Sr Manager Reg Ops (India, Malaysia)

Standard Chartered; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Chartered seeks a Regulatory Reporting professional to lead in-country reporting activities across APAC, with emphasis on control optimization and stakeholder collaboration.

You will work with Compliance, Technology and regional teams to ensure accurate submissions, robust processes and timely responses to escalations while supporting global regulatory initiatives. The role requires strong governance, leadership and risk-awareness.

Qualifications

• Strong regulatory reporting knowledge across APAC, MiFID, EMIR, Dodd-Frank, and in-country regimes.
• Excellent communication skills with FM clients and internal stakeholders.
• Experience with banking reporting systems and remediation.
• Adaptive to Agile ways of working and a control-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Partner with in-country teams and stakeholders to communicate updates and ensure alignment.
• Drive continuous improvement in processes and services.
• Support migration and BAU delivery of the In-Country Reporting function.
• Own and support activities related to prevention, detection, assurance and oversight within Regulatory Reporting.
• Provide timely, accurate responses to external and internal queries.
• Collaborate with Technology and Change teams to deliver sustainable improvements.
• Ensure adherence to process documents and update them regularly.
• Strengthen the control framework across the Regulatory Operations team.
• Manage team work allocation and quality delivery to ensure consistency.
• Participate in Group projects and change initiatives with ownership and delivery mindset.

Skills

Regulatory reporting

Banking operations

Change management

Stakeholder management

Product knowledge

Leadership

Reconciliation analytics

UAT/UVT

Self Service Data

Microsoft Excel

Education

Business Administration

Accounting

Economics

Finance

Statistics

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Key Responsibilities

This role could be based in India or Malaysia. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop-down menu showing all countries, please ensure that you only select a country where the role is based

• Partner with In-Country teams, Compliance, Technology and other stakeholders to communicate key updates and ensure clear alignment across the team.
• Drive continuous improvement in processes and services by applying operational knowledge and lessons learned.
• Support the migration and ongoing BAU delivery of the In-Country Reporting function.
• Own and support activities related to prevention, detection, assurance and oversight within the Regulatory Reporting function.
• Provide timely, accurate and well-considered responses to external and internal queries.
• Develop tactical and strategic process improvements, collaborating with Technology and Change teams to deliver sustainable outcomes.
• Ensure adherence to process documents, including regular updates, maintenance and effective execution.
• Strengthen and embed a robust control framework across the Regulatory Operations team.
• Manage team work allocation, prioritisation and quality delivery to support consistent outcomes.
• Actively participate in Group projects and change initiatives, demonstrating commitment, ownership and a strong delivery mindset.

People and Talent

• Ensure the Regulatory Operations team is appropriately skilled, motivated and empowered to maintain a high-quality control environment across the reporting function.
• Promote a culture of risk awareness, ownership and accountability for controls and processes.
• Demonstrate strong teamwork, reliability and commitment, with the ability to collaborate effectively across the global Regulatory Operations team.

Risk Management

• Establish and maintain a control framework that effectively supports prevention, detection, assurance and oversight processes for In-Country Regulatory Reporting functions.
• Understand system architecture limitations and remediation plans to help mitigate day-to-day reporting impacts.
• Continuously challenge, evolve and improve processes while ensuring clarity and consistency in the execution of current DOI requirements.
• Ensure timely escalation of errors, omissions and technical issues that may impact reporting performance.
• Provide a daily performance dashboard to enhance visibility, transparency and oversight of the reporting function.

Regulatory and Business Conduct

• Demonstrate exemplary conduct and consistently uphold the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, regulatory conduct and business conduct across Standard Chartered Bank, including full compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct, in both letter and spirit.
• Lead by example to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalation, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders

• Compliance
• Regulatory Operations Management
• Regulatory Programme teams
• Front Office, Middle Office, Operations, SCI and IDR teams

Other Responsibilities

• Experience in identifying, investigating and remediating reconciliation breaks in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of regulatory reporting requirements, including MiFID, EMIR, Dodd-Frank and in-country regimes, together with the banking systems and trade reporting platforms used to support accurate and timely submissions.

Skills And Experience

• Regulatory reporting reconciliation
• Banking operations
• Change management
• Stakeholder management
• Product knowledge and booking model in structure trades and derivatives
• Leadership skill
• Reconciliation investigations and analytics
• UAT and UVT
• Microsoft Excel
• Self Service Data & Report

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of the regulatory landscape, including APAC, MiFID, SFTR, EMIR, Dodd-Frank, STARS, BoE and any in-country regimes.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with FM clients and internal stakeholders.
• Previous experience with banking reporting systems, remediation activities and system-to-system messaging.
• Good understanding of key FM and FMO functions within the Bank.
• Adaptable to change and comfortable working in Agile ways of working.
• Experience working in a control-focused environment with strong attention to quality and detail.
• Hardworking, dependable and dedicated, with the ability to work as part of a global team to deliver shared goals.
• Previous experience managing, motivating and developing a team.
• Able to work independently and confidently lead activities at the Bangalore site, demonstrating ownership, accountability and sound judgement.
• Sound knowledge of Financial Markets products, with the ability to apply product understanding to regulatory reporting, controls and issue resolution.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in regulatory reporting, preferably within banking, financial markets or regulatory operations environments.

Degree In Any Of The Following

• Business Administration
• Accounting
• Economic
• Finance
• Statistics

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,

• 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.