Job Description

This is a 18 months Direct Contract role
Role Responsibilities
The Product Owner (PO) for StAR (MAS/ASIC) is responsible for maximising the business value of the product resulting from work done by the transformation teams. Working with the SPO & Regime leads towards successful delivery of the MAS & ASIC Re-write for OTC Derivatives Regulatory Reporting onto the new strategic StAR platform.
Responsibilities

• The candidate should have strong understanding of OTC Derivatives Regulatory Reporting requirements in APAC jurisdictions regulations such as MAS, ASIC & HKMA. This involves staying up-to-date with the latest regulatory reporting changes and ensuring that the reporting processes adhere to the relevant regulations.
• Defining Product Vision and Strategy: The Product Owner must collaborate with stakeholders, including compliance experts, business analysts, and regulatory bodies, to define the product vision and strategy for the regulatory reporting transformation. This involves outlining the goals, objectives, and desired outcomes of the project.
• Prioritizing Requirements and Features: In collaboration with the development team and stakeholders, the Product Owner should prioritize regulatory reporting requirements and features based on their impact and urgency. This ensures that the most critical aspects are addressed first and that the team\'s efforts are focused on high-priority items.
• Creating User Stories: The Product Owner is responsible for translating regulatory requirements into actionable user stories. These user stories define the specific functionality needed to comply with reporting regulations and serve as the basis for development and testing efforts.
• Maintaining the Product Backlog: The Product Owner maintains the product backlog, which is a prioritized list of tasks and requirements that need to be addressed during the transformation. They continuously update and refine the backlog based on changing priorities and emerging needs.
• Collaborating with Development Teams: The Product Owner works closely with development teams, ensuring that they have a clear understanding of the regulatory reporting requirements and user stories. They also provide clarifications and guidance throughout the development process.
• Acceptance Testing and Validation: The Product Owner participates in acceptance testing to ensure that the implemented solutions meet the regulatory requirements and match the intended functionality. They validate that the product satisfies the acceptance criteria before it is released.
• Communication and Reporting: The Product Owner serves as a primary point of contact for stakeholders, providing regular updates on project progress, challenges, and achievements. They must ensure that all relevant parties are informed about the regulatory reporting transformation.
• Risk Management and Compliance: The Product Owner is responsible for ensuring that the solutions implemented for regulatory reporting are compliant with the relevant regulations and industry best practices. They must identify and address any potential risks associated with the transformation process.
• Continuous Improvement: After the initial implementation, the Product Owner should actively seek feedback from users and stakeholders to identify areas of improvement. They can then prioritize enhancements and future iterations based on the feedback received.

Regulatory & Business 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.

Our Ideal Candidate

• 8+ years of relevant experience preferably in OTC Derivatives Regulatory Reporting domain
• In-depth understanding of OTC Derivatives Regulatory Reporting requirements in APAC jurisdictions such as MAS, ASIC & HKMA
• Understanding of OTC Derivatives products and financial markets
• Data management - Ability to manage and understand complex financial data including transactional data, counterparty static, and product data. Good understanding of data lineage, data quality and governance.
• Stakeholder management - Ability to work effectively with various stakeholders such as COO, technology, compliance, and business users etc.
• Agile Methodology - Proficiency in Agile development methodologies and experience working in Agile environments. Critical to have good understanding of product backlog management, user stories, sprint planning.
• Proficiency with applicable project management tools and technology.
• Communication - Strong verbal and written communication skills to articulate requirements clearly to both technical and non-technical team members and stakeholders.
• Bachelor\'s degree (or equivalent) in related discipline

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• OTC Derivatives Regulatory Reporting requirements in APAC jurisdictions such as MAS, ASIC & HKMA.
• OTC Derivatives products and financial markets.
• Data management .
• Stakeholder management.
• Agile Methodology.
• Problem solving - Being able to identify challenges and roadblocks, find creative solutions to address them.
• Risk management - Awareness of potential risks in regulatory reporting and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Industry trends - Keeping track of industry trends, best practices regarding OTC regulatory reporting.
• Testing and quality assurance - Understanding the importance of testing and quality assurance in the development process
• Project management - Basic project management skills to keep project on track and delivered within timelines.

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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