Head of Risk, HR, Corporate Affairs & Strategy(Singapore, India, UK)

This role could be based in Singapore, India and UK. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, Please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.

JOB SUMMARY

• Drive future focussed Risk management for HR, CABM and Strategy that results in valuable outcomes to enable the Group and S&T strategy. 
• Deliver simplification, automation and efficiency from a Risk perspective through collaboration and challenge to influence a Client Focus, Risk aware culture. 
• Achieve an effective risk culture, including strong horizon scanning, by actively partnering across the Group with First, Second and Third-Line Functions and the Businesses.
• Ensure all risks and issues are effectively identified, prioritized, assessed, mitigated (to within Risk appetite) and monitored in a timely manner whilst maintaining full transparency to relevant stakeholders or Committees.
• Embed People Risk across the Group as RFO, in an effective and pragmatic way to drive great outcomes.  
• Ensure compliance to ERMF, including risk assessments (inherent and residual) and the adoption of all Policies and Standards across the 3 functions.  

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for delivery of the Risk roadmap which are aligned to the standards / requirements set by Enterprise Risk Management Framework and the setting of appropriate metrics and standards for risk. 
• Design and implement changes to HR, CABM and Strategy Risk Profile in line with  Group’s strategy. 
• Align Risk profile to change programs such as risk simplification and other Group initiatives. 
• Partner on programs and provide inputs to initiatives to drive client focused outcomes in Risk management.
• Partner with relevant GPOs and CPOs to ensure a risk assessment and control testing is being performed in line the Banks ERMF. 
• Partner with Business Risk Managers of all businesses and functions to embed People Risk as RFO
• Establish processes for Risk assessment and control testing (working with the Control Effectiveness Team) in line with the Bank’s ERMF at global and country. 
• Drive the Enterprise Risk Management Framework and underlying Risk Type Frameworks (RTFs) to ensure these are effectively embedded.
• Ensure the risk profile remains within the Group’s Risk Appetite
• Design and deliver the Risk model for delivery of adherence to TPRM for HR, CABM and Strategy 

• Ensuring that risks are assessed, and control cost / benefit decisions are made transparently in accordance with the Group’s Policies, Standards and Group Risk Appetite. 
• Partner with Control Effectiveness team to influence the design of effective controls 
• Providing a comprehensive view of (1) the material risks facing HR, CABM and Strategy (2) the material People risks facing the Bank as RFO, ensuring that risk assessment and reporting is comprehensive and accurate.
• Embed an effective and exemplary risk culture (aligned to Group risk appetite), with appropriate escalation. 
• Provide leadership and coaching to all team members to ensure they are highly engaged and performing to full potential in an environment where learning, challenging and experimenting are a key success criteria.
• Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where commercial, ethical, legal, regulatory compliant conduct is the norm and aligned to creative thinking that delivers real impact. 

Key Stakeholders

• COO, S&T
• CO-Heads of CABM, Head of HR, Head of Group Strategy
• Head, Governance and Risk, S&T
• Global Head, Strategic Change, HR & CABM
• Governance and Risk, S&T Senior Leadership Team
• Global Process Owners
• 2nd Line Risk Framework Owners and Head GIA, S&T
• Global Head of Risk, Functions & Operational Risk
• Head, CFCC Functions Advisory
• Global Head of Frameworks and Policies, CFCC
• Head, Regulatory Regimes, CFCC
• Business Risk Managers across all businesses and functions

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

Our Ideal candidate 
•    Really Strong Leadership skills and able to challenge and drive change
•    10 + years’ experience working with Risk and Governance in a financial service organization
 

Role Specific Technical Competencies
•    Strategic Delivery
•    Excellent Risk Management and Business Acumen
•    Effective working across Multifunctional Teams
•    Leadership
•    Manage and Drive Change
•    Coaching

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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