Standard Chartered Bank Vacancy for a Third Party Risk Manager

Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria - We attract talented individuals. Not only can they give you the benefit of their experience, they also reveal a closer, more personal look at the wide range of global opportunities we offer. At the core of the Group's people strategy is our focus on employee engagement. Engagement is a key driver of productivity and performance, which creates the foundation of our performance culture. We encourage and focus on the behaviours that bring out the very best from every employee, assessing their performance not just on results but on how those results were achieved. To further embed these behaviours we have a remuneration programme in place, carefully designed to incentivise our employees to live our values every day. Standard Chartered Bank is recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Third Party Risk Manager Job ID:540612 Location: Victoria Island Regular/Temporary: Permanent Full/Part Time: Full time Job Function:Business Efficiency Strategy

• Contributes to the third party risk management strategy and overall achievement of functional objectives as a member of the SCM team in country.
• Support the Third Party Risk Management Programme (TPRM) to effectively manage third party risk (including intra-group arrangements) in accordance with internal policy and regulatory requirements.

• Provide second line of defence oversight of third party risks, validating and/or escalating, as appropriate, third party risks in alignment with the Board approved risk appetite.
• Monitor regulatory changes impacting third party management and ensure TPRM framework and related policies are aligned to regulatory requirements.
• Promote and deliver continuous training and awareness to business on third party risk management.
• Ensure the respective contract owners are monitoring, reviewing and mitigating risk associated with the third parties in accordance with the TPRM framework, which includes outsourcing framework.
• Support the implementation of TPRM and processes in alignment with regulatory requirements.

• Ensure that all third party relationships are captured in a centralised inventory in a timely manner.
• Ensure and assess compliance to TPRM framework and adherence to related policies, including information security requirements.

• Develop, publish and present reports of third party risk oversight activities to key stakeholders and relevant risk committees.
• Support internal/external audit and associated regulatory audit as directed.
• Identify issues and root cause including oversight/facilitations of third party risk mitigation actions.

• Partner with third party management stakeholders (including but not limited to Outsourcing Owners, Contract Managers, Information Security Officers, SCM Category Managers, Business Continuity Manager, etc) to effectively coordinate execute third party risk management controls

• Experience in third party risk management
• Good analytical thinking and problem solving skills
• Ability to work independently and multi-task with tight lead times
• Ability to influence others and skilfully build credibility with stakeholders
• Change management skills and self awareness to adopt varying approaches for different stakeholder dynamics.
• Mental tenacity and analytical mind having the ability to take on tough and complex challenges, yet remain calm and professional under pressure.
• Familiarity with relevant regulatory requirements a plus
• Good commercial knowledge with an ability to think strategically
• Good understanding of emerging third party risk that is relevant in financial services industry
• Ability to work collaboratively within the team and the Bank in formulating third party risk management strategy
• Ability to operate in a complex multi-organisation, multi-country and multi-cultural environment