Assistant Manager - Verification

Standard Chartered; Karachi Division; On-site; PKR 1,000,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical and life insurance

Flexible working options

Wellbeing support

Learning & development

Job summary

Standard Chartered is hiring for a role focused on telephonic, email, bank statement and physical verifications in line with credit policies and regulatory requirements. You will maintain MIS and archival records, ensuring compliance with DOIs and Group policies, while supporting governance and internal controls across the unit.

The position requires meticulous attention to documentation, adherence to risk controls, and delivering high-quality customer service.

Responsibilities

• Conduct Cross Verifications (Internal / External), where needed (Assigned by Supervisor/Manager).
• Maintaining of daily login sheet with in/out. (on need basis)
• Preparation daily Physical Verification reports. (on need basis)
• Uploading of daily Physical Verification reports.
• MIS is being maintained for inward and outward documents.
• Maintain Management information system (MIS) related to physical customer documents received from hub.
• Ensure that Departmental Operation Instructions (DOIs), Group policies, Compliance & State Bank regulations are followed.
• To manage and ensures that the work performed in accordance with Management Manual, procedure Guides, the agreed customer service standards and operational risk requirements.
• To ensure total compliance with laid down norms in terms of complex risk, Credit policy, documentation, operational risk and other Group/Regulatory control standards.
• To contribute towards superior service delivery and cost control related to operations of the Archival & Vault Management by error free timely processing.
• To design, recommend and implement action plans for continuous process improvements to enhance both processing efficiency and operational controls and save costs.
• To ensure that Archival & Vault Management operations are carried out with the maximum efficiency, security & control and that service is provided to both internal & external customers in accordance with agreed service standards of the Bank.
• Ensure, in co-ordination with the ‘Complaint Management & Service Quality’ units, the delivery of high-quality customer service by an effective process to address customer inquiries and resolve their complaints to minimize client(s) attrition.
• Continuously review procedures, controls and systems & give recommendations & suggestions for improvements in quality, efficiency & turn around time (TAT), system enhancements, optimization of resources & costs savings
• Ensuring changes to system, processes or product offerings are handled in an effective and seamless manner delivering the expected outcomes.
• Ensure that all processes/practices in the Unit comply with the Bank’s risk and compliance procedures to minimize security and risk exposure.
• Formulate improvements in operating procedures to effectively manage risks and create a robust control environment.
• Assist in coordinating, facilitating and promoting understanding of Governance & Control and; in implementation and management of Governance & Control within the Unit.

Job description

Job Summary

Conduct telephonic, email, bank statement and physical verifications in line with credit policies, regulatory requirements and internal control standards, while maintaining accurate Management Information System (MIS), documentation and vault/archival records.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct Cross Verifications (Internal / External), where needed (Assigned by Supervisor/Manager).
• Maintaining of daily login sheet with in/out. (on need basis)
• Preparation daily Physical Verification reports. (on need basis)
• Uploading of daily Physical Verification reports.
• MIS is being maintained for inward and outward documents.
• Maintain Management information system (MIS) related to physical customer documents received from hub.
• Ensure that Departmental Operation Instructions (DOIs), Group policies, Compliance & State Bank regulations are followed.
• To manage and ensures that the work performed in accordance with Management Manual, procedure Guides, the agreed customer service standards and operational risk requirements.
• To ensure total compliance with laid down norms in terms of complex risk, Credit policy, documentation, operational risk and other Group/Regulatory control standards.
• To contribute towards superior service delivery and cost control related to operations of the Archival & Vault Management by error free timely processing.
• To design, recommend and implement action plans for continuous process improvements to enhance both processing efficiency and operational controls and save costs.
• To ensure that Archival & Vault Management operations are carried out with the maximum efficiency, security & control and that service is provided to both internal & external customers in accordance with agreed service standards of the Bank.
• Ensure, in co-ordination with the ‘Complaint Management & Service Quality’ units, the delivery of high-quality customer service by an effective process to address customer inquiries and resolve their complaints to minimize client(s) attrition.
• Continuously review procedures, controls and systems & give recommendations & suggestions for improvements in quality, efficiency & turn around time (TAT), system enhancements, optimization of resources & costs savings
• Ensuring changes to system, processes or product offerings are handled in an effective and seamless manner delivering the expected outcomes.
• Ensure that all processes/practices in the Unit comply with the Bank’s risk and compliance procedures to minimize security and risk exposure.
• Formulate improvements in operating procedures to effectively manage risks and create a robust control environment.
• Assist in coordinating, facilitating and promoting understanding of Governance & Control and; in implementation and management of Governance & Control within the Unit.

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.