Audit Manager, Sustainability & Climate Risk (Based in Malaysia, India and Poland)

Job Summary

This role could be based in Malaysia, India, and Poland. When you start the application process, you will be presented with a drop-down menu showing all countries; please ensure that you only select a country where the role is based.

• The individual will be a core Environmental Social Governance (ESG) audit specialist and expected to lead and participate in ESG-related audits carried out at Group, Functions, Business, and Country level. When needed, the audit manager can also support wider department audit plan deliveries, not just limited to ESG audits.
• Establish and develop effective working relationships with stakeholders from both 1LOD and 2LOD for which the incumbent has risk assessment and continuous monitoring responsibility.
• Perform, support, or lead where directed, the planning, fieldwork, and reporting of internal audit engagements to deliver agreed assurance objectives to established standards and timelines.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• To take responsibility and contribute to the GIA risk assessment and design the subsequent risk-based audit plan for the ESG portfolio.

Processes

• To support the audit execution work involving ESG across the Group. Assigned audit work is executed in an efficient and effective manner, within the given budget and timelines, and in line with GIA methodology standards.
• When opportunities arise, to act as Team Leader on assigned audit work. This will entail managing the auditors working on the audit to deliver the Audit Planning Memo, Controls Testing document (RCM), obtain factual accuracy of audit issues raised, and work with management to agree upon the action plans, and submission of draft report to the Team Manager for review.
• To clearly identify the risks and impacts during audit issue identification. Apply The Writer’s writing style in both audit issues and audit report. Obtain quality management action plans to mitigate the risks identified.
• Closely monitor the issue completion stage by stakeholders. All audit issue action plans agreed during audit fieldwork should be tracked through to completion in accordance with methodology requirements.

People & Talent

• Share knowledge to increase specialism within the function, through sharing of newsletters, blogs, and providing training to GIA peers.
• Build knowledge in GIA by staying relevant with ESG developments, understanding the industry standards, and regulatory changes across the Group impacting ESG.

Skills and Experience

Our Ideal Candidate

• A University Degree plus proven work experience as a professional auditor with core audit/business skills, particularly in risk management or business audits.
• 8+ years of audit experience with large, globally established firms to cover risk audits and in particular audit experience and knowledge of Sustainable Finance, Climate Risk is preferable.
• Data Analytics.
• Professional audit certification preferred.
• Certifications in Sustainability and Climate Risk (SCR) Certificate by GARP / Certificate in ESG Investing by CFA Institute / Certificate in Sustainability for Finance by ACCA preferred.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Audit Planning & Fieldwork execution.
• Audit Report Writing.
• Continuous Monitoring.
• Risk Assessment.
• Stakeholder Engagement.

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 holidays, 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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