Standard Chartered
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Job Summary
The role holder will be a part of the Committee Secretariat Team, focussing on secretariat support for Key Risk and Compliance Committees of the bank as well as general governance and policy matters related to committee operations and risk governance tasks. These Committees are attended by senior management of the Bank. The role holder will work in close alignment with a dedicated onshore manager that covers content driven topics and senior stakeholder management, the Chairperson, nominated representatives.
Key Responsibilities
The role holder should bring the following experience and capabilities:
- Experience in financial services, preferably with subject matter expertise in risk management
- Experience in a Committee Secretariat Role, preferably a certified company secretary.
- Good communicator, in particular written communications in English; able to write meaningful and clear e-mails, ability to interact with Senior stakeholders in the bank.
- Collaborative: working as part of a broader team to ensure a coordinated and consistent approach.
- Good organiser of incoming requests within the team including prompt retrieval of information sought from time to time.
- Ability to work with minimal direction. Practical.
- Demonstrate understanding of and commitment to the Group's core values.
- Ownership mindset, able to think creatively and be open to new ideas.
- Able to work with tight deadlines and multiple demands.
- Attention to detail.
- Proactive, problem-solving, helpful.
- Strong experience in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point.
Business
The Role Holder Is Responsible For
- Daily secretariat support for the running of various Committee meetings. This might include:
- Put together Committee and Chairperson packs.
- Write to authors for papers/ Chase for papers.
- Assist with the review of the papers for formatting/ adherence to paper guidelines.
- Assist with tracking of committee action items.
- Manage meeting logistics.
- Transcribe meeting minutes.
- Schedule Committee meetings for the next year and schedule meetings with Chairperson.
- Book VC and non-VC rooms for Committee and Chairperson meetings.
- Confirm and track attendance.
- Support on general governance and policy matters related to committee operations and risk governance tasks, which could include:
- Execute operational risk controls.
- Assist with annual Committee Effectiveness Review (CER).
- Assist with meeting day logistics.
- Assist to maintain the Committee Governance Standards, Terms of Reference, and Committee Structure pages on the Bridge/intranet.
- Provide materials as requested by external and internal parties, subject to approval.
Processes
- Work in close collaboration with the Chairperson and other committee members\invitees, to continuously ensure high quality deliverables.
- Engage internal and external stakeholders to facilitate the smooth running of committee meetings, such as writing to presenters to ensure that they are on standby to attend the meeting and assisting to put together meeting packs for the Committees and the Chairperson.
Risk Management
- Carry out short term activities as requested by the Chairperson, and Committee Secretariat Lead.
- Support the implementation of the Group’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework (“ERMF”) activities relevant to Committee Risk Governance.
- Track the completion of Committee Effectiveness Reviews for respective Committees supported.
Governance
- Ensure that outcomes delivered, including necessary controls are fit for purpose and meet regulatory requirements.
- Ensure the Bank’s risk governance disciplines are adhered with.
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.
- Lead the team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles.
- Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
- Committee Chairpersons and his/her direct reports.
- Committee members and invites, and their offices.
- Contributors of the papers to the Committees.
- Other Colleagues from the Risk and Compliance departments.
- Group Internal Audit (“GIA”) and other persons who may request meeting materials.
- Country Regulators, etc.
Other Responsibilities
- Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in the team; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures;
Skills And Experience
- Certified Company Secretary
- Manage Conduct
- Manage Risk
- Manage People
- Results orientated, with attention to detail.
- Excellent inter-personal skills; comfortable in building relationships, with outstanding written and oral communication skills with high competency in MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Confident self-motivated person with a high level of drive and ability to operate in a fast-paced environment
- Good problem identification skills coupled with an analytical and pragmatic approach to proposing solutions
Qualifications
The role holder will have experience in:
- Bachelor Degree qualifications and minimum of 8-10 years of experience in financial services, preferably in a Bank with a specialisation in risk management
- Professional certifications relating to Committee Secretariat.
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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