Director, OTCR, ICS

Job Summary

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The Operational, Technology and Cyber Risk (OTCR) organisation is instrumental in protecting and ensuring the resilience of Standard Chartered Bank's operations, data, and IT systems by managing operational, technology and cyber risk across the enterprise. As a critical function reporting into the Group Chief Risk Officer (CRO), the Group OTCR team serves as the second line of defence for assuring that controls are implemented effectively, in accordance with the OTCR Framework, and for instilling a risk culture within the Bank.

The Director, ICS and Tech Risk Assurance is a permanent role that requires strong business acumen and a detailed knowledge of risk assessment, audit execution and control testing. The successful candidate will have key skills in critical thinking, problem solving, industry specific technical and regulatory knowledge, and stakeholder management, and be able to respond in a flexible and collaborative manner to evolving business, regulatory and threat demands. The role reports directly to the Head of Assurance, ICS and Tech Risk. The Director will work closely with key stakeholders to address Operational, Technology, Cyber risks as an identified "top risk" for the Bank and align these to the Bank's overall ICS Risk Type Framework and Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF).

This is a senior level role, and the individual will be required to engage with senior stakeholders across the business, technology, governance, CISO and other risk functions to act as an independent trusted advisor, providing key insights from testing to enable effective risk decisions making.

The successful candidate will be able to develop together with the Head of Assurance a high performing team to identify and focus reviews on the areas of highest Technology and Cyber Risk risks, providing insights which enable uplift of the OTCR risk posture. It is critical therefore, to have senior stakeholder engagement, liaison, and negotiation experience, along with strong communication skills, and an ability to create a compelling, yet simplistic vision, for others to follow.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Head of Assurance to define, develop and operationalise the OTCR ICS & Tech Risk Assurance team to align with the risk management strategy and wider enterprise risk management strategy for the Bank Enterprise Risk Management Framework ("ERMF").
• Support the Head of Assurance to define and develop structured Assurance capabilities and to lead / execute risk-based independent reviews of control efficacy by assessing the design and operating effectiveness of key controls.
• Provide the management and validation of findings identified in Assurance ICS & Tech risk reviews.
• Work with the wider OTCR Assurance & Testing team to manage and maintain a risk-based plan to focus testing on areas of highest risk.
• Communicate complex risks, issues and testing insights precisely and effectively to management and regulators as required.
• Drive and support internal growth initiatives to upskill staff competencies, optimise resources / capacity, enhance digital agility and identification of risk hotspots for assurance work.
• Drive, collaborate and support cross-functional initiatives to drive greater efficiency and effectiveness.
• Building and promote good external partnerships with stakeholders to collaborate effectively.
• Responsible and accountable for performing reviews and issue validations in line with the 2LA methodology and ensure that the ICS and Tech Risk assurance deliverables meets the quality standards set out in the methodology.
• Ensure timely deliverables, invocation of escalation and clearance of report in alignment with our OTCR Assurance operating model.

Skills And Experience

About Standard Chartered

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What We Offer

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we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.