Lead, Reg Policy and Framework Management(Malaysia, India, 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 select a country where the role is based.
• This role covers Compliance, Financial Crime and Conduct Risk (CFCR) and Operational, Technology, Cyber Risk (OTCR) Framework and Policy team. The role holder will be responsible for leading the team that supports the management of the Framework, Policy and Standard documents and ensuring that the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF) and Framework and Policy Governance Standards (FPGS) are adhered to.
• The role holder will work in close alignment with the key stakeholders and clients of their team to ensure value is delivered to expectation and there is transparency in prioritisation of BOW and resource alignment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

• Key contributor to the development of the function’s vision and purpose, transforming the Bank through professionalising regulatory policy and framework management, progressively guiding all parties involved to perform their roles more effectively and efficiently.
• Key contributor in the operational design and implementation of the structural buildout of managed services to ensure the business case benefits are realised.
• Keep abreast of industry and internal insights to optimise the Group’s effectiveness and efficiency in managing the regulatory policy and framework.

Processes

• Policy design, drafting, and consultation.
• Draft and update policy/standard/LA.
• Provide 1LOD consultation.

Policy roll-out and implementation

• Develop and execute communications, trainings, and implementation plans.

Compliance monitoring

• Monitor results of validation measures for controls linked to policy requirements.

Policy review and maintenance

• Ensure adherence to policy management requirements.
• Oversee administration of documents in GovPoint.

People & Talent

• Uphold and reinforce the independence of the OTCR and CFCR function from those whose primary responsibility is to maximise short-term revenues and profits.
• Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust, and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory, and policy compliant conduct is the norm.
• Instil an environment where forward planning, prioritisation, deadline management, and streamlined workflows and collaborative, inclusive yet effective and efficient work practices are second nature.
• Promote the culture and practice of OTCR and CFCR standards (including conducting business within regulatory requirements and to high ethical standards) within the Bank and embed a Here for good culture and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Responsible for building a culture of good conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across the Group. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines, and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Provide ongoing training and development, as appropriate, to ensure that team members are competent, suitably skilled, and qualified for their roles, and ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.

Risk Management

• In addition to the core risk management responsibilities of the role set out above, the role holder must act quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness becomes apparent and ensure they are addressed within an appropriate timeframe and escalated to management and through the relevant committees.
• Escalate serious regulatory breaches or where risk appetite has been breached to senior management for regulatory notification as appropriate.

Governance

• Ensure there are appropriate dashboards and metrics to have oversight and governance of the key risk and that the associated controls are effective.
• Ensure there is a clear risk escalation matrix.

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.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct, and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• CFCR/OTCR Framework & Policy Team
• CFCR/OTCR Policy Owners
• CFCR/OTCR Standard Owners
• CFCR/OTCR Advisory / Coverage Teams (Group, Regional, and Country)
• ERM team (including Risk Pod / GovPoint team)

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree qualification and at least 10-15 years of experience in financial services with a specialisation in policy and frameworks, or Risk Management and Governance in a similar Bank or a Global Financial Institution.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Results-oriented, with attention to detail.
• Interpersonal skills; comfortable in building relationships.
• Written and oral communication skills.
• IT fluent - competency in e.g., MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Self-motivated, driven, able to operate in a fast-paced environment.
• Problem identification skills, analytical, solution-oriented.

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.