Country Business Manager, Markets COO, SG

JOB SUMMARY

• The role is to support the local Markets businesses to grow Global Markets P/L in a safe way, balancing risk with commerciality.  The role will support the Markets Heads in Singapore.  Responsibilities include business enablement, business risk management, local governance, conduct and supervision, change management including regulatory implementaton, and dealing room management.

RESPONSIBILITIES

People & Talent

• Build the appropriate culture and values and work in collaboration with stakeholders.

Business Enablement

• Execute and deliver the global Markets strategy and business initiatives locally.
• Partner with stakeholders and support partners to unblock any business issues.
• Continuously seek out process simplification and process re-engineering opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
• Be the “connector” between global and local and importing / exporting best practices.

Business Risk Management

• Identification, assessment, and mitigation of local elevated and horizon risks within business risk appetite, creating monitors and controls where appropriate.
• Escalate any elevated risk to local Executive Risk Committee and Global Business Risk Managers.
• Support local regulatory and internal audits and Compliance reviews.

Local Business Governance, Conduct & Supervision

• Support the Markets Heads to operate effective local supervision of Markets staff, and oversight of Global Credit Markets (GCM), Treasury Markets, and Capital Markets Products and Solutions (CMPS) staff in the Markets dealing room where applicable.
• Support the Markets Heads to run the Local Markets Non-Financial Risk (NFR) Business Risk Forums (BRF).
• Support local product enablement through the Product Governance process.

Local Change Management

• Lead and manage local regulatory changes ensuring compliance.
• Align local processes to group processes and managing any local deviations resulting from regulations and local systems.
• Support Markets in regulatory consultations, advocacy and engagement where required.
• Continuously seek out process simplification and re-engineering opportunities to improve operational efficiency;

Dealing Room Management

• Dealing room management support in capacity planning, business continuity, access controls, Service Level Agreements, licensing, etc.

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.

Key Stakeholders

• Markets Head in Singapore
• CIB Product and Segment Partners
• Regional and Local CFCC
• Regional and Local Internal Audit
• Operations, Technology, Finance, Legal Control and Risk Functions
• Regulators
• Markets COO team across business and geographies.

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Markets COO team Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats)

Our Ideal Candidate

• 7+ years of experience in the banking sector, preferably from business risk management or operational risk related role.
• Strong understanding of banking products, services, and regulatory frameworks

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Markets
• Operational Risks
• Analytical Thinking 
• Risk Management
• Regulatory Environment – Financial Services
• Manage Risk
• Problem Solving
• Understanding Customer Needs
• Internal Controls

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.

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