Standard Chartered India | Regulatory Conduct Risk Governance Lead

Responsibilities

• Monitor regulatory developments, consultations, enforcement actions and emerging practices across relevant jurisdictions, assessing their applicability and potential impact on the organisation.
• Deliver timely, decision-useful regulatory insights, impact assessments, briefings and dissemination materials for country teams, senior management and risk committees.
• Develop, review and maintain policies and standards aligned to regulatory requirements and conduct risk expectations.
• Manage the end-to-end policy lifecycle, including drafting, review, approval, communication, implementation support and archiving.
• Provide practical interpretation and implementation guidance to business and country stakeholders.
• Support effective operation of regulatory conduct risk governance forums through forward planning, quality papers, accurate records and disciplined follow-through.
• Track regulatory commitments, actions, issues and outcomes to timely closure, escalating overdue items, control weaknesses, serious breaches and risk appetite concerns through appropriate governance channels.
• Partner with Compliance, Risk, Legal, Business, Technology and relevant framework, policy and advisory teams to deliver a consistent approach to regulatory conduct risk management.
• Act as a trusted adviser and key contact for relevant RIU matters, providing responsive day-to-day support to country and BAU teams.
• Build effective relationships with senior executives and external regulators where required, communicating complex matters clearly and constructively.
• Support migration and stabilisation of activities into Managed Services, adapting responsibilities as processes and tools mature while maintaining clear ownership, controls and service quality.
• Lead effective regulatory conduct risk governance and provide trusted, risk-based advice to country and business stakeholders.
• Translate regulatory developments and conduct risk expectations into clear impact assessments, policies, governance actions, and senior-management reporting.
• Enable consistent, timely and well-controlled delivery of regulatory conduct risk activities across BAU and evolving offshore-managed service processes.
• Produce meaningful aggregated MI and analytics, with clear and concise reporting for Managed Services, senior management, risk committees and regulators where required.
• Operate as a senior individual contributor unless separate people-management accountability is confirmed; influence outcomes across teams without compromising the independence of Risk and CFCR.
• Model the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct, promote openness and risk awareness, embed Here for good, and lead relevant CFCR Outreach priorities.
• Manage Change and Agile Delivery

Requirements

• Effective Communication and Stakeholder Management.
• Relevant experience in regulatory compliance, conduct risk, risk governance or a comparable financial-services control function.
• Demonstrated experience in regulatory horizon scanning, impact assessment, policy and standards management, and translating requirements into implementation actions.
• Experience supporting governance forums, tracking regulatory commitments and issues, and producing senior-management MI, committee papers and concise briefings.
• Proven ability to influence and advise senior stakeholders across Compliance, Risk, Legal, Business and Technology in a matrix environment.
• Experience managing change, service transition or offshore migration is desirable, together with sound judgement in escalating regulatory and control matters.
• Certifications / Qualifications (only where mandatory).
• No mandatory certification is specified in the source job description.
• A relevant degree or professional qualification in law, compliance, risk, governance or financial services would be advantageous.
• Fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to produce clear regulatory analysis, policy guidance and senior-level reporting.

Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered is an international banking group headquartered in London, with a strong focus on Asia, Africa and the Middle East. It was formed in 1969 through the merger of Standard Bank and The Chartered Bank.

Its Indian global business services centres hire finance professionals for financial control, stress testing, regulatory reporting, tax and risk roles.

• Industry: Banking and financial services
• Headquarters: London, UK
• In India: Present in India for over 150 years, with global business services centres in Bengaluru and Chennai