Associate Director, Regulatory Identification Unit Cluster
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Job Summary
Leading a team to support managing regulatory change activities in countries within RIU scope. Understanding the Bank’s Risk Taxonomy, Bank Policies and Standards, the impact regulatory developments have on these, lead a team performing high level applicability assessments of regulatory developments on the Bank and allocating these to the correct impacted stakeholders through a workflow tool or manual process. Coordinating across all RIU clusters of countries to ensure process efficiency and effectiveness. Supporting the RIU Director in executing strategic initiatives and achieving RIU objectives.
Key Responsibilities
- This is a newly created role for 2025 within the Risk and Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance (CFCC) COO team as an Associate Director, Regulatory Identification Unit reporting to Director, Regulatory Identification Unit (RIU).
- The RIU’s mandate is to provide centralized horizon scanning for Risk and CFCC regulatory developments and changes, and initial curation of regulatory content to RCT, Policy Owners / Standard Owners and Country CFCC Teams, for an agreed list of key regulatory authorities for countries within RIU scope.
- The Associate Director, RIU has accountable oversight of the day-to-day operation of the RIU, management of operational performance and resolution of issues as required. This role holder is responsible for coordination of RIU operations across all clusters of countries within the RIU scope.
- They also work closely with the GPO delegates on the ongoing refinement of the horizon scanning process and system.
- In accordance with the Risk and CFCC regulatory change target-state and remediation, the responsibilities of this role is to support Director, Regulatory Identification Unit to implement the strategy, define the process and operating model across relevant frameworks and RIU improvement initiatives to develop effective solutions and maximize operational effectiveness.
- This is a new role being created and the role and responsibilities may evolve as and when the tools / process mature.
- This role is expected to adopt effective agile process of managing the RIU
- This role holder MUST have the ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
Strategy
Collaborate with and support the Director, RIU in managing the delivery of the BAU Process and Controls of the RIU.Ensure alignment and clear communication throughout the delivery of work assigned as part of Reg to Policy initiativesRIU goals and strategic tasks are communicated and cascaded to team members in their area of responsibility.Business
Identify external regulatory change and changes to the Bank’s business model on a timely basis to ensure the right stakeholders are able to act on the changes.Oversee RIU Managers and management of the team’s operational performance and resolution of issues as required.Act as a key contact point for relevant RIU mattersProcesses
Lead a team of RIU Managers to perform horizon scanning and initial curation of regulatory content published by key regulatory authoritiesGuide RIU Managers in assigning Principal Risk Type (PRT) and Risk Sub-Type (RST) for publications deemed applicable to SCB and assign a priority based on regulatory authority and publication typeIdentify and assess all laws, rules and regulations to which SCB is subject, across its key PRTs with the aid of a vendor productSupport RIU Manager to disseminate necessary assessment and impact information by assigning and recording ownership of regulatory publications using an agreed allocation matrixCoordinate RIU operations across all clusters in the RIU scope and deliver BAU to drive operating efficiency and effectivenessResponsible for ongoing refinement of horizon scanning process in response to stakeholder and user feedbackMaintain, agree and drive periodic review of exceptions as part of Service Level Agreement (SLA) & RIU Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to ensure continued accuracyReview and resolve allocation disputes arising from day-to-day activitiesEscalate significant risks and issues to the Director, RIUSupport Director RIU to report significant regulations and overdue regulations to country risk committeesPeople & Talent
Uphold and reinforce the independence of the Risk and CFCC function from those whose primary responsibility is to maximize short term revenues and profits.Promote a culture of openness, trust, and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm.Promote the culture and practice of Risk and CFCC standards and embed a Here for good culture and the Group Code of Conduct.Responsible for building a culture of good conduct.Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across the Group.Risk Management
Act quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness become apparent and ensure they are addressed within an appropriate timeframe and escalated to management and through relevant committees.Escalate serious regulatory breaches or where risk appetite has been breached to senior management for regulatory notification as appropriate.Ensure proactive and timely dissemination of regulatory changes / practices and associated risks, and proactive engagement in regulatory reform.Governance
Support Director, RIU to provide meaningful aggregated MI / analytics for regulatory identification, horizon scanning, dissemination visibility, implementation, insights and proactive decision making.Ensure appropriate and timely escalations occur to the relevant governance committees (RCOF, GNFRC, Regional and Country Business Risk Committees).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 the Group.Effectively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve relevant risk matters.Lead on relevant CFCC Outreach priorities.Key Stakeholders
Risk and CFCC Regulatory Change TeamRisk and CFCC Risk Owners and Policy OwnersRisk and CFCC AdvisoryGlobal Head, Risk Services, Risk and CFCCTechnology & InnovationSkills And Experience
Minimum of 8 - 12 years of experience within Banking or Financial ServicesKnowledge in Risk management, Regulatory Compliance is requiredExperience in managing complex project and stakeholdersKnowledge of regulatory identification and change management requirementsUnderstanding of agile ways of working and delivering transformationStrong data management, analytical and MI design and production skillsStrong interpersonal, relationship building, and influencing abilitiesAbility to collaborate and work dynamically across a broad range of stakeholdersAbility to manage geographically dispersed stakeholder base with multi-cultural awareness and sensitivityMulti-lingual capability (a good to have)Highly disciplined and structured with an outcome orientated mindset and approachExemplary integrity, ethics, independent and resilienceHas experience in managing individuals and teams in operational and project environmentsAbout Standard Chartered
We’re an international bank with a long-standing commitment to ethical standards and inclusion. For more information, we welcome your interest.
What We Offer
Competitive salary and benefits to support wellbeing.Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits where available.Generous leave and flexible working options.Wellbeing support, development opportunities and a culture thatvalues diversity and inclusion.Seniority level
DirectorEmployment type
Full-timeJob function
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