Job Description

Job: Finance
Primary Location: Asia-Singapore-Singapore
Schedule: Full-time
Employee Status: Permanent
Posting Date: 01/Aug/2022, 9:59:57 PM
Unposting Date: Ongoing

The Role Responsibilities
The Governance Officer is responsible for supporting the activities related to Third Party Risk Management (“TPRM”) and Outsourcing oversight and governance for Asia , with the purpose of:

• Support implementation of the Group Third Party Risk Management (“TPRM”) Framework
• Support gap analysis for country regulations as relevant and ensure implementation. This involves coordination with relevant Risk Owner teams
• Perform monitoring and control as well as supervision of the bank’s Third Party (including outsourcing and non-outsourcing) portfolio. This may include (and is not limited) to review of the material arrangement pipeline, concentration risk, renewal status, yearly review etc
• Support maintenance of a complete upto date Third Party register
• Ensure all relevant MI is presented at the required governance forums in a timely manner
• Escalate any issues to local and Group risk committees as necessary.
• Support internal/external audit and associated regulatory audit as directed.
• Support process improvements where relevant

Engagement with First Line teams

• Coordinate updates from Contract Owners in the business and functions.
• Escalate where timely updates are not available
• Support second line of defence oversight of third party risks, validating and/or escalating, as appropriate, third party risks in alignment with the TPRM framework and the Board-approved risk appetite.

Key Stakeholders

• Work with Country / Regional / Group TPRM Governance and Category Managers team to ensure consistency in approach and alignment of Group / regional processes.
• Partner with stakeholders (including but not limited to Contract Owners, Risk Owners,) to effectively coordinate and execute third party risk management controls.

Our Ideal Candidate

• 6+ years of working experience, with a majority in banking, supply chain, financial services
• Experience in third party risk management and / or operational risk
• Academic or Professional Education/Qualifications: Degree or equivalent qualifications
• Bank training; Code of Conduct, AB&C
• Good analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and multi-task with tight lead times.
• Ability to think strategically.
• Good understanding of emerging Third Party related risks.
• Ability to work collaboratively within the team in formulating and maintaining local TPRM strategy.
• Ability to operate in a complex multi-organisation, multi-country and multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to influence others and skilfully build credibility with stakeholders.
• Change management skills and self-awareness to adopt varying approaches for different stakeholder dynamics.
• Mental tenacity and analytical mind having the ability to take on tough and complex challenges yet remain calm and professional under pressure.
• Familiarity with relevant regulatory requirements and excel skill a plus

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Audit or Risk Exp.
• Code of Conduct

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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