Job Description

Job: Technology
Primary Location: Asia-Singapore-Singapore
Schedule: Full-time
Employee Status: Permanent
Posting Date: 23/Jun/2022, 3:27:46 AM
Unposting Date: 23/Jul/2022, 5:59:00 PM


The Role Responsibilities We are seeking a highly motivated Lead Business Analyst to be part of Surveillance and Conflicts Technology Team highly skilled in delivering and integrating in house development components and vendor platforms. Delivering value to our customers is at the core of what our teams do - this role should be able to drive and deepen the functional knowledge and analytics skills of business analysts in the team as Functional Chapter Lead and provide leadership in techno-functional solutions to compliance stakeholder requirements. This role works closely with technology teams involving Scrum Masters, Developers, Testers, Architects, Technology Management in range of tasks such as solution reviews, estimation reviews for large initiatives, effectiveness of testing and stakeholders such as Product owners and Product Managers. Be a subject matter expert participating in cross functional squad ceremonies and a go-to solution expert for functional and data related requirements. Strategy

• Awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model appropriate to the role.
• Work in Close partnership in with Agile Delivery Lead to drive the Transformation towards highest level of Agile delivery model maturity and excellence
• Drive optimisation with a rigorous focus on efficiency and effectiveness

Business

• Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the group operates.
• Ensure technology deliveries are completed based on Refinement Forum commitments
• Role requires strong domain knowledge in Market Abuse Regulations, Financial Market Products, Trade and Communication Surveillance Process knowledge.
• Review or Create Solution Specification documentation such as Traceability Matrix/FSD for assigned work area and assist in creation of test strategy and the plans ensuring complete traceability.
• Optimise the number of meetings outside Scrum ceremonies

Processes

• Ensure all the business analysts are following best practices of Agile Delivery. All communication related to delivery moves to JIRA and not done through emails.
• Working closely with Product owners and product managers and business analysts, ensure JIRA’s have right level of information and detail such as requirements, acceptance criteria, specific test scenarios, data quality requirements to aid the story point estimation.

People and Talent

• Lead the high performing Business Analysts
• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
• Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.
• Employ, engage and retain high quality people.
• Set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports and provide feedback and rewards in line with their performance against those responsibilities and objectives

Risk Management

• Responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling, and mitigating risks to the Group. Also, an awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them
• The ability to interpret the Group’s financial information, identify key issues based on this information and put in place appropriate controls and measures.
• Ensure compliance with the Application Delivery / Change Release Process such as RAT/SIA.
• Ensure full compliance with Cloud Governance (Leap Process) and associated risk / control approvals.

Governance

• Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group’s arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas
• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• Responsible for delivering ‘effective governance’; capability to challenge fellow executives effectively.

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

• Global Head, Legal and Compliance Technology
• Domain Head – Employee Conduct & Surveillance Technology
• Head of Financial Markets Compliance Surveillance
• Head of Sales & Suitability Compliance Surveillance
• Head of Compliance Surveillance Data & Analytics
• Global Head - Change Management – CFCC
• Chief Product Owner / Product Owners – Surveillance
• Product Managers – Surveillance

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Technology Services – Functions.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country or Functional policies and procedures.
• Bing continuous improvement culture in the team and work with SRE Lead to bringing automation first attitude of team

Our Ideal Candidate

• Academic or Professional Education/Qualifications: Tertiary qualification, Computer Engineering / Computer Science preferred.
• Licences and Certifications/accreditations: Cloud, PMP, Scrum

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• 15 years of experience covering Market Abuse Regulations, Financial Market Products, Trade and Communication Surveillance Process areas
• Very strong people leadership skills to manage strong cohort of Business analysts as Functional Chapter lead
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and Stakeholder management skills
• Familiar with Agile Delivery (Scrum) Model and effective usage of JIRA and Confluence.
• AI / ML and Data Analytics skills strongly preferred

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks 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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