Job Description

Responsibilities

Strategy

• Lead the implementation of the Operational and Technology Risk Framework ("OTRF") and Enterprise Risk Management Framework ("ERMF") in Legal in AME and support implementation across LCS.
• Support the Regional and Country Legal Heads in AME to effectively manage risks where Legal is the Process Owner, and Heads of Legal where Legal is Risk Owner for other businesses and functions.
• Support the Legal function in the implementation of Operational Risk policies and procedures and other relevant policies and procedures such as Compliance (including Data Management) and Cyber Security policies.

Business

• Lead contact point and provide support to Legal Risk Owners keeping a holistic overview and providing support to team members where required, including for non-legal risks.
• Develop global standards for legal risks and align risk assessment across regions in AME and products, and across LCS including for RCSA.
• Lead the development and implementation of Legal policy and assurance framework including effectiveness review and align it to the ERMF and Operational and Technology Risk framework in AME and across LCS.

Processes

• Support process mapping, risk assessments, development and tracking of treatment plans & requisite root cause reviews.
• Support the Legal Process Owners with the implementation of the Risk Assurance Approach and RCSA.
• Identify training needs and develop training materials to embed the Risk Management approach across Legal in AME and support central training initiatives.
• Assisting in all aspects of the rollout of M7 and any follow up issues in AME and LCS Group.
• Facilitate and lead (where required) implementation of various Group or Legal COO projects on an ad-hoc basis such as the Data Privacy Transformation Programme and management of obligations requirements
• Lead the delivery of Conduct risk management across LCS and its processes
• Lead projects/ systems rollout in AME e.g. TeamConnect, DOCBO Assist AME's stakeholders on requests from OR, audit, regulators around risk and policy

People & Talent

• This is a non-people leader role; however, the role may be required to support and where necessary mentor new joiners and other team members.

Risk Management

• SME risk management is integral to the role.

Governance

• Support the Head, Risk & Policy, Legal in the effective management of the LCS NFRC
• Support AME Legal Risk Owners in the process of risk identification and reporting / escalation to LCS NFRC
• Delivery of RCSA and ERMF Policy Effectiveness Review.
• Setting up and running working groups.
• Specifically supporting DPTP Risk Squad and related workstreams in LCS.
• Support Regional General Counsel, Africa & Middle East to be prepare pack summaries for LCS NFRC, AMERC and UAE/DIFC/ADGM CRCs,
• Support the Regional General Counsel, Africa & Middle East as delegate to the UAE/DIFC/ADGM CRCs and UAE-DIFC-ADGM ICS Forums.
• Support as Legals Data Owner for the CB UAE RBS baseline BRF 305 (BRF 181) quarterly returns.
• Member of AME General Counsel's Office (GCO) team that supports the coordination of anything risk, audit, policy or governance et al related issues.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the

. * 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 delivery of the Conduct Risk Management and requirements for the function
• Lead the LCS teams in AME to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• Regional General Counsel, Africa & Middle East
• Heads of Legal, AME region
• Heads of Legal for Businesses and Functions
• Group Operational Risk contacts
• CISO/CISRO contacts
• ERMF and Group CFCC contacts

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in Legal Africa & Middle East region.

ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES AND PROFICIENCY LEVELS

• Technical Competency Name:Proficiency Levels
• Example: Data Science Advanced
• Risk Management Experience Advanced
• Committee governance / Management e.g., drafting of risk papers, supporting and attending risk committees Advanced

Qualifications

• Training, licenses, memberships and certifications
• 8+ years of work experience banking or legal
• Extensive risk management knowledge/experience e.g., experience in operational risk, compliance, or comparable roles at a country, regional, business, or functional level.
• A clear understanding of the Bank's approach to the management of risk including SCB Enterprise Risk Management Framework and Operational and Technology Risk Framework and methodology, or equivalent experience gained in other organizations.
• Experience of governance and committee management.
• Project Management qualification or experience is beneficial.
• Legal qualification, degree or experience is beneficial.
• Experience implementing non legal policies and projects in a business or function e.g. relating to data management, cyber security, or third-party risk management, is beneficial.
• Ability to work in a complex matrix organization, leveraging resources across the organization to complete deliverables.
• Ability to operate in a geographically disbursed and highly varied stakeholder base.
• Exemplary integrity, ethics, and resilience.

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with 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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