Audit Manager

Job Summary

Standard Chartered is committed to diversity and inclusion. We believe that a work environment which embraces diversity will enable us to get the best out of the broadest spectrum of people to sustain strong business performance and competitive advantage. By building an inclusive culture, each employee can develop a sense of belonging, and have the opportunity to maximise their personal potential.

Job Description

Group Internal Audit (GIA) is looking for an experienced and dynamic Compliance or audit professional with a solid background and strong knowledge around the key risks and controls in Compliance in the first and second line of defence, with a particular emphasis on Compliance Control Room and Compliance Surveillance.

The role-holder will be an integral part of the CFCC Compliance Audit team. The team provides independent assessments of risk management and internal control environment of the CFCC function globally, as well as oversight of Compliance risk throughout the Group.

We pride ourselves in being auditors of the future, forward-looking and agile with a keen focus on smarter auditing. When you join us, you will enter a role that challenges the status quo and moves mindsets and be a part of the future of banking.

This role currently reports to Senior Audit Manager for CFCC.

Key Responsibilities

• Establishing and maintaining relationships with key members of CFCC (2LOD) to understand the compliance risk within the bank and the controls in place to address them.
• To act as a Team Engagement Lead on assigned audit work involving Compliance risk across the bank. This covers managing the auditors working on the audit to deliver the Audit Planning Memo, Controls Document, agree issues and action plans with management and submission of draft report to the Audit Engagement Team Manager for review;
• To ensure that own assigned audit work, as well as the work carried out by team members is executed in an efficient and effective manner, within the given budget and timelines, and in line with GIA methodology standards;
• To clearly identify the risks and impact of issues during issue writing, agreeing these issues with management and obtaining quality management action plans to mitigate the risks raised;
• To lead continuous monitoring of assigned countries / portfolio areas within the specific portfolio environment, and to build and maintain engagement with stakeholders;
• To take responsibility for the design and implementation of department wide exercises such as annual planning, risk assessment and training;
• To support GIA audit teams by providing product/country knowledge and expertise for their audits relating to the individual's area of responsibility as the Subject Matter Expert;
• To assist with drafting Committee updates, attend and present at formal committees and Group meetings on behalf of the HOA or for their own area of responsibility, as required;
• The individual will support the HOA in their role as the GIA portfolio/country subject matter expert, depending on the skills of the individual;
• Issue validation: Ensure that all audit issues raised during audits and continuous monitoring engagements are tracked to completion in accordance with the methodology requirements, and obtaining quality management action plans to mitigate the risks raised.

Skills And Experience

• An experienced compliance risk professional or auditor with relevant experience in compliance audit, governance, risk or in a business environment;
• In-depth understanding of governance, risk management and associated control requirements;
• Strong communicator, both written and verbal, with ability to clearly explain controls to be tested and risks identified to audit and business management;
• Confident and courageous to raise and escalate ideas or concerns in a professional and timely manner;
• Proactive, self-directed and able to work with minimum supervision;
• Ability to exercise good judgement and objectivity;
• Ability to work within a global team, including leading audit team members remotely;
• Demonstrate understanding of and commitment to the Group's core values;
• Professional audit certification preferred;
• Ability to commit to limited business travel;
• Islamic Banking certification.

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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Candidates must be resident in Malaysia, or have the right to work in Malaysia.