Senior Manager, Internal Financial Controls

Job Summary

The purpose of the role is to work on the UK Audit and Corporate Governance (ACG) reforms programme to support the remediation lead with the agreement, prioritisation and delivery of remediation activities to close identified control gaps. This will involve working with teams in the line to document and embed management review controls (MRCs), EUC controls and supporting complex processes that require remediation activity. 

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Support the delivery of the remediation UK ACG workstream working with the remediation delivery lead – take ownership of control gaps identified by KPMG (bank’s advisors) and work with line teams to close the controls gaps.  

Business
•    The successful candidate will be working with key stakeholders across CCIB & CPBB COO functions, CCIB & CPBB CIO technology teams to remediate business process and EUC controls. The work will cover centres of excellence in GFS (Chennai, Bangalore) as well as business function led teams in UK and Singapore.

Processes
•    Complete remediation control templates covering management review controls across c.155 processes across Finance, CCIB and CPBB Operations and other upstream functions providing inputs to financial reporting processes.

People & Talent
•    Ensure active communication of workstream priorities and progress to stakeholders to foster engagement, awareness, and motivation. The candidate must have strong interpersonal and communication skills: networking, negotiation, influencing and written communication. Maintain a positive attitude with the capability to work under pressure and deliver on multiple deadlines.

Risk Management
•    Compliance with UK ACG regulatory standards prescribed the UK Government Department of Business and Trade (DBT), Financial Reporting Council (FRC)/ Audit reporting governance authority (ARGA) requirements

Governance
•    Provide inputs for the preparation of governance papers – Programme steering committees, updates to other bank governance forums (e.g. FRC, GNFRC, Board Audit Committee).

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

Qualifications

•    University degree or equivalent
•    Qualified accountant, preferably with a Financial Services background
•    Experience of working in a Financial control, Product Control or Operations environment 
•    Experience of working wth on/offshore teams in a remote manner
•    Extensive understanding and reasonable working experience in different financial and accounting systems
•    Experience of working in a global organisation in a matrixed environment.
•    Prior experience of working on projects/ delivering new business-as-usual initiatives.
•    Demonstrated ability to work within a service centre team

Skills and Experience

•    Business Process Mapping and end-to-end linkage between different teams
•    Data Mining, Interpretation and Dashboarding 
•    Agile Working & Flexibility
•    Eye for detail and with a strong focus on controls and compliance to policies and procedures
•    Ability to form effective relationships with key stakeholders
•    Self-motivated individual and able to drive results. And able to work independently.
•    Strong team player and has the capacity to build good working relationships with cross functional / geographical teams
•    Proven ability to perform under pressure and stress and to adjust plans to meet changing needs and requirements.

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.