Job Summary

The role is responsible for strengthening the data, automation and control framework supporting CIB Credit Risk reporting, with a focus on Financial Sponsors and Private Credit. The role holder will work closely with reporting, data, technology and change teams to improve data sourcing, data models, data quality controls, reconciliations, automation and dashboard-based reporting.
The successful candidate should bring strong data wrangling, data management and automation experience, preferably within a credit risk, financial services or regulatory reporting environment. The role requires someone who can understand reporting requirements, interrogate data issues, design sustainable solutions and reduce reliance on manual processes.
This is a contract role till December 2027. 

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
   Support the modernisation of CIB Credit Risk reporting through better data architecture, automation, dashboarding and data quality controls.
   Help build a more sustainable reporting landscape for Financial Sponsors and Private Credit reporting.
   Identify opportunities to simplify data flows, reduce manual intervention and improve reporting repeatability.
   Support stronger linkage between source data, reporting outputs, analytics and risk appetite metrics.
Business
   Work with reporting teams to understand data requirements for Financial Sponsors, Private Credit and broader CIB Credit Risk reporting.
   Translate reporting needs into practical data specifications, control requirements and automation opportunities.
   Support senior management and committee reporting by improving the reliability, traceability and timeliness of underlying data.
   Help investigate and resolve data issues impacting portfolio reporting, commentary, reconciliations and management packs..
Processes
   Build, maintain and enhance data pipelines, data transformations and automated reporting processes.
   Use Python, SQL, Excel, dashboard tools and other data analytics techniques to improve reporting efficiency and control.
   Support data model reviews, data lineage documentation, source-to-report mapping and reconciliation design.
   Drive automation of recurring reporting processes, including data extraction, validation, transformation, exception reporting and output generation.
   Support UAT, implementation testing, data validation and post-implementation review for reporting change initiatives.

Risk Management
   Identify data quality issues, breaks, inconsistencies and control weaknesses that may affect risk reporting accuracy.
   Support the design and implementation of data quality checks, exception management processes and escalation triggers.
   Ensure data outputs used in risk reporting are complete, accurate, timely and explainable.
   Work with stakeholders to resolve root causes of recurring data issues rather than relying on manual tactical fixes.
Governance
   Maintain documentation for data flows, controls, reconciliations, assumptions, transformations and issue resolution.
   Ensure automation and data processes are appropriately controlled, evidenced and aligned to governance expectations.
   Support audit, assurance or review activities related to reporting data, controls and process documentation.
Regulatory & Business Conduct
   Display exemplary conduct and live by the Groups 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.
   Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
   CIB Risk Reporting and Portfolio Analytics
   Financial Sponsors and Private Credit Risk teams
   Risk and CFCC Data Strategy
   Risk and CFCC Change
   Technology
   CIB Credit
   Risk Appetite teams
   Stress Testing teams
   Group Finance
   Data owners and upstream source system teams

Skills and Experience

   Python and data analytics for risk reporting automation
   Data architecture and database design
   Dashboard design and management reporting visualisation
   CIB Credit Risk knowledge
   Risk appetite, risk reporting and stress testing integration
   Reporting transformation and sustainable BAU delivery under pressure
   Financial Sponsor and Private Equity and Leverage Lending

Qualifications

   Bachelors or Masters degree in computer science, data analytics, quantitative discipline, finance, economics, risk management or related field.
   5 to 7 years experience in data analytics, data management, risk reporting, financial reporting, regulatory reporting or related financial services roles.
   Strong Python capability for data wrangling, automation, validation and reporting process improvement.
   Strong SQL, Excel and data transformation skills.
   Experience with dashboarding or visualisation tools is preferred.
   Good understanding of data models, data lineage, reconciliations, data quality controls and source-to-report processes.
   Credit risk or CIB reporting experience is advantageous.
   Ability to investigate complex data issues and communicate findings clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
   Strong control mindset, with ability to design sustainable solutions rather than manual workarounds.
   Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver under time-sensitive reporting timelines.

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 thing and 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-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 - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.