• Job Description

  Req#: 282891
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  Our role
  The Lending Documentation Unit (LDU) Europe - Director is a critical role in supporting multiple business units across Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking and ensuring client delivery through management of Non-Standard and Standard Documentation processes.
  Working closely with the SCB AG COO and Regional Head of LDU Europe, this role oversees a broad, holistic perspective of transaction management challenges, objectives and outsourcing governance in the region. The primary responsibilities encompass not only ensuring adherence to and compliance to the credit documentation and collateral processes, but also spearheading key transaction execution initiatives and service level agreements in the region.
  Responsibilities
  • Support the Regional Head of LDU Europe to set and implement the vision and strategy for LDU Europe, consistent with the vision and strategy for LDU Global and in support of the Group's strategic direction and growth aspirations.
  • Promote the culture and practice of compliance with documentation standards and processes within the Bank and embed a Here for good culture and the Group Code of Conduct.
  • Ensure that there is adequate support (people, processes, tools, frameworks, systems) for transaction management and necessary Credit Fulfilment, Legal Enforceability and Fraud Risk controls.
  • Overall management of operational and strategic objectives for LDU documentations in line with Bank’s growth pillars.
  • Work closely with stakeholders to ensure smooth integration of LDU processes with other processes of the Bank. In particular:
    • Ensure that SCB AG and LDU work in an integrated fashion, including outsourcing governance;
    • Ensure that Legal and LDU work in a collaborative manner;
    • Work closely with LDU in other centres to reduce duplicative work and ensure logical allocation of work (proposing exceptions to R&R is necessary);
    • Ensure that hand-offs between Credit Risk Control and LDU are smooth and efficient;
    • Resolve all roadblocks and any points requiring clarity, in collaborative fashion between LDU centres or between Legal and LDU or LDU and CRC, preferably without involving the business as a go between.
  • Lead relevant outsourcing and service review meetings for SCB AG, including monitoring of any sub-contracting arrangements.
  • Be a single point of contact on behalf of LDU Europe for any SCB AG audits.
  • Be accountable for identification and escalation of potential risks and issues to senior management.
  Requirements
  • Diploma or bachelor’s degree in legal, finance or business administration studies or equivalent extensive work experience.
  • Ideally 10 years of relevant industry experience in financial services (transaction management, legal documentation, risk and control).
  • Understating of regulatory requirements and SLA arrangements.
  • Competencies in Legal Analysis, Operational Functions, Problem Management, Problem Solving, Process Management, and Understanding Customer Needs.
  • Experience of proactively engaging stakeholders across multiple countries/businesses/functions.
  • Ability to work in a matrix organisation, leveraging resources across the organisation to complete deliverables.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. German skills will be an added advantage.
  You will be offered
  • Career development in a fast-growing company with a clear business strategy.
  • Opportunity to expand international experience and build global professional relations.
  • Competitive benefits package (incl. health & life insurance, pension plan, meal & sports cards).
  • 3 days of paid volunteering leave our employees can use to support the cause of their choice.
  • Convenient location (next to Rondo Daszyńskiego) with subway, tram and bus lines.
  • Comfortable office space with chillout areas, free coffee/tea & fruit supply.
  • Contribution to building our newest Global Business Services centre.
  • 26 days of leave per year for all the employees.
  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.
  
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  • 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,
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