Assistant Manager Capital & _Liquidity Stress Testing

Job Description

*The Role Responsibilities Purpose
• The role holder will be a part of the new stress testing hub being created in Bangalore.
• Enterprise stress testing comprises the stress tests required by the Group, regions, country and risk management teams, and other senior stakeholders as required to inform Risk Appetite and the stress tests required by the Bank s regulators.
• The team has responsibility for the execution of the Bank s stress test exercises internally and to external regulators. It is also the centre of excellence for all strategic changes and operational controls, compliance attestation and policy setting for stress testing in the enterprise. As such, this individual will be working as part of a cohesive strategy and execution function. The team sets and runs the production schedule for stress testing.
• The intent of the hub is to primarily run central workstream production tasks and sub-tasks during the running of each stress test exercise utilising ITO (Group IT) supported technology and produce management reporting on the same.
• The successful candidate for this position will play a key role in executing the stress test models in relation to the Balance Sheet and Capital / Liquidity Requirements in the Bank s stress test exercises.
• This will include Resolution Planning, Recovery Planning, Reverse Stress Testing, Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), and Bank-of-England (BOE) for the Group.
In addition, he/she should be able to provide valuable inputs to help identify opportunities to improve on stress testing current processes and own quantitative changes and change requests.
• Responsible for the stress testing data sourcing and preparations, methodological calculations including the use of existing infrastructure and technology, producing quantitative charts and packs and other related requirements.
• Deliver a high quality Structured Template Data (STDF) Templates, as per the requirements set out by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) in the Bank of England (BoE) stress test and other similar date requirements issued by the likes of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) or Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
• Ensure that the stress testing methods employed are compliant with EST procedures and any deviation is properly documented and approved.
• Ensure compliance with the Operational Risk Framework requirements and that quantitative controls are in place and executed in full.
• Drive improvements in the stress testing computations and automate manual processes for more efficiency and productivity.
• Manage all correspondence via their nominated work stream leads, support functions and stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with governance related aspects of EST production and delivery
• This is a rapidly evolving space so the role holder must be comfortable with ambiguity and change.
Business The role holder is responsible for the following in undertaking the role:
• Strong Focus on Capital metrics like RWA, CET1
• Execution of the Liquidity / Capital stress test models for the entire balance sheet and liquidity requirements
• Build automation of data extraction and model projection capabilities
• Consider all different dimensions segment, geographies and products of the bank
• Ensure input data quality, reconciliation, validation, consistency with various sources
• Work alongside global business stakeholders to develop, understand, and translate stress parameters into the final balance sheet projections and liquidity metrics
• Manage execution timelines around the stress test exercises
• Analyse and present results in a concise yet informative manner to senior management
• Incorporate other areas of risk into current balance sheet/liquidity / capital model.
• Support documentation of stress test model methodology, ensuring it is compliant with group governance standards
• Produce quantitative packs on the bank s liquidity / capital position in various stress scenarios
• Produce final numbers pack for submission
• Produce related data templates for external regulators (STDF)
Processes
• The role holder will need to support the establishment and documentation of all processes and effective controls for the new hub in accordance with the broader stress testing team
People and Talent
• The role holder will need to support development and stabilisation a newly formed team, working across geographies
Risk Management
• Ensure all activity adheres to the Enterprise Risk Management Framework, relevant policies and standards, with a specific focus on ensuring an effective framework for the management of operational risks as they pertain to the role.
Governance
• Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• Deliver effective governance ; capability to challenge colleagues effectively, or escalate appropriately; and willingness to work in an open and cooperative manner with all.
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.
• Lead the team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank s 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
• Stress Testing Team
• Enterprise Risk Management members
• Key Risk colleagues
• Business leadership
• Risk Transformation Programme Team
• Key operations and technology partners / vendors
Other Responsibilities
• As delegated by Head of Stress Testing from time to time.
Our Ideal Candidate The role holder will have experience in:
• Regulatory reporting in the financial services industry
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks and Banking regulations
• Working across geographies and timezones
• Excellent oral, written communication and presentation skills
• Robust skills for qualitative and quantitative analysis e.g. financial and process
• Excellent academic background, preferably with a degree in a quantitative discipline, such as economics, finance, statistics/mathematics, sciences or engineering
• Understanding of SCB s key footprint markets will be added plus
The role holder should comply with all mandatory e-learning as prescribed from time to time.,

Keyskills :
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