Senior Manager, Framework & Policy

Job Description

• The role holder will be a part of the Risk Governance team based in Bangalore. The candidate will be a key member of the team, ensuring that clear standards are set for frameworks and policies and that these are adhered to.

Maintain Frameworks, Policies, and standards

• Monitor adherence to FPGS to ensure effective frameworks and policies are in place providing clarity to front line staff of their obligations.
• Support the annual review of Frameworks and Policies to ensure these remain relevant and in alignment to the FPGS.
• As part of the annual review process challenge where documents are unclear, impracticable, or duplicative.
• Oversee policies to ensure that interconnectedness of risks is understood, defined and challenge where policies are unclear, impracticable, or duplicative.
• Review and challenge policies to ensure that they address critical risks, are principle based, can be tested for effectiveness, empower decision making and have been written with the end user in mind.
• Review and challenge critical Standards to ensure that key principles in parent policies or RTFs have been appropriately operationalized

Assurance and Reporting

• Maintain the central Policy Risk Register
• Track the progress of any gaps and open items in the RTF and Policy inventories
• Prepare monthly and quarterly ERMF dashboards and reports, and any other ad-hoc reports as required. This includes engagement with stakeholders for inputs and review/ challenge of progress updates provided by stakeholders against timelines

Processes

• Provide support to continuously improve the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the Framework and Policy Management processes
• Complete control testing to support the assessment of risks within the Framework and Policy Management processes
• Support Head, Policy Management and Head, Framework Management to continuously improve the operational efficiency and effectiveness of the team s processes

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.

Risk Governance Information & Systems

• Provide support for the effective administration of the Risk Governance tool and the SCB rule book for intuitive access to Control Framework Documents (RTFs, policies, standards).

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group s brand and values
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures
• Support and get fully involved in the migration project from Riskpod to Govpoint

Governance

• Ensure that outcomes delivered, including necessary controls are fit for purpose and meet regulatory requirements
• Ensure the Bank s risk governance disciplines are adhered with.

Key StakeholdersInternal:

• Members of ERM Management Team
• Policy Owners
• Standard Owners
• Global Process Owners
• Country CRO, RFO, Governance teams
• Regional CRO and governance teams
• Head, Internal Audit Functions
• Group OR, Group COO and other business COOs

Our Ideal Candidate10+ years experience in risk management.

• Business Strategy and Model: Awareness and understanding of the firm s business strategy and model appropriate to the role, coupled with the ability to provide a vision and successfully lead complex changes end-to-end.
• Risk Management and Control: Ability to identify, assess, monitor, control and mitigate risks to the firm.
• Governance, Oversight and Controls: Leadership qualities, strong interpersonal skills, multi-cultural awareness, and sensitivity.
• Regulatory Framework and Requirements: Awareness and thorough understanding of the regulatory framework in which the firm operates.
• Non-technical skills: Ability to explain complex matters in simple and intuitive terms, supporting a strong stakeholders management both internally with senior management as well as externally with regulators.

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Keyskills :
financesalesltdmisaccountancystrong interpersonal skillsinternal auditcontrol testingrisk governancesenior managementbusiness strategypolicy management