Job Description

Role Responsibilities

Deliver on the Credit Risk, Balance Sheet & Income Statement projections for the Enterprise-wide Stress Testing (EST) exercises

Carry out the movement analysis & write-ups for credit risk & BS/IS metrics

Ensure compliance to EST procedures, methodologies, and controls.

Manage all governance related aspects of the execution of stress testing

Drive process improvements and best practices for more efficiency and productivity

Support development and maintenance of underlying models to enhance stress testing methodology.

Deliver adequate documentation on stress testing methodology subject to management, model validation, audit & regulatory scrutiny.

Responsibilities*

• \xc2\xa7 Risk Management: Ensure all activity adheres to the Enterprise Risk Management Framework, relevant policies, and standards, with a specific focus on ensuring an effective framework for the management of operational risks as they pertain to the role.
• \xc2\xa7 Processes: The role holder will need to support the establishment and documentation of all processes and effective controls for the hub team in accordance with the broader stress testing team
• \xc2\xa7 Governance: Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which SCB operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• \xc2\xa7 Deliver \xe2\x80\x98effective governance\xe2\x80\x99; capability to challenge colleagues effectively or escalate appropriately; and willingness to work in an open and cooperative manner with all.
• \xc2\xa7 Regulatory & Business Conduct: Display exemplary conduct and live by the SCB\xe2\x80\x99s Values and Code of Conduct.
• \xc2\xa7 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.

Business*

Stress Testing, as part of Finance, is an independent group function responsible for projecting the financials and capital/liquidity ratios of the entity in question given certain assumptions about Bank\xe2\x80\x99s policies and economic variables. The function plays a critical role in strategic business, regulatory and infrastructure initiatives which forms the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s future.

Internal Stress Tests: Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), Management Stress Tests (MST) etc.

Regulatory Stress Tests: HKMA SDST, MAS Stress Test, BOE Stress Test, BOT Stress Test, Reverse Stress Tests etc.

Climate Risk Stress Tests: A new area of analysis focussing on the impact of climate change on Banking industry

Driving \xe2\x80\x98Digitisation\xe2\x80\x99: Responsible for designing, prototyping, and implementing strategic change initiatives to increase business efficiency of stress testing processes.

The unit is Performance Driven with an aptitude to meet the expectations of Senior Management & Regulators by living the values of the organization in Doing the Right Thing and Better Together. The Never Settle attitude makes this unit unique in its approach to always be a Future-Fit organization

Risk Management*

Ensure all activity adheres to the Enterprise Risk Management Framework, relevant policies and standards, with a specific focus on ensuring an effective framework for the management of operational risks as they pertain to the role.

Regulatory & Business Conduct *

Display exemplary conduct and live by the .

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.

Key stakeholders*

Stress Testing Team

Enterprise Risk Management members

Key Finance & Risk colleagues

Business leadership

Stress Testing Transformation Programme Team

Key operations and technology partners / vendors

Our Ideal Candidate

CA /CFA/FRM or Graduate + MBA (Finance) from a reputed institution.

Good understanding of Balance Sheet/Income Statement accounting and/or Credit Risk concepts.

Inquisitive and strong inclination towards learning more about Stress Testing / Regulatory reporting.

Knowledge of MS Excel

Skills and Competencies*

Exceptional written / verbal communication skills \xe2\x80\x93 In this role you are expected to communicate with stakeholders across different levels of seniority.

Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations independently.

Display a methodical & meticulous approach to problem solving and root cause analysis

Be a team player and able to work collaboratively with others

Desired skills-

Knowledge of Python or equivalent software packages for data analysis

Knowledge of data visualization tools like Tableau / Power BI

ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES AND PROFICIENCY LEVELS*

External Reporting Advanced

Effective Communications Advanced

Project Management Advanced

Process Management Advanced

About Standard Chartered

We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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

Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with 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.

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