Audit Manager, TPRM and Operational Risk Management

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• Group Internal Audit (GIA) in Standard Chartered Bank is looking for an exceptional and dynamic Audit Manager to join our Third Parties and Operational Risk Team. This is a role that provides exposure to auditing and risk management of Third Party and the Operational Risk Management Framework at a global scale and offers significant career development opportunities.
• We engage Third Parties for a wide variety of goods and services to effectively run our business. All Third Party engagements must be managed appropriately in accordance with the underlying risks throughout the lifecycle - from sourcing, onboarding, vendor management to exit.
• This role primarily focuses on auditing Third Party risks from a Group perspective and the effectiveness of our Second Line of Defence particularly for Operational Risks.
• This role will get to work on complex audits such as cross-functional and multi-location high risk audits and will also provide you the opportunities to interact and engage with both Group and Country Stakeholders.
  

Job Summary

• Group Internal Audit (GIA) in Standard Chartered Bank is looking for an exceptional and dynamic Audit Manager to join our Third Parties and Operational Risk Team. This is a role that provides exposure to auditing and risk management of Third Party and the Operational Risk Management Framework at a global scale and offers significant career development opportunities.
• We engage Third Parties for a wide variety of goods and services to effectively run our business. All Third Party engagements must be managed appropriately in accordance with the underlying risks throughout the lifecycle - from sourcing, onboarding, vendor management to exit.
• This role primarily focuses on auditing Third Party risks from a Group perspective and the effectiveness of our Second Line of Defence particularly for Operational Risks.
• This role will get to work on complex audits such as cross-functional and multi-location high risk audits and will also provide you the opportunities to interact and engage with both Group and Country Stakeholders.
  

Responsibilities

• To act as a Team Leader and take responsibility for overseeing the planning and execution of the audit, maintaining the audit budget, including drafting of audit programmes, audit issues and the audit report.
• To act as a Team Member on assigned audit work involving Third Party Risk across the Group and support the Team Leader/ Team Manager by executing audit planning, fieldwork and reporting for work assigned in an efficient and effective manner such that audit work meets the given budget, quality standards and timelines.
• Support the Team Manager / HOA to ensure that the scoping of audit work assigned addresses the key risks identified in the detailed risk assessment and in the audit planning process, and meets relevant regulatory requirements and expectations that are required to be covered by GIA.
• Ensure timely escalation of delays in execution of audit work, to HOA, auditee management and GIA management.
• Apply an in-depth understanding of, and compliance with, GIA methodology standards and the GIA system in all areas of assigned GIA activity.
• Evaluate quantitative and qualitative data (using data analytics) to diagnose underlying issues, patterns and root causes.
• Monitor/track assigned audit issues and action plans, and report overdue items to the Head of Audit (HOA) for resolution.
• Support GIA audit teams by providing Third Party and ORMF SME knowledge and expertise for their audits.
• Provide ongoing continuous monitoring support to Head of Audit (HOA) and raise issues and observations outside of formal audit work to expedite rectification of control weaknesses.
• Support the HOA to update the relevant assigned risk assessments on a regular basis to ensure that changes in risk profiles are identified in a timely manner, proposing changes to the assigned audit plan to the HOA, as appropriate.
• Be prepared to raise issues/concerns outside the normal audit process.
• Review MI and reports regularly to keep up-to-date with key trends within the business.
  

Key Stakeholders

• Designated business stakeholders, typically related to individual audit assignments and the assigned portfolio; and
• GIA stakeholders – team leaders, team members, team managers, Product, Functional, Country and Regional Heads of Audit.
  

Skills And Experience
Our Ideal Candidate

• 7+ years audit experience preferably with relevant experience in Third Party risks such as Outsourcing, Procurement or Third Party Risk Management with a Bank of global scale or Big-4 Accounting firm.
• Experienced in performing vendor onsite reviews across various types of vendor services or experiences in working with technology vendors such as cloud vendors will be an advantage.
• Understanding of Third Party or Outsourcing risks across business strategy, plans, products, performance and related issues.
• Strong leadership skills and experienced in leading/ managing audit assignments.
• Data analytics skills and experience will be preferred.
• Confident and courageous to raise/escalate issues in a proactive, professional and timely manner.
• Track record of performing work independently with minimal supervision and meeting stretch timelines; comfortable and resourceful to deal with ambiguity and solve problems.
• Ability to collect and objectively analyse and apply information, “thinking out of the box” where necessary, in supporting the planning, fieldwork or reporting of results of internal audit engagements.
• Displays initiative and resourcefulness. Willingness and capacity to learn on the job and work across different teams.
• Responds enthusiastically to tasks allocated, accepts responsibility readily and demonstrates business professionalism.
• Good time and project management, well-organised with the ability to prioritise and manage different work assignments to ensure delivery to timescales.
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) / Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) is preferred
  

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Audit – Team Leading experience
• Third Party Risk Management
• Operational Risk Management Framework
• Data Analytics
  

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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• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type Full-time

Job function

• Job function Accounting/Auditing and Finance
• Industries Banking

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