Vice President, Regulatory Technology Control Testing (Malaysia / India)

Job Summary

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

•    Support BAU Technology and Resilience Control Testing, including UK ACG, FRCF GITC and Material Control Testing as per new CSP Standard. 
•    Continuous process improvement and developing AI Enabled controls testing to gain efficiency.
•    Strong Quality Control checks for all the control testing deliverables including, WP, heatmaps, various tracker, etc. 

Key Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:
•    Support the functional head in leading a team of IT control testing SMEs to plan and execute on key controls testing across the bank’s critical IT systems.
•    Lead the execution of a consistent, sustainable and re-performable technical control testing framework/methodology for the bank’s critical IT systems.
•    Support the provision of timely and accurate control testing MI to the respective risk forums across business and functions.
•    Drive compliance with the Bank’s risk framework and policies (e.g. ERMF and O&T RTF)
•    Support stakeholders in defining remediation actions to address identified control weaknesses and issues across critical IT systems, and associated processes. 
•    Track issue remediation, check and challenge delivery status and escalate delays.
•    Identify opportunities for automation of controls testing.

Strategic
•    Maintain effective relationships with leaders to facilitate:
•    Effective key IT controls testing;
•    The provision of timely, expert advice and assurance; and
•    Partnerships with other functions to provide professional advice and assurance;

Risk Management
•    Adopt an anticipatory approach to risk assessment through stakeholder engagement and monitoring of the external environment.
•    Work with other control assurance teams to drive efficiency, effectiveness and reduce duplication.
•    Provide thought leadership on IT control design, assessment, testing processes and drive continuous improvement in ERMF and O&T RTF.
•    Provide robust challenge and escalation to senior management to ensure activities achieve risk reduction.
•    Manage and drive continuous improvement of the IT control environment through proactive risk management.

Governance 
•    Tracking and reporting of risk assessments (e.g. audits, risk assessments etc) and their outputs to ensure oversight and escalation mechanisms are in place to provide MI on obligations.
•    Work with the Application/Service Owners of critical IT systems to identify emerging IT risks and ensure they are appropriately addressed by relevant technical controls.

Regulatory & Business Conduct 
•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. 
•    Lead the Controls team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: The Right Environment. 
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate and resolve conduct and compliance matters.
•    Provide timely and accurate risk & control information to support regulatory meetings and RFIs.

Key Stakeholders
•    Head of Controls Testing
•    GPO – Technology and Resilience
•    T&O Risk Management
•    Group Operational Risk
•    Group Internal Audit

People and Talent
•    Set direction and drive high performance by translating strategy into clear direction, aligning individual goals to team outcomes and providing regular, constructive feedback.
•    Develop talent and capability through coaching and career conversations that build critical skills, stretch potential and prepare individuals for future opportunities.
•    Lead by example by role-modelling the Bank’s valued behaviours, upholding strong risk and conduct standards, exercising sound judgment, and creating an inclusive team culture that supports wellbeing, values diverse perspectives, and drives accountability.

Skills and Experience

Must-have Skills    
•    Risk Management including AI
•    Actional Oriented Strategic Mindset
•    Multitasking on various projects/initiatives

Other Skills
•    Negotiation Skills
•    Collaborates & Courage
•    Customer Focus
•    Nible Learning & Mentoring

Motivations

•    Flexi working arrangement 
•    Never settle with proactive risk management and continuous improvement mindset 
•    People leadership role with mentorship opportunity and leading through example values
•    Integrating AI based controls testing

Qualifications

Key Experiences
•    15+ experiences in IT Audit and/or IT Risk Management
•    Experience in US SOX regime
•    SME in technology and Resilience domain for controls testing
•    Project Management experience with strong negotiation skills

Certifications / Qualifications
•    Tertiary qualifications in Computer Science or other equivalent areas
•    CISA, CISSP, CRISC, CISM and/or any AI Certifications
•    AI prompting, auditing, risk management experience

Languages
•    Proficiency in verbal and written English

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.