Job Description

Role ResponsibilitiesPurposeThis role is integral to drive the ESG and Reputational Risk agenda and embed associated frameworks within key business processes and across markets.The Senior Manager, ESG and Reputational Risk will:

• In accordance with the Enterprise Risk Management framework, embed the policy framework of Reputational & Sustainability risk in fulfilling the requirements of second line oversight and challenge to key stakeholders across the Group.
• Lead consultation, documentation, and impact assessment of areas of regulations relating to ESG and Reputational risks in countries.
• Support the ongoing attestation to regulatory authorities to confirm compliance to relevant regulations.
• Provide inputs to ESG and Reputational Risk Framework Owners in the review of control environment for weaknesses.
• Support the development of local variations (including Country addenda) of ESG and Reputational Risk Framework, Policies and Standards in line with regulatory guidelines
• Support regulatory impact assessment and policy, manage inventory and dispensations
• Support breach resolution, ongoing reporting and yearly calibration and review of Risk Appetite metrices cascaded by ESG and Reputational Risk

ResponsibilitiesRegulatory Liaison and Change

• Perform Horizon Scanning for ESG-relevant publications and obligations Consultations
• Evaluate consultations from regulators and relevant industry associations and compile (Country-specific) response for critical consultations in alignment with Business and other Bank Functions
• Disseminate draft response to appropriate 1LOD / 2LOD stakeholders for awareness and request for feedback
• Engage (jointly with 1 LoD / 2 LoD Group and Country stakeholders) regulators and industry associations on select consultations, where necessary Obligations (Drafts, Final rules)
• Identify binding regulations and industry standards, determine materiality, and escalate extra-territorial regulations and industry standards
• Interpret obligations, derive key requirements, and assess their impact on Bank Policies / Standards, including those from quasi regulators / industry bodies
• Maintain ESG risk Obligation Register and share identified key requirements with affected Country Business and Function stakeholders and notify Group RFO on extra-territoriality

Framework and Policy Management

• Support Regulatory Liaison and change counterparts in the interpretation of obligations, derive key requirements, and assess their impact on Bank Policies / Standards
• Draft the update of Policies/Standards/Country Addenda relating to the obligations and coordinate the review and consultations with relevant stakeholders
• Review and track deviations and dispensation requests relating to Obligation Change Implementation including risk treatment plans
• Monitor and ensure 1LOD closes implementation gaps identified during the validation to meet requirements of obligations
• Drive robust training of local ESG and Reputational Risk Framework, Policies and Standards are rolled out to 1LOD and other stakeholders
• Ensure effectiveness of local ESG and Reputational Risk Framework, Policies and Standards

Strategy

• Support the integration of the ESG and Reputational risk management across Clients, Third Parties and Operations, in alignment with our Bold Stands and Chapter 3 ambitions.
• Support the delivery of a strategic approach for ESG and Reputational risk management such as alignment of our portfolio to various external commitments such as Net Zero

Business.

• Supports efforts with Businesses, Supply Chain Management, and various Functions to embed ESG and Reputational Risk considerations into first-line processes.

Processes

• Provide inputs to ensure maintenance of formalised procedures and DOIs for all ESG and Reputational Risk processes and reporting.
• Where required, support the operational risk requirements of risk areas aligned with ESG and Reputational Risk

People & Talent

• Help to build the appropriate culture and values. Work collaboratively with all relevant partners.

Risk Management

• Uphold the integrity of risk/return decisions, by challenging business to demonstrate that risk origination and control decisions are properly informed and consistent with the ESG and Reputational risk strategy and risk appetite

Governance

• Provide support across ESG and Reputational Risk, ensuring compliance with the highest standards of regulatory and business conduct and compliance practices as defined by internal and external requirements.
• Ensure that material risk exposures and related issues are reported to the responsible risk governance committees.

Regulatory & 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.

Key stakeholders.

• ESG and Reputational Risk
• Country Heads of businesses and functions
• Country Chief Risk Officers
• Chief Sustainability Office
• Members of Group COO in CPBB and CCIB
• Members of Regional Risk Committee
• CFCC
• Business Heads
• Members of the ERM management team

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group\xe2\x80\x99s brand and values in Risk; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures;

Our Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor\'s Degree or Masters in relevant field.
• Min 10 years of working experience in the related field.
• Language proficiency Mandarin to cover China, Malaysia and Taiwan language requirements.
• Good knowledge of reputational risk management, or other risk-type management for financial services
• Experience in a discipline relating to Environmental, Social or Governance risk and Climate risk
• Experience in risk and control assessments and assurance testing
• Good knowledge of Sustainable Finance
• Knowledge of financial and non-financial risks and trends.
• Strong creativity and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent inter-personal skills; comfortable in building relationships at senior levels and across teams, with outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Confident self-motivated person with a high level of drive and ability to operate in a fast-paced environment

Role Specific Competencies

• ESG
• Banking Products
• Regulations for Climate and ESG
• Risk and Control
• Data handling skills
• Effective writing and communication

About Standard CharteredWe\'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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