Job Description

The Role Responsibilities

Job Role

FM Central Control Group (CCG) supports the FM Risk and Control function.

Strategy

• Driving optimal performance through evolving the FM Central Control Group Target Operating Model, clearly defining roles and responsibilities and team coaching and management.
• Setting clear direction for the team.

Business

The activities include

• Oversees production of Risk Publications on risk reporting and hygiene actions to ensure the business and the FM COO MT have full visibility of the risks.
• Runs Control Monitoring to ensure robust, consistent and sustainable assessment of controls are executed in line with ORF.
• Support Global Process Owner for risk assessment and EORP (Group OR management system) data management.
• Acting as a support partner to FM risk management team.

Processes

Risk Publications

• Production and distribution of FM risk reports as per the agreed timeliness and frequency.
• Ensuring the reports are generated and delivered in a timely manner to the respective stakeholders.
• Escalation of incidents effectively and efficiently.
• Providing information and analysis to management committees and governance forums.
• Development and execution of governance routines.
• Provide oversight and education / awareness on policy change.
• Coordination of risk assessment activities.

Control Monitoring

• Monitor controls in processes and operations by executing control sample tests, monitoring key control indicators and running daily controls check.
• Identify, report and escalate failures in processes and material breaches to controls.
• Follow up on the completion of the remediation plans of identified gaps and weaknesses of processes and controls arising from CST / KCI monitoring and other internal / external reviews.

Global Process Owner Support

• Risk assessment coordination. Highlight risks to management and actively monitor control exceptions and improvement actions to reduce the likelihood of occurrence.
• EORP data management. Support Global Process Owner across the operational risk framework and the process universe record maintenance in EORP.

People and Talent

• Provide leadership, management and coaching to direct reports to ensure they are highly engaged and performing to their potential.
• Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm.
• Stimulate an environment where forward planning, prioritisation, deadline management and streamlined workflows and collaborative, inclusive yet effective and efficient work practices are the norm.
• Ensure the team is adequately resourced and staffed by an appropriate number of competent staff sufficiently independent to perform duties objectively, to support sustainable business growth and address financial crime risks.
• Ensure the team can clearly articulated and well understood roles and responsibilities through meaningful and accurate job descriptions.

Risk Management

• Understand principle and standards relevant to Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
• Make recommendations (and / or implement) to relevant stakeholders on possible risk management responses to identified risks and/or findings of concerns from CST / KCI reviews.
• Inform senior management of serious regulatory breaches (or where risk tolerances have been breached) and ensure that actions are taken quickly to remediate and / or cease activities.

Governance

• Attend relevant management meetings.
• In the event of serious regulatory breaches, or where risk tolerances have been breached, ensure senior management and relevant regulators are informed and that actions are taken quickly to remediate and / or activities are ceased.
• Prepare and cascade lessons learned from audit findings, and specific investigations.
• Analyse and interpret data to produce reports that help the bank identify and manage emerging areas of risk / vulnerability and thus drive remediation action within the function.
• Departmental Continuity Coordinators (DCCs) - Conduct Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Develop, maintain and exercise Business Continuity Plan (BC Plan).

Regulatory and Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s 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\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment].
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
• Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association.

Key Stakeholders

• FM COO Management Team
• FM COO Controls Department
• FM Operations Management Team
• FM Operations Risk Management Team
• Front Office staffs and supervisors
• Data providers

Other Responsibilities

• As delegated by line management from time to time

Our Ideal Candidate

• Degree in Finance, Statistics, Computer Science or related field is preferred.
• Adequate knowledge around Tableau and Excel as these tools are primarily used to produce the MIs and also able to troubleshoot and resolve issues on these tools.
• Ability to manage multiple work streams with strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills to varying levels of management.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Good presentation, time management, negotiation and influencing skills.
• Coding skills such as visual basic application or Python is preferred.
• Highly effective verbal and written English communication skills.
• Strong risk management and controls background.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Risk and control and analytics work experience and demonstrated career progression/increase in responsibilities
• Strong product knowledge in financial markets, e.g. derivatives (FX, Rates, Commodity and Credit), Fixed Income, FX, Money Market
• Adequate knowledge around Tableau and Excel as these tools are primarily used to produce the MIs and also able to troubleshoot and resolve issues on these tools. Proficient in SQL will be a plus

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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.

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• 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.

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