Associate Manager, Stress Testing

• Senior Manager will be responsible for maintenance, execution & enhancement of a suite of Central & Others excl Treasury models - eg. Tax, Other Banking, OR RWA, Leverage, et al.

• Enterprise stress testing comprises the stress tests required by the Group, regions, country and risk management teams, and other senior stakeholders as required to inform Risk Appetite and the stress tests required by the Bank's regulators.
• The team has responsibility for the execution of the Bank's stress test exercises internally and to external regulators. It is also the centre of excellence for all strategic changes and operational controls, compliance attestation and policy setting for stress testing in the enterprise. As such, this individual will be working as part of a cohesive “strategy and execution” function. The team sets and runs the production schedule for stress testing.
• The intent of the hub is to primarily run central workstream production tasks and sub-tasks during the running of each stress test exercise utilising ITO (Group IT) supported technology and produce management reporting on the same.
• The successful candidate for this position will play a key role in executing the stress test models in relation to the Balance Sheet and Capital / Liquidity Requirements in the Bank's stress test exercises.
• This will include Resolution Planning, Recovery Planning, Reverse Stress Testing, Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), and Bank-of-England (BOE) for the Group.
• In addition, he/she should be able to provide valuable inputs to help identify opportunities to improve on stress testing current processes and own quantitative changes and change requests.
• Responsible for the stress testing data sourcing and preparations, methodological calculations including the use of existing infrastructure and technology, producing quantitative charts and packs and other related requirements.
• Deliver high quality Structured Template Data (STDF) Templates, as per the requirements set out by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) in the Bank of England (BoE) stress test and other similar date requirements issued by the likes of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) or Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)

• Ensure that the stress testing methods employed are compliant with EST procedures and any deviation is properly documented and approved.
• Ensure compliance with the Operational Risk Framework requirements and that quantitative controls are in place and executed in full.
• Manage all correspondence via their nominated work stream leads, support functions and stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with governance related aspects of EST production and delivery
• This is a rapidly evolving space so the role holder must be comfortable with ambiguity and change.

• The role holder is responsible for the following in undertaking the role:

• The role holder will need to support the establishment and documentation of all processes and effective controls for the new hub in accordance with the broader stress testing team

• Ensure all activity adheres to the Enterprise Risk Management Framework, relevant policies and standards, with a specific focus on ensuring an effective framework for the management of operational risks as they pertain to the role.

• Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• Deliver 'effective governance'; capability to challenge colleagues effectively, or escalate appropriately; and willingness to work in an open and cooperative manner with all.

• 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. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

• Stress Testing Team
• Enterprise Risk Management members
• Key Risk colleagues
• Business leadership
• Risk Transformation Programme Team
• Key operations and technology partners / vendors

• As delegated by Head of Stress Testing from time to time.

• Finance
• Risk
• SAS
• Python

• 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

• 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.

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