Job summary

As Standard Chartered Bank continues to expand its footprint in Continental Europe, we are looking to strengthen our Risk and Control functions onsite.
Standard Chartered Bank AG is the hub for our EU activities and it spans across Germany, France, Sweden and Poland.
For our AG headquarter in Frankfurt we are looking for a Head Conduct & Control and COO Risk Management (m/w/d). In this role you will proactively manage the statutory obligations on behalf of COO Standard Chartered Bank AG, take responsibility of the key component parts of non-financial risk management and own the Governance framework of Standard Chartered Bank AG.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the statutory obligations on behalf of COO Standard Chartered Bank AG and ensure effective risk identification, assessment, remediation, governance, and control effectiveness.
• Assume responsibility over key component parts of non-financial risk management and facilitation of a standardised, robust risk and control approach across Standard Chartered Bank AG and the governance and delivery of the wide strategic risk initiatives in the region.
• Provide informed, independent, and objective counsel to the COO Standard Chartered Bank routinely and/or upon request, to enable COO to make informed decisions to stop, restrict or continue business; what to escalate & where to prioritise funding.
• Aggregate and translate the taxonomy of non-financial risks, providing reliable horizon scanning capability to make informed and/or anticipatory decisions to mitigate the impact of an unforeseen event e.g., geo-political, conduct, human capital, climate, reputational, cyber, in order to answer the ‘so what’ when these risks are identified.
• Act as a focal point for all Non Financial Risk issues and initiatives in Standard Chartered Bank AG.
• Establish & drive AG-wide engagement model for regulatory change management between 2nd Line of Defence, Enterprise Risk Management and the business.
• Lead the development and implementation of regulatory change management process across the AG, including ongoing monitoring and management information reporting. This extends to “complex, large scale regulatory change”; group level extra-territorial regulatory obligations; regional and country obligations. Partner with the AG business teams to implement a consistent and effective regulatory change management process across the AG at an entity level.
• Drive transformation of risk management processes to improve effectiveness and efficiency of risk target operating model by nurturing a culture of continuous improvement across the AG risk management teams across all three lines of defence.
• Own the Governance framework of SCB AG.

Skills and experience

• Vast experience in an Audit and/or Control function gained in the banking, audit or consulting environment
• Significant experience dealing with German and European regulators in a leadership role
• Comprehensive knowledge of risk governance frameworks & quality frameworks and processes
• Knowledge of process improvement methodologies
• Knowledge of the Global regulatory environment and the ongoing developments
• Project and Program Management skills to monitor specific projects and take ownership of the outstanding tasks.
• Thought leadership and proven ability to lead and manage various teams globally and effectively collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders
• Proactive and positive with the ability to make good/sound decisions and use independent judgement
• Ability to create effective work relationships across functions and borders
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good presentation, time management, negotiation and influencing skills
• Focused, organised and results-oriented; Can work independently to strict timeframes
• Experience of working with senior stakeholders. Ability to influence senior staff and offshore shared services teams and drive change agenda
• Fluency in English and in German

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 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
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

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 leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months 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.