Senior Credit Manager

Roles & Responsibilities

Job Summary

• Approval of credit/ exposure limits for corporate clients including specialized finance transactions under delegated credit authorities with good turnaround times.
• Ensure that the quality of the credit portfolio is maintained within acceptable parameters as defined by the Group and Country Risk Appetite statements and relevant Portfolio Underwriting Standards, and that the reporting of information relating to that portfolio is timely and accurate.
• Partner with the business to deliver strategic aspirations whilst remaining within agreed risk appetite and optimising use of risk capital.
• Ensure global credit policies and procedures are consistently interpreted, understood and applied, and that all deviations are appropriately reported, escalated and approved.
• Identify, measure and monitor material risk affecting Specialized Finance portfolio in the context of the external market environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Early alert review (EAR) process, ensuring it is adhered to. Assist relationship managers in identifying and managing up or out of accounts exhibiting signs of deterioration and assist Group Special Assets Management, where appropriate, in managing accounts to maximize recoveries and minimize losses.
• Initiate stress tests as required by internal and external factors and review results and assess their implications.
• Ensure risk capabilities are objective, consistent and compliant with applicable regulations
• Maintain delegated authorities in line with internal policies.
• Ensure that the quality of Business Credit Applications (BCAs) meets Group standards, particularly with regards to the completeness and depth of risk analysis.
• Ensure BCAs are renewed in time and BCA overdue and extensions are kept within the thresholds.
• Assess the credit risk profile of the portfolio, maintaining alignment with risk appetite by rebalancing of risks or controls that may be required in response to internal and external factors.
• Ensure timely submission and accuracy of regional Specialised Finance credit portfolio data and relevant papers to Risk Committees.
• Demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of and ensure compliance with applicable PRA and MAS regulatory requirements together with any other relevant regulation applicable to the region.

Key Stakeholders
Internal

• Country(ies) CCRO
• Members of Group Risk Committee, Risk Management team
• CCO Specialised Finance, Senior Credit Officers and other Credit Officers.
• Relationship Managers, Credit Analysts and Regional & Country Business, Product, Client Coverage teams
• Group Heads Control functions and their teams
• Group and country Internal Audit
• Group Operational Risk
• Treasury (Country) and Sales teams
• GSAM (Country and Regional) team
• Legal Affairs and Compliance (Country) team

External

• Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and key regulators in relevant locations
• Group and country's external auditors
• Other Responsibilities
• Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in Specialized Finance Risk
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Skills and Experience

Our Ideal Candidate

• 10+ years of relevant banking experience in credit risk management either as an analyst or a credit approver and a University degree
• Ability to evaluate client business models, identify key risk issues, determine the appropriate risk appetite and take quality, defensible credit decisions.
• Good understanding of some of the specialized businesses like project finance, leveraged finance, transportation finance etc. and products relevant to them.
• Relevant experience in client facing or product roles and experience in SCB footprint markets would be preferable.
• Business strategy and model: sharp business acumen (including ability to assess risk and appropriate levels of return),
• Strong leadership qualities, excellent interpersonal skills and multi-cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Risk Management and Control: Strong understanding of credit risk management principles. Demonstrated track record in successful management and ability to manage risk in geographically dispersed and highly varied product base.
• Regulatory Framework and Requirements: Awareness and understanding of regulatory framework in which the bank operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• Training: Role holder will be required to pass bank's credit risk accreditation program within 6-months of joining, in addition to other training as deemed mandatory by the SCB.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• CCIB Credit Risk
• Manage Conduct
• Manage Risk
• Product knowledge
• Operational Risk

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.

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