

The successful candidate will add value by helping to deliver customer centric solutions, providing clear direction on effective risk management, taking on tough challenges, addressing difficult issues and responding in a flexible, courageous and collaborative manner to evolving business, regulatory and threat demands.

Key Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Head, OTCR, WRB leader who will be responsible for the following areas:

Monitor:

a) Risk indicators, metrics, and thresholds (e.g. Risk Appetite thresholds)

b) Completeness and accuracy of risk identification and assessment

c) Regular review of residual risks and concentration of risks (e.g., locations, processes, etc.)

d) Impact to risks / regulations which the bank faces (e.g., through internal / external change or events)

e) Reporting and escalation of business restrictions where the risks not aligned with Risk Appetite

f) Timely and effective completion of actions and treatment plans

g) Business adherence to framework, policies, standards, and regulations

h) Appropriate application of decision authorities and delegation rights

Challenge:

a) Business initiatives and decisions to ensure effective adherence of risk, policy, regulations, etc.

b) Outputs of business risk identification and assessment activities for completeness and accuracy

c) Design and implementation of treatment plans / actions to mitigate risk or improve risk management

d) Risk Appetite Setting: 1st LOD proposals on risk appetite and where risk appetites are near breach

e) Proactive challenge on strategy, process, product, channel, change activities e.g., new deals / transactions

f) Design and operating effectiveness of controls in place to mitigate material risks

Approve:

a) Risk Assessment decisions for changes arising from products / process and projects etc. (e.g. Inherent and Residual Risk assessments; Control design; Control Monitors);

b) Treatment plans and actions design to mitigate risks, remediate appetite breaches, improve risk management. e.g. RCR, Treatment Plans; Validation of treatment plan actions;

c) Other approvals explicitly required by frameworks, policies, and standards e.g. Scenario Analysis design and assessment; OR approval in M7 for Group WRB OTCR approval (e.g. M7 ad hoc purging of records or backend amendments of M7 records via batch upload)

In addition, this role must work with SMEs to ensure that there is adequate support provided by the SME in respect of:

a) Policy / regulatory interpretation, application, and implementation

b) Provision of information and guidance relating to risk mgmt. processes and frameworks

c) Appropriate appetite setting, identification and assessment of risk and input into control design

d) Support on investigations and reviews to ensure the right outcomes are reached

e) Regulatory horizon scanning, interpretation, application, and implementation

f) Opportunities for risk taking / commerciality (e.g., support and input on new business)

g) Identification of emerging and horizon risks in area of expertise

h) Training and support in communicating complex technical concepts to internal and external stakeholders

i) Advise in matters that are high risk and/or complex to provide specialised knowledge, oversight and/or expertise, using deep technical knowledge, interpretation of regulations with data driven judgment and experience

j) Analysis of internal and external trends to get early alerts

k) Thematic reviews with Assurance teams where required

People & Talent

• Exercising excellent people management in the areas of resourcing, talent development, performance management, learning and development and engagement

• Ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks

• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values

• Set appropriate tone and expectations from team, working in collaboration with stakeholders, whilst upholding and reinforcing the independence of the second line

• Employ, engage, and retain high quality people, with succession planning for critical roles

• Set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports, providing regular feedback against on performance against responsibilities and objectives

• Manage rewards across the team to ensure total compensation is in line with Group and fair pay guidelines

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Displaying exemplary conduct and living by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct

• Taking 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 identifying, escalating, mitigating and resolving risk, conduct and compliance matters

• Demonstrating leadership ability to ensure that the team achieves the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Risk framework

• Providing ongoing reporting of risk exposure into governance meetings and to key stakeholders and escalating any blockages to progress to ensure Group MT, Risk & CFCC, and OTCR Scorecard objectives are met

Key Stakeholders

Internal

• All teams of the following areas that support the assigned portfolio:

• CEO WRB

• CRO WRB

• COO WRB

• CIO WRB

• CISO WRB

• Functional Heads of WRB

• WRB leadership team

• Head Second Line Assurance WRB

• Head of Audit WRB

• Functional Heads such as relevant first line support functions for WRB (e.g., WRB COO, WRB CIO, WRB CISO, WRB Human Resources, WRB Finance)

External

• Group’s external auditors

Our Ideal Candidate

• Degree in a relevant field such as Business Management, Accountancy or equivalent

• 10+ years financial services experience with 8 years in OTCR

• Possesses significant experience in OTCR management within the Banking industry and have an in-depth knowledge of some of the key organisational and operational challenges faced by a Second-Line Risk function, including relevant regulation and industry trends.

• A rigorous and analytical approach to risk management

• Knowledge of the Business and its franchise and/or remit

• Experience of business partnering, including the ability to synthesise and articulate complex and technical topics clearly to diverse audiences

• Ability to manage a diverse and challenging stakeholder community / team

• Ability to lead and energise people, positive attitude, high energy and ability to work under pressure

• Solid knowledge of the businesses, markets and operations of Standard Chartered Bank and the policies, procedures, and processes through which Operations, Technology and Cyber Risks are addressed throughout the Group

• Ability to assess strategic priorities and focus on detailed aspects of a function in order to drive effective delivery

• Excellent analytical skills: ability to think clearly and rigorously about how best to assess existing and emerging risks and readiness, being able to reach a pragmatic approach and direction

• Experience of identifying risks (both existing and emerging), developing mitigation actions, and reaching agreement with stakeholders on the management of risks and issues

• Situational context aware with ability to facilitate outcomes where priorities and personalities are in conflict

• Sound judgement and anticipation and strong integrity, independence and resilience

• Ability to communicate and explain complicated risk issues to internal and external stakeholders in a simple and business-friendly way

• Able to challenge constructively in a non-confrontational manner

• Strong emotional and cultural intelligence, being able to embrace and drive diversity of thought through inclusion and the valuing of cultural diversity

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Business Partnering

• Operational and Technology Risk Management

• Risk Management

• Crisis Management

• Information and Cyber Security Risk Management

• Regulatory Environment – Financial Services

• Resilience Risk

• WRB Business Knowledge

• Manage People

• Manage Vendors

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 talent and we can't wait to see the talent 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 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.

Recruitment Assessments

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