JOB SUMMARY

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This role will serve as the Solution Architect for Financial Crime Surveillance Operations within Group Functions T&O. The Solution Architect will be part of the wider Functions Architecture Team and work closely with the various Domain Technology Teams to drive architecture strategy, roadmap, governance and provide architecture guidance. The role is expected to bring together business understanding and technology thought leadership to drive solution and design excellence in the respective domains. In addition, this role will support on security architecture such as threat modelling and reviews across the domains.  

RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy
•    Responsible for Solution Architecture for Financial Crime Surveillance Operations (FCSO) within Group Functions TTO
•    Responsible to work with other Solution Architects across Functions Architecture and Group Architecture to ensure that Group and Functions Architecture Strategies are executed within the area of responsibility.
•    Responsible to work with Application Architects and Project Team to ensure that solutions are aligned to wider Functions/Group Architecture Strategy, Policy and Standards.
•    Responsible to work with Application Architects, Project Team and Vendors to ensure that Patterns and Best Practices are being considered and applied appropriately.

Architecture & Solutioning
•    Develop and maintain domain blueprint and roadmap  
•    Design and architect sustainable solutions at enterprise/global scale to support the future of the bank  
•    Experienced in creating of architectural artefacts (e.g. Capability model, application architecture, data architecture, integration architecture) 
•    Practical experience on Architecture and Design patterns, usage guidelines 
•    Experienced in design solutions with emerging technologies/novice approach and familiar with technology Evaluations – understand of technology in conjunction with business requirements 

Processes
•    Responsible to review and ensure projects are implemented in line with approved architecture/target architecture.
•    Responsible to work with Application Architects and Project teams on evaluations and Proof of Concepts for new technologies and other strategic technology initiatives
•    Responsible to ensure quality of threat modelling and identify potential threats and vulnerability across Function domains (e.g. FCSO, Risk, Legal, Compliance, HR, CABM etc).
•    Responsible to contribute to development of architecture strategy and standards for the organization
•    Responsible for creating, maintaining or reviewing Domain/Sub-Domain level architecture documentation in the area of responsibility.
•    Responsible for Reviewing Application / Project level architecture documentation from Application Architect/Project Team.
•    Responsible to ensure compliance with architecture processes and any related deliverables or artifacts at the Domain/Sub-domain level are completed/met

People & Talent
•    The role will report to Head  Architect for Risk/Compliance/Audit/Legal/Financial Crime. 
•    Collaborate closely with Application Architect and Project team to provide guidance and drive architecture direction
•    Good communication and stakeholder management across technology and business
•    Works with C-suites – has to be assertive but being professional.
•    Problem Solving Skills and ability to drive tasks to completion.
•    Be able to manage differing priorities. 
•    Work independently with minimal supervision
•    Comfortable to deal with ambiguity. 
•    Design thinking mindset and able t to provide out of the box and status quo.

Risk Management
•    Responsible for proactively seeking regular assurance that function is performing to an acceptable risk and control standards.
•    Responsible to act quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness become apparent and ensure they are addressed within an appropriate timeframe and, if necessary, escalated through the relevant committees. 
•    Responsible to balance business performance delivery and cost management with risk and control matters to ensure that it does not materially threaten the Group, remaining within risk appetite.
•    Responsible to work in collaboration with risk and control teams.

Governance
•    Be a part of domain architecture governance forums to ensure IT solutions are well architected, secure, and aligned with bank standards, principles and roadmap
•    Accountable for governance of all architecture decisions and architecture directions across relevant domains as part of Architecture Review Forums and Technology Councils.
•    A good understanding of governance processes (ideally for bank) 
•    Enterprise Architecture knowledge / framework 
•    Come up with design standards. 
•    Security – Threat modelling

Technology
•    Cloud Platforms – Azure, AWS and SaaS 
•    Strong API skills 
•    Good understanding of AI/ML (LLM)
•    Good Data Architecture to support target API and AI/ML Strategies (Hadoop, Data Bricks)  - Data Analytics. 
•    Development experience in Java, html 
•    Databases – PostgreSQL / Oracle  
•    DevOps, CI/CD 
•    Cyber Security

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.
•    Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles

Key Stakeholders

•    Global Head, FCSO
•    Domain Heads of FCSO
•    Application Architects and Development Managers/Leads, Project Teams in FCSO
•    FCSO Product Owners
•    Enterprise Security Architects (ESA)

Qualification
Education     
•    Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 15 or more years of total experience.
Training     
•    Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 10 or more years of total experience.
•    At least 3 years of experience on developing enterprise applications using modern programming languages
•    At least 2 years working with Cloud (AWS, Azure) 
•    At least 5 years in solution architect role or application lead role 
•    Experience in web-based workflow application, AI/ML development is a plus.
•    Proficiency in threat modelling
•    Good understanding of Financial Crime Surveillance will be added advantages.

Role Specific Technical Competencies
•    Application Design, Architecture
•    IT Architecture
•    IT Standards, Procedures & Policies
•    Platform Architecture
•    IT Governance
•    Data Architecture
•    Application Development Tools
•    Cloud Computing Architecture

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.