Job summary

This role involves supporting the Senior Audit Manager (SAM) in various primary activities related to the SCB Group, with a specific focus on India operations.

Responsibilities

Non Audit Activities (NAA) - (Weightage - 50%)

- Preparation of audit submissions for regulatory and internal committee reporting.

- Support HOA in regulatory inspections and external audits.

- Drive Concurrent Audit Review Group (CARG) forum and manage all associated deliverables.

- Manage audit schedule.

- Help with ad-hoc regulatory queries.

Audit Work (Weightage - 50%)

- Audit planning, fieldwork, reporting, and issue tracking/validation for assigned work within GIA methodology.

- Support SAM in Risk Assessment work related to Auditable Entities (AEs) assigned.

Strategy

- Support the team manager/team leader in executing audit planning, fieldwork, reporting, and issue tracking as assigned; ensure that the audit work meets the budget, quality standards, and timelines required by GIA methodology.

Business

- Strong awareness and in-depth understanding of the key risks in pre-implementation and Business As Usual (BAU) controls and processes associated with support functions such as Finance, Treasury, Financial and Non-Financial Regulatory Reporting (including Risk Based Supervision (RBS)), and Conduct and Financial Crime Compliance (CFCC).

- Strong awareness and understanding of applicable RBI regulations.

Processes

- Participate as a team member or team leader in assigned audits.

- Evaluate quantitative and qualitative data to diagnose underlying issues, patterns, and root causes during regular audits.

- Monitor and track assigned audit issues and action plans, reporting overdue items to the appropriate responsible person within GIA for escalation.

- Apply a high level of attention to detail to ensure audit reports are accurate, clear, and articulate key risks, root causes, and impacts.

- Ensure the timely execution of deliverables.

Governance

- Support the SAM in assessing the effectiveness of governance, oversight, and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas.

- Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the business operates and the regulatory requirements relevant to the role.

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.

Key Stakeholders

- Designated business and function stakeholders, typically related to individual audit assignments, Non-Audit Work, and continuous monitoring.

- GIA stakeholders – fellow Team Leaders, Team Members and Managers, Product, Functional, Country, and Regional Heads of Audit.

Other Responsibilities

- Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business, or Functional policies and procedures.

Qualification

- Qualified Chartered Accountant.

- Knowledge of banking processes, controls, and RBI Regulations.

- Data Analytics skills preferable, including Power BI, Python, etc.

- Strong communicator, both written and verbal, with good interpersonal and communication skills.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

- Manage Conduct

- Manage Risk

- Manage People

- GIA Methodology and Systems

- Stakeholder Engagement

- Risk Assessment

- Audit Planning

- Audit Report Writing

- Continuous Monitoring

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 improve. If you're looking for a career with purpose and 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're excited to see the talents you can bring to us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good, is achieved by how we each live our valued behaviors. 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 well-being.

- 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 holidays, which is combined to 30 days minimum.

- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.

- Proactive well-being support through Unmind, a market-leading digital well-being platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, a global Employee Assistance Program, sick leave, mental health first-aiders, and a variety 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 organization, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realize their full potential.

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