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Manager Risk Management and Governance

Company Name: Standard Chartered
Employment Type:Full Time
Location: Dubai
Experience: 5+ years
Degree: Bachelor
Gender:Any
Age:Any  
Nationality: Any
Salary:Unspecified
No. Of Vacancies:1
Job Description:
Roles and Responsibility
Responsible for the Risk Management and Governance of Islamic Banking business. 
Support the Saadiq Management in executing business strategy, reinforcing exemplary governance and control. 
Strategy
Work with the COO, Country Teams and Global Islamic Banking Team in developing business strategy in terms of Operational Risk Management, ensuring full alignment with business and functions
Work with relevant product or segment COOs to ensure that the Operational Risk Framework for Islamic Banking is fully embedded in the structure
Business
Work with Saadiq Team to increase business efficiency and strengthen operational risk management discipline across geographies
Ensure the global process standards are enforced in the business across geographies through engaging various stakeholders
Service Delivery and Operational Excellence: Coordinate and prioritize business operating issues to business heads, including the capability to deliver new products efficiently
Processes
Work with countries to operationalize policies and procedures
Develop effective capabilities for Shariah compliance
Engage stakeholders at the Group and Country level to drive standardization agenda to ensure consistency of policy standards, procedures, process and operating platform
People & Talent
Support Islamic Banking COO to develop and embed a high performance culture and organisational mindset to effectively embed and communicate Islamic Banking policies and procedures to Group/Countries
Ensure minimum standards in OR awareness embedding OR responsibilities in respective areas of work 
Risk Management
Drive implementation of Islamic Banking control measures in ORF
Continuously improve Group Saadiq Risk Management capabilities
Establish links between PGCs, Group OR and Group Islamic Banking to ensure that priorities are channelled, discussed and addressed.
Escalate risk issues and enforce the mitigation at Group and Country level.
Governance
Preparation of Governance Packs
Control Testing – Determine effectiveness/ineffectiveness of defined key controls
Drive the root cause analysis discipline 
Perform reviews to ensure that controls are working effectively
Coordinate Audits 
Track aging of audit findings and ensure periodic follow-up
Regulatory & Business Conduct 
Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct
Take personal responsibility for embedding highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct across the bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with respect to, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and Group Code of Conduct

Key stakeholders
Internal

CEO Islamic Banking
Regional COOs
Country Head Operational Risk 
Country Business Heads
Shariah Advisors
Group OR
Business COOs
PGC 
External
Regulators and other government departments/officials

Our Ideal Candidate
Must have operational risk background
Preferred islamic banking knowledge
Minimum qualification mba/post graduate with over 5 years of banking industry experience

Role Specific Technical Competencies
Good level of understanding of Islamic Banking
Results driven 
High degree of independence, responsibility and integrity
Knowledge of quality tools, procurement, and logistics planning
Tertiary education
Relevant managerial experience
Excellent communication capability – good command of written English
Ability to work within a multi-function, multi-discipline team environment with strong influencing and stakeholder management skills 
Change agent
Operational Risk Background