Key Responsibilities
- Participate in S166 audit (through activities listed below) and support in preparing management responses to auditors queries
- Understand & review the data requirements of downstream processes to minimize data adjustments and optimize use of resources
- Identify, analyse, and validate relevant optimal data sources for critical data elements ensuring availability of high-quality data
- Identify new CDEs (critical data elements) and drive discussions pertaining to ownership and business process for new data elements
- Apply the data management best practices and data governance principles to source data in a right manner with appropriately defined controls and governance including data handshakes
- Work with upstream data owners, systems, and technology partners to define the delivery mechanism to meet data requirements (in terms of completeness, reliability, suitability, and accuracy) both tactically (mid-term) and strategically (long-term)
- Work with business stakeholders and delivery partners to identify data gaps / data quality issues leading to manual interventions, quantify business impact, and perform root cause analysis.
- Influence senior stakeholders to support change management activities required for successful implementation of data solutions and data remediation programs
- Escalate formally problematic DQ issues with the upstream to ensure adequate management oversight and remediation.
- For upstream driven changes, understand the changing data landscape with the upstream and understand transition paths
Strategy
- This Data Solutions team is Data Centre of Excellence for Standard Chartered Finance & Treasury Function and has expertise in data architecture, infrastructure, and governance. The team partners closely with Business, Finance, Risk, Technology, Fin Ops & Treasury Management Teams, CDO to define and implement Data Sourcing and overall data strategy for Finance and Treasury.
- The role is a data specialist role who will be working in one or more S166 audit (Skilled Persons Reviews), strategic initiatives, or data remediation project for Finance, Capital & Liquidity Risk Management. Role in S166 audit will be to address the audit scope / findings by charting out process and data flows and controls / governance around it, identifying gaps and connecting them with strategic initiatives and data remediation work and prepare for management responses. Role in Strategic initiative will be to define and implement the data sourcing requirements and associated controls. Role in data remediation projects will be to improve data quality by doing data quality & impact assessments, root cause analysis and remedial action management including system and business process changes
- As part of the role, individual will get opportunities to learn and master data skills (managing audits, governance, analytics, modelling, architecture) & develop domain knowledge on Bank products, Capital management, Financial Management & Liquidity Management). This is best suited for candidates aspiring to hone their data skills and become data experts to drive large scale data driven transformation projects in banking domain or other industries.
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.
Key stakeholders
- Finance, Fin Ops and Treasury Management Teams
- Process Owners for Finance & Treasury Processes
- Head, Data Solutions, Finance & Treasury
- Business COO's & Business Leaders (Data providers and data consumers)
- Technology Teams Upstream & Downstream Applications
- BCBS239 programme team
- CDO Teams
- Risk, Audit and Compliance (Risk also as partners in data sourcing / DQ / BCBS 239 etc)
- External Consultants / Agents
Other Responsibilities
- Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in the GFS Data & Analytics; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats);
Skills And Experience
- Business Analysis & Problem Solving Skills
- Data Analytics
- Data Governance
- Knowledge of tools and techniques of data governance and the ability to develop and maintain an organization's data in order to meet business requirements
- Technical and Architectural Knowledge
- Understand current landscape of data profiling and analytics techniques, systems and visualization tools
- Interpersonal, Influencing and Stakeholder Management
- Knowledge of Financial Institutions and Financial Products
- Programme and Project Management Experience
Qualifications
Ideal candidate would have expertise in one or more data capabilities (Data Governance, Data Analytics, Data Architecture & Modelling, Business Analysis) and functional knowledge of Finance & Treasury processes (Capital management, financial accounting, Liquidity management, group reporting), banking products (Financial markets, Trade Finance etc). Other requirements are as follows:
- 6+ years of work experience pertaining to finance/risk/business projects in financial services
- Domain knowledge in banking products or any of finance processes Capital/Liquidity management, Ledger management
- Strong understanding of data governance principles and ability to define these standards with respect to Critical data elements
- Strong oral, written communication, and presentation skills
- Strategic mindset with strong problem solving and superior ability to manage, manipulate and analyse raw data, draw conclusions, and develop actionable recommendations
- Strong influencing skills to ensure that delivery teams outside of direct management deliver as planned
Ability to manage a diverse and challenging stakeholder community
- Advanced SQL skills or Python or any other Data analytics skills is desirable
- Prior experience in managing regulatory audit will be advantageous
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.
