Manager, Regulatory Ops - Fixed-term 12 month

Job Description

The Role ResponsibilitiesStrategy

• Use of tools including Alteryx and Jira to automate reconciliations, MI and issue management
• The role will be responsible for managing the user stories and priorities across a portfolio of control-related initiatives, supporting the Regulatory Operations teams in the UK and Singapore. This person will work in close partnership with Compliance andRegulatory Operations to understand requirements and collaborate with functions and technology to deliver the front-to-back changes required.
• In this role, the successful candidate will be exposed to a highly dynamic area of Standard Chartered and will be critical in ensuring that the FM business can continue to service clients in an ever-changing regulatory environment.
• The failure to capture reconciliation exceptions in a timely and appropriate manner, will continue to impact completeness and accuracy of reporting and regulators expect all firms to have a matured reconciliation process.
• The inability to adequately identify and visualise management information, adversely impacts the ability to confirm and/or escalate the current position of the reporting and positive or negative trending.
• We also need to implement a future proofed, fit for purpose, reconciliation process; so a full RFP will be required.
• Implementation of the front to back universe of reconciliations between each system handoff.
• Identification and delivery management of strategic MI across different regimes. Including the migration of existing MI to the strategic stack.
• Implementation and oversight of the stratification tool and cyclical testing. Support implementation of regulatory change initiatives for FM with stakeholders across businesses, functions and geographies e.g. Operations, Legal, Risk, Compliance, ClientOnboarding, etc
• Manage user stories relating to multiple regulations, and assist the Product Owner in prioritisation; track actions and facilitate issue resolution
• Support stakeholders to identify the impacted products, systems and processes and help to identify and drive solutions
• Partner with technology and Operations teams to ensure seamless implementation of change for the FM business and clients
• Manage internal communications to different stakeholder groups to ensure they are kept up to date with relevant developments and project milestones
• Work with the Product Owner to ensure proactive communication on status and issues throughout the programme

Business

• Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates.

Processes

• Ensure that Regulatory Operations process and controls are well defined, documented and operating effectively through oversight of offshore teams in Kuala Lumpur and Bangalore, with appropriate business continuation planning, load balance coverage anda focus on cost optimization in terms of wider team structure.
• Rationalise regulatory changes impacting FM (Financial Markets) Operations processes and controls and follow through with oversight to post-implementation.

Governance

• Responsibilities relating to the direction, planning, structure, frameworks (e.g. processes and policies) and oversight. For example, Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Groups arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight andcontrols 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.

Regulatory and Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Groups 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.
• Achieve the outcomes set out in the Banks 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

• Responsible for the management of the following stakeholders: Operations, Technology, Compliance, Legal, COO team, Front Office (Trade/Sales), regulators, external vendors and other external stakeholders as applicable.
• Act as a lead point of operational contact for all stakeholders to the relevant regimes.

Other Responsibilities

• Being the Reg Ops SME for Jira and Alteryx. Experience of both is essential

Our Ideal CandidateRole Specific Competencies

• Analytical mindset, strong focus and attention to detail.
• Strong prioritization and organization skills.
• Technical skills crucial to analyse data, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Highly personable with excellent communication skills, ability to influence key stakeholders. A demonstrated team player attitude.

About Standard Chartered Were an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 years, weve 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 opportunitiesto grow and do better than before. If youre 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 cant wait to see the talents you canbring 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, youll 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

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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,<