Manager, Fm Middle Office Controls

Job Summary
Trade Validation is responsible to ensure robust Control framework and governance mechanism across FM Macro Business manual trade bookings and Cancel & Amends. Collaborate with Non-Validation Control and FO Supervision functions to ensure effective trade and position Control execution towards managing FM Business Risk.
Responsibilities
Oversight and Delivery for Trade Validation Control involving deal review against external source across OTC products and regions for FM Business. Execute Controls and Reporting, to ensure Risk captured accurately in system compliant to product Booking models.
FO Supervision Controls to monitor Trading risk positions, trade capture timelines, Regulatory Compliance and Rogue trading Controls to identify and escalate any exceptions.
Non-Validation Controls across FOBO, FOFO and Interface system exception monitoring and reconciliation break resolution to ensure data integrity and completeness.
New business enablement and solutions, partner to deliver strategic FM initiatives and ensure Operational readiness.
Manage query remediation, other day-to-day processing, ensuring timely escalation to minimise risk exposure.
Collaborate with FMO Front Office including Trading and Sales Desks and Business COO to support Business Enablement initiatives and Control framework.
Insulate FM from post execution processing / queries, represent Operations functions.
Build team profile with the Front Office.
Stakeholder engagement, 2-way flow of information – "Trusted Advisor".
Build strong relationship with internal teams across Ops, Finance, Risk and Technology to facilitate efficient Collaboration and speedy resolution of issues.
Drive continuous improvement and innovate:
Partner with Technology to deliver Transformation.
Work with Business COO to identify booking model improvements and drive efficiency.
Achieve Regulatory and Conduct Compliance and future proof the Middle Office model through a strong understanding of current rules and anticipation of upcoming regulations.
Adherence to Ops Risk Framework standards of implementation and process management.
Oversight of Daily Productivity, KPI, KCI and Capacity metrics.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy
Business alignment / Product expertise: Product specialists who understand business priorities and strategy, define optimal solutions leveraging industry leading facilities and influence behaviour through countenance.
Connect: Build bridges across the bank to simplify current operating model, create efficiencies and identify new opportunities.
Leadership and Market presence: Own your domain and influence product evolution, define internal standards and shape future utilities through selective industry positioning.
Risk Manager: Define the standard to effectively control the T-0 business day; understand regulations, key trends, and external incidents; voice opinions and concerns; protect the bank.
Business
Financial Markets Operations (FMO) Middle Office (MO) was established in 2017 in a response to increasing requirements from Front Office (FO) for dedicated support. Middle Office function's core purpose is to insulate FM Trading / Sales, permitting them to maintain focus on revenue generation, Client and risk management.
In 2022 the Global Middle Office function underwent a significant restructure, expanding its remit through the absorption of former Trade Control (rebranded MO Controls), Sabre Support, New Issuance Group (NIG) and Transaction Management (TMG) support functions. MO also expanded its remit into Sales Support. This re-alignment places all direct FM support functions under one consolidated organisational structure, with the ultimate aim of accountability and delivery of high quality, streamlined and synergized FM services.
Middle Office Control team aims to deliver Best in class support to FM Business enablement, Product and Process subject matter expertise, promoting Continuous Improvement culture, ensuring robust Controls framework and governance to meet our obligations to Clients, Counterparties and Regulators. Middle Office Control covers 3 key Control functions including Trade Validation Control, Non-Validation Control and Front Office Supervision Control.
Skills and Experience
Processes
OTC Products: FX, FX Options, Interest Rate Swaps, Commodities, Credit Derivatives, Equity Derivatives, Money Market and ESG products.
Electronic executions across Markitwire, RTNS, Bloomberg, ICE Link etc.
New and Amended Trade Validation.
Non-Validation Controls.
FO Supervision Controls.
New Products & Business Enablement.
Risk Management
Understanding on T0 Risk.
Fair understanding on Credit & Market risk.
Regulatory & Business Conduct
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.
Lead the (team) to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: (Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.) *
Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
FM Front Office – Trading, Sales & Structuring.
FM Business COO.
FMO Country Heads & BORM.
FM Technology and Transformation.
FMO Operations, Product Control & Risk functions.
FM Compliance and Audit.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
University degree preferred.
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together we:
Do the right thingand 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.
What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter,we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
Time-offincluding 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 workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
Proactive wellbeing supportthrough 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 cultureto 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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