Business Risk Manager - Global Markets Operations (UAE National)
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About the Role
Standard Chartered Bank is seeking a Business Risk Manager for Global Markets Operations in Dubai. The role involves identifying, assessing, and managing risks within the Markets business, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal risk frameworks.
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Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate Risk & Control Self Assessments (RCSA), ensuring risks and controls are regularly reviewed and updated
- Assess risk exposures and escalate key issues to the appropriate governance forums
- Provide oversight on Group Policy Obligations to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory standards
- Support key operational risk processes, including access governance, business continuity, and third party risk management
- Drive implementation of policies and procedures across Markets
- Manage risk incidents, including reporting, escalation, and tracking in risk systems
- Partner with stakeholders to align risk management with business priorities
- Promote high standards of conduct and compliance with the bank’s values and regulatory expectations
Requirements
- Strong experience in Global Markets back office operations and operational risk
- Proven ability to improve processes and strengthen control frameworks
- Experience working in a fast paced, highly regulated environment
- Good understanding of operational risk practices within financial markets
- Strong capability in risk assessment, incident management, and audit support
- Strong interpersonal skills and investigation skills
- Degree in Finance, Economics, Risk Management, Business, or a related field (preferred)
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Job Summary
- The Business Risk Manager – Global Markets Operations role at Standard Chartered is responsible for identifying, assessing, and managing risks within the Markets business.
- The role works closely with second and third line functions, as well as Business Risk Managers across Markets to ensure strong compliance with regulatory requirements and internal risk frameworks.
- The successful candidate will help strengthen risk standards by improving risk assessment processes, managing incidents (including regulatory reporting), and supporting audit readiness.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate Risk & Control Self Assessments (RCSA), ensuring risks and controls are regularly reviewed and updated.
- Assess risk exposures and escalate key issues to the appropriate governance forums.
- Provide oversight on Group Policy Obligations to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory standards.
- Support key operational risk processes, including access governance, business continuity, and third party risk management.
- Drive implementation of policies and procedures across Markets.
- Manage risk incidents, including reporting, escalation, and tracking in risk systems.
- Partner with stakeholders to align risk management with business priorities.
- Promote high standards of conduct and compliance with the bank’s values and regulatory expectations.
Skills and Experience
- Strong experience in Global Markets back office operations and operational risk.
- Proven ability to improve processes and strengthen control frameworks.
- Experience working in a fast paced, highly regulated environment.
- Good understanding of operational risk practices within financial markets.
- Strong capability in risk assessment, incident management, and audit support.
- Strong interpersonal skills and investigation skills.
Qualifications
- Degree in Finance, Economics, Risk Management, Business, or a related field (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.
What we offer
- 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.
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