Senior Business Risk Manager, Trading and Sales

Standard Chartered; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international bank seeks a Business Risk Manager to support Trading & Sales non-financial risk management. This role involves risk assessment, collaboration with stakeholders, and compliance reviews, aiming to enhance control frameworks and manage operational risks effectively. Candidates should have significant experience in risk management and a strong grasp of financial operations.

Benefits

Core bank funding for retirement savings

Comprehensive medical and life insurance

Flexible working options

Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind

Continuous learning culture with development opportunities

Inclusive and values-driven organisation

Generous annual and public holiday leave allowance

Qualifications

• Minimum 7-8 years of relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of risk framework and governance.
• Understanding of Markets Businesses with a specific focus on sales.

Responsibilities

• Support risk assessment and management for Trading & Sales.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify and mitigate risks.
• Lead the Sales Anti Money Laundering Group (AMLOG).

Skills

Risk Framework Understanding

Stakeholder Management

Good Communication Skills

Collaboration Skills

MS Excel Proficiency

Education

Degree or Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Summary

The Business Risk Manager’s role is a key contributor towards supporting the Trading & Sales Business non-financial risk management. The role works closely with Trading & Sales COO, Business Risk Managers (BRM) and Compliance (CFCC). Responsibilities include risk assessment and management, business analysis and M7 maintenance.

Key Responsibilities

• Be aware of and understand the Markets Business as well as the relevant Non-financial risk related to the business with a specific focus on Sales
• Support other BRMs in the identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks by reviewing, creating monitors and controls where appropriate as well as writing risk assessments.
• Support tasks to execute and manage the supervisory framework or other associated requirements of the Trading & Sales BRM, taking appropriate actions to address any deficiencies and shortcomings Escalate any elevated risks to Sales COO, Markets COO, Global BRMs and Compliance.
• Collaborate with Sales COO to identify and address controls deficiencies and enhance / improve existing controls.
• Act as a subject matter expert for M7, such that effective management information for the Trading & Sales BRM, or other senior Markets business heads as well as Operational risk and Compliance leads.
• Responsible for helping timely identification, assessment, mitigation, reporting and escalation of all identified Operational Risk exposures impacting Trading & Sales risks.
• Responsible for helping reviews of operational errors that occur within business that result in financial losses, gains, near misses, reputational damage or danger to people or our reputation.
• Lead the Sales Anti Money Laundering Group (AMLOG)
• Support the Trading & Sales BRM team in preparation of Sales items for Markets Non-Financial Risk (NFR) forums.
• Support any Audit or Compliance reviews.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Degree or Diploma or equivalent.
• Min 7-8 years of relevant experience
• Strong understanding in risk framework and governance
• Understanding of Markets Businesses and non-financial risk related to business with a specific focus on sales.
• Good communication skills verbal and written.
• Good Stakeholder Management and Collaboration
• Proficient in MS Office tools ie: Strong in MS Excel

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 thingand 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-offincluding 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 workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing supportthrough 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 cultureto 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.