About Standard Chartered

We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. It's about showing how you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good.

We're committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base.

The Role Responsibilities

Lead on the delivery of the GIA Strategy for relevant country - focusing on:

Customer experience

Effective Group change

Identifying Group efficiencies

To act as Team Manager, as necessary, and take responsibility for overseeing the delivery of high quality audits, the performance of which cause minimal disruption to the business. Responsible, where serving as Team Manager, for the finalisation of audit issues and the audit report;

To role model the valued behaviours and develop an environment in which positive behaviours are celebrated and poor culture is challenged.

To execute audit work in an efficient and effective manner, within the given budget and timelines, and in line with GIA methodology standards.

To clearly identify the risks and impact of issues during issue writing, agreeing these issues with management and obtaining quality management action plans to mitigate the risks raised;

To lead continuous monitoring of assigned country / portfolio areas, and to build and maintain engagement with stakeholders;

To take responsibility for the implementation and support of department-wide exercises such as annual planning, risk assessment and training;

To support GIA audit teams by providing product/country knowledge and expertise for their audits relating to the individual's area of responsibility;

To attend and represent GIA at formal committees and Group meetings, providing meaningful challenge and data-driven insights, as required, e.g. Governance Committees and Country Risk Committees; and

Serve as the GIA country subject matter expert - proactively engage with peers and stakeholders to maintain, build and share knowledge.

Issue validation: Ensure that all audit issue action plans agreed during audit fieldwork are tracked through to completion in accordance with methodology requirements supporting timely closure of issues.

Strategy

Contribute to the GIA risk assessment and design the subsequent risk-based audit plan for the assigned portfolio;

Ensure that audits relating to the country in the GIA audit plan address the key risks identified in the detailed risk assessment and in the audit planning process and meet relevant regulatory requirements and expectations.

On an ongoing basis, assess that the assigned audit plan remains relevant throughout the year as the risk profile of the business changes. Propose changes as appropriate; and

Ensure that the country audit team operates in line with the Audit Charter during engagements, remains independent from management and free from interference.

Business (Budget)

Effectively manage the cost of assigned audits within the allocated budget for audit engagements; and

Identify and implement opportunities for cost savings and optimal productivity of assigned audit engagements.

Audit Delivery

To act as Team Manager on assigned audit work. This will entail managing the Team Leader and junior colleagues working on the audit to deliver the Audit Planning Memo, Controls Document, agree issues and action plans with management and submission of draft report to the Team Manager for review;

Provide clear guidance, detailed review and supervision of the audit team's work to ensure that audit deliverables meet quality standards and timelines in line with the GIA methodology;

Provide guidance on business/audit technical knowledge and management skills to Team Leaders and Team Members to enable them to effectively deliver their assigned contributions for an audit;

Provide technical input and challenge on audit work being undertaken within the scope of assigned product / country area of responsibility. This will include working with the audit team to ensure outputs are of high quality and address the areas of greatest risk;

Support adherence to the GIA methodology in all areas of the audit engagement, as well as raising awareness and understanding of the methodology;

Demonstrate sound knowledge of both business/technical areas and expert knowledge in the audit process, including the GIA system, audit work should be carried out to a high standard that meets all methodology and GIA system requirements;

Take the lead in presenting the draft report in the GIA report review process (to the tollgate or report approver); and

Monitor the implementation/delivery of the agreed issues/audit plans for the audits assigned, understanding the key risks arising, provide advice on resolution of issues to auditees/action plan owners and escalate audit findings that remain unresolved.

Risk Assessment

Update the relevant assigned risk assessments on a regular basis to ensure that changes in risk profiles are identified in a timely manner, proposing changes to the assigned audit plan, as appropriate;

Ensure early identification and escalation of risks, issues, trends and developments to relevant stakeholders. Be prepared to raise issues/concerns outside the normal audit process;

Attend relevant meetings relevant to assigned country (e.g. Management Groups and Committees) provide insights and meaningful challenge, ensuring risks are appropriately identified, discussed and timely remediation plans are put in place;

Adopt an anticipatory approach to risk assessment through stakeholder engagement and monitoring of the external environment to improve audit planning; and

Review MI and reports regularly to keep up to date with key trends within the business and audit deliverables.

Stakeholder Management

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with the country management and business units which fall under portfolio responsibility.

People and Talent

Demonstrate strong leadership and ability to motivate and guide audit Team Leaders and members;

Share knowledge to increase specialism within the function;

Influence change within the department by highlighting potential enhancements;

Identify growth areas on an ongoing basis and identify how best to develop them;

Provide performance feedback, as appropriate, to Team Leaders at the end of an audit. Review and agree the feedback provided for team members with the Team Leader;

Identify and successfully complete key internal training for self-development; proactively seek an external lens to support delivery of meaningful audit work.

Facilitate the development of audit team members by providing on the job training and recommending formal training to support GIA activities; and

Proactively spot talent for GIA.

Governance:

Manage the relevant Country stakeholders, and establish good working relationships to help the businesses improve the control environment and keep updated with changes in the business impacting their risk profile;

Propose changes to audit plans, to ensure the audit plan remains relevant;

Lead by example on how to communicate audit-related matters and resolve any conflict between auditors and auditees during the course of an audit. Use networks and relationships to build engagement and achieve results;

Ensure timely escalation of delays in execution of audit work, both to auditee management and GIA management; role model this behaviour.

Be able to clearly explain issues identified along with the risks and root causes to GIA and business management, using language designed to be understood by non-experts; and

Support country stakeholders to improve the control environment and keep updated with changes in the business impacting their risk profile.

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.

Support the GIA 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

Designated business stakeholders, typically related to assigned portfolio; and

GIA stakeholders - team leaders, team members, team managers, Product, Functional, Country and Regional Heads of Audit.

Other Responsibilities

Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in GIA; and

Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience in audit, governance, risk or in a business environment;

Professional audit certification preferred

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