Job Summary

Currently to one of our teams we are looking for Director, Internal Financial Control Framework.

The purpose of the role is to head the Financial Reporting Controls Framework Governance and Lifecycle management team. This team is responsible for overseeing activities that constitutes the annual FRCF lifecycle. The team also interacts with the business partnering and testing teams to receive various inputs for required governance reporting and provides training on FRCF control concepts to stakeholders across the bank. The team also owns strategic tooling solutions for storing FRCF controls and participates in cross bank forums focused on controls optimisation and tooling initiatives

This role could be based in UK and India. 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

Key Responsibilities

The team lead will oversee the following activities performed by the team:
•    Scoping and materiality assessment – Performing annual scoping and materiality assessment and presenting these results along with changes identified with senior stakeholders within the business
•    Training and guidance – Maintaining and updating centralised training materials enshrining FRCF control concepts covering business and technology controls. Delivery of training to stakeholders across the business (CIB, WRB, Functions, Finance). Upskilling the wider FRCF team so they are familiar with control concepts and governance requirements. As a subject matter expert, provide guidance on control issues to all business units 
•    Issue and deficiency management – Performing risk assessment of risk events logged during the year and deficiencies identified as part of design and operating effectiveness testing and understanding if this has a material impact on the overall effectiveness of the control framework
•    Remediation of failed controls and design gaps – Work with FRCF Business Partnering teams to ensure remediation plans are in place and perform review and challenge activities to assess whether plans mitigate business risks identified
•    Management attestation – Setting up and configuring workflows within strategic tooling for the execution of the annual management attestation process. Tracking progress and reporting the outcome including any deficiencies identified as part of the annual attestation process.
•    Update of policy documentation – Perform annual review and update of the FRCF policy and publish updated version on the bank’s governance portal 
•    Review and assess results from the FRCF Quality Assurance (QA) lead and input this to governance papers as deemed necessary
•    Governance - Production of Governance papers with supporting dashboards and metrics on all FRCF Lifecycle activities that will be presented to senior management, governance forums and the Bank’s Risk and Board committees
•    Standardised MI - Standardise all supporting working management information and produce this centrally for use by other FRCF team leads

Skills and Experience

•    Business Process Mapping and end-to-end linkage between different teams
•    Data Mining, Interpretation and Dashboarding 
•    Agile Working & Flexibility
•    Eye for detail and with a strong focus on controls and compliance to policies and procedures
•    Ability to form effective relationships with key stakeholders
•    Self-motivated individual and able to drive results. And able to work independently.
•    Strong team player and has the capacity to build good working relationships with cross functional / geographical teams
•    Proven ability to perform under pressure and stress and to adjust plans to meet changing needs and requirements.

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field. A Master’s degree or professional certification (e.g., CPA, CIA, CISA) is preferred.
•    Minimum of 5 years of experience in risk management, internal controls, auditing, or a related field, with a focus on SOX compliance.
•    In-depth knowledge of SOX regulations, internal control frameworks (e.g., COSO), and financial reporting processes.
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and mitigate risks effectively.
•    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with all levels of the organization.
•    Proficiency in using risk management and audit software tools.
•    High level of integrity, ethical standards, and attention to detail.
Preferred Skills:
•    Experience in a accounting firm or PLC/financial services company.
•    Familiarity with enterprise risk management (ERM) frameworks.
•    Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
•    Strong leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

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.