Standard Chartered India | Senior Manager Technical Controls Testing (India / Malaysia)

Key responsibilities include

• 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
• Execute a consistent, sustainable and re-performable technical control testing framework/methodology for the bank’s critical IT systems.
• Perform timely and robust control testing, including evidence assessment, identification of control weaknesses, and clear documentation of testing conclusions.
• Support stakeholders in defining appropriate remediation actions to address identified control weaknesses and issues across critical IT systems and associated processes.
• Track remediation progress, provide effective check and challenge over delivery status, and escalate delays or concerns where appropriate.
• Identify opportunities to automate and enhance control testing activities.
• Partnerships with other functions to provide professional advice and assurance.
• Work with other control assurance teams to drive efficiency, effectiveness and reduce duplication.
• Provide robust, evidence-based challenge and escalate significant control weaknesses, delivery risks and unresolved matters through the appropriate governance channels.
• Track and report control testing and other relevant risk assessment outcomes to provide management information, support oversight, and enable timely escalation of identified control weaknesses and issues.
• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based testing of key Technology and Resilience controls across regulatory, financial reporting and BAU control testing programmes.
• Support effective oversight through timely escalation, clear reporting and appropriate check and challenge with relevant stakeholders.
• Contribute to strong quality standards across control testing deliverables, including workpapers, reports and management information.
• Drive continuous improvement in control testing through methodology enhancements and the responsible adoption of AI, automation and data-driven approaches.
• Engage with Application/Service Owners of critical IT systems to understand emerging technology risks, assess the adequacy of relevant technical controls, and provide appropriate check and challenge where control weaknesses are identified.
• Building Connections / Collaboration
• Solving complex technology risk and control challenges and continuously improving how testing is performed.

Requirements

• Building deep technology risk and control expertise while influencing meaningful improvements to the Bank’s control environment.
• Experience in US SOX, UK SOX/UK ACG, FRCF or an equivalent internal-controls-over-financial-reporting regime.
• Technical knowledge of IT control best practices across different platforms, systems and security tools.
• Good understanding of security processes, risks and controls, including audit and control testing methodologies.
• Professional certifications such as CPA, CISA, CRISC, CISM and/or any AI Certifications are advantageous.
• Proficiency in verbal and written English.
• Effective key IT controls testing;

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