Director - People & Resources(UK, Poland), GIAI

Standard Chartered Bank; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international bank is seeking a Director for People & Resources to lead the global audit function. This role involves developing people priorities, driving workforce planning, and managing a significant budget to optimize resource allocation. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in HR, Finance, or Operations, ideally within Financial Services, and the capability to influence at the senior executive level. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits to ensure well-being and professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Core bank funding for retirement

Flexible working options

Proactive wellbeing support

Continuous learning culture

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of experience in HR, Finance, or Operational leadership.
• Experience within Financial Services, ideally in Internal Audit, Risk, or Compliance functions.
• Proven ability to lead and influence at the senior executive level.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead people priorities for Internal Audit globally.
• Drive workforce planning and resource allocation.
• Manage the global audit function's budget.

Skills

Leadership

Financial governance

Workforce planning

Diversity initiatives

Job description

Director - People & Resources

Job Summary

The Director of Resources and Organisational Effectiveness is a key leadership role within the Group Internal Audit & Investigations (GIAI) function at Standard Chartered. This role is responsible for shaping and executing the resources and organisational effectiveness priorities for GIAI, driving financial stewardship, workforce planning, and organisational effectiveness. The incumbent will be instrumental in building a high‑performing, diverse, and future skills‑ready audit function, ensuring robust financial governance, and optimising resource allocation in alignment with the Group’s strategic priorities and risk appetite.

Key Responsibilities

• In collaboration with the HR Business Partner for GIAI and Audit Executive Team (AET), develop and lead the people priorities for Internal Audit globally.


• Drive workforce planning, including skills forecasting, resource allocation, succession planning, and diversity initiatives.


• Drive the implementation of Group talent development, leadership capability, and performance management frameworks within the function.


• Act as a key advisor on culture, engagement, and change management.


• Champion DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) within the audit organisation.


• Assess whether GIA has the right capacity, skills and budget to deliver its mandate.


• Own the effective and efficient resourcing of the Audit Plan to ensure that the right people work on the right audits at the right time.


• Own and manage the global audit function's budget (multi-million USD), ensuring alignment with Group and Functional priorities.


• Partner with Finance to develop annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and track spend versus plan across regions and teams.


• Lead strategic investment planning (e.g., data analytics, audit technology, training).


• Monitor and report financial performance, risks, and cost efficiency to executive leadership.


• Ensure compliance with internal financial controls and Global Internal Audit standards.


• Management of Third Party Suppliers and Co‑Source contracts.


• Lead or support transformation initiatives, such as operating model redesign or location strategy.


• Represent Internal Audit in enterprise‑level forums on workforce, HR strategy, and financial planning.


• Support communications, reporting, and engagement with the Audit Committee, regulators, and senior stakeholders.

Skills and Experience

• 10–15 years of experience in HR, Finance, or Operational leadership, with significant exposure to global functions.


• Experience within Financial Services, ideally in or alongside Internal Audit, Risk, or Compliance functions.


• Proven ability to lead and influence at the senior executive level.


• Strong understanding of regulatory expectations for Internal Audit and financial governance.

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.

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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