Job Description

The Role Responsibilities

Job Role

This is a role for an experienced professional providing technical expert-based assessments and support to the risk review team on a global group-wide basis. The candidate will assist ERR CPBB Review team in providing CPBB management with an independent assessment of the quality of specified portfolios, their risk governance, and the degree of alignment between strategy and delivery.

This will be achieved by evaluating a business\xe2\x80\x99s effective risk management control on elements of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF), with a principle focus on Credit Risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Good knowledge, awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates in respect of the countries reviewed.
• Maintain and develop personal risk capabilities and skills to meet ongoing needs and plans.
• Work with CPBB risk review lead to provide an independent assessment of the credit process and governance against the portfolio framework, Group Policies and Procedures, and Group values.
• Ensure effective management of the operational risks within the Function and compliance with applicable internal policies, and external laws and regulations.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the Enterprise Risk review\'s risk management processes.
• Ensure that all work undertaken as a member of the Enterprise Risk Review function is delivered to the highest standards and within agreed budgets each year.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of work programmes which reflect the current business organisation and operating environment.
• As directed to perform, support, and lead the planning, fieldwork and reporting of Enterprise Risk Reviews engagements to deliver agreed objectives.
• To identify and escalate significant issues, and ensure these issues are appropriately tracked and followed up.
• Undertake a detailed review of the credit quality to provide assurance of effective planning, communication, control, and risk management.
• Execute the Enterprise Risk Review function for CPBB and ensure that the programme of reviews is undertaken in accordance with the approved Terms of Reference for the function.
• Ensure that reviews provide a combination of assurance and anticipation; that the reports and findings are accepted by the CPBB business, and any actions arising there from are followed through to closure.
• Ensure that the reports of the reviews are written on a timely manner and is succinct without missing the key details required to understand the context of the issues identified.

Strategy

• Awareness and understanding of the Group\xe2\x80\x99s business strategy and model appropriate to the role and the ability to assess in the reviews undertaken whether misalignments between strategy and stated risk appetite are occurring or are likely to occur.
• Understand and implement the strategic intent and collective agenda in CPBB Banking Clients globally.

Business

Through understanding of the Consumer Business with exposure to second line credit risk and overall business management. This in-depth understanding of the business is required undertake a detailed review of the credit quality to provide assurance of effective planning, communication, control, and risk management.

Processes

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the Credit Risk review\'s risk management processes.
• Ensure that all work undertaken as a member of the Credit Risk Review function is delivered to the highest standards and within agreed budgets each year.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of work programmes which reflect the current business organisation and operating environment.
• As directed to perform, support and lead the planning, fieldwork and reporting of Credit Risk Reviews engagements to deliver agreed objectives.
• To identify and escalate significant issues, and ensure these issues are appropriately tracked and followed up.
• Execute the Credit Risk Review function for CPBB and ensure that the programme of reviews is undertaken in accordance with the approved Terms of Reference for the function.
• Identify the positive aspects and areas for improvements in businesses, geographies and thematic risk reviews. Provide constructive and independent feedback on risk issues identified and wherever appropriate, recommend the actions that may be taken to mitigate the issue identified.

Risk Management

• Maintain and develop personal risk capabilities and skills to meet ongoing needs and plans.
• Ensure effective management of the operational risks within the Function and compliance with applicable internal policies, and external laws and regulations.
• Work with CPBB risk review lead to provide an independent assessment of the credit process and governance against the portfolio framework, Group Policies and Procedures, and Group values.

Governance

• Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the business unit\xe2\x80\x99s arrangements to deliver effective country level governance, oversight and controls in the business and if necessary to recommend changes in these areas.
• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• Responsible for delivering \xe2\x80\x98effective governance\xe2\x80\x99; capability to challenge fellow executives effectively; and willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner.

Regulatory and Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s Valued Behaviours 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.
• Work with wider team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients. Effective Operation of Financial Markets; Financial Crime Prevention; and The Right Environment.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• Enterprise Risk Management team members
• Group and Regional Heads of functions in Consumer, Private and Business Banking
• Senior Risk Leadership within the Retail Banking Risk Function (including Collection, Recovery)
• Country CCH / CRO
• Country Head CPBB
• Business Operational Risk Managers
• Country Head Financial Crime and Compliance

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group\xe2\x80\x99s brand and Valued behaviour in the team and the team\xe2\x80\x99s output.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor\'s degree or equivalent professional qualification and experience at a senior level in 2 or more roles.
• Market Knowledge, proven experience in a risk related function, including demonstrated success in a similar role.

Regulatory Framework and Requirements

• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the firm operates and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the Enterprise Risk Review function.

Technical Skills

• Experienced credit officer, reviewer / auditor or business person who is a deep SME (subject matter expert) in Retail banking, including credit and operational risk.

Non-technical Skills

• Good relationship management skills in a geographically diverse environment, and with key external stakeholders, high credibility with counterparts in the business, demonstrated understanding of and commitment to the Group\'s core values, excellent communication skills, ability to drive a change agenda.
• Credit Risk Management or higher level certification for consumer, private and business bbanking.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Experience and understanding of CPBB Credit Risk
• Experience Retail Lending and Analytics
• CRM, ACRM or any credit risk certification

\xc2\xadAbout 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.

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