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Business Risk Manager, Trade
Risk & Compliance
Job Description Apply now Requisition Number: 61125 Job Location: Kwun Tong, HKG Global Grade: Band 7 Work Type: Office Working Employment Type: Permanent Posting Start Date: 26/08/2026 Posting End Date: 09/09/2026 Job Description:Job Summary
The Business Risk Manager for Trade directs and oversees front to back operational, Cyber, CFCR, Fraud and Conduct risk for the Trade business within Transaction Banking (TB). Reporting to the Head of Business Risk Management, Trade, GCNA, the incumbent will focus on end to end Trade risk controls, reporting, governance and supervision. The primary requirements of the role will be to:
• Act as the voice, eyes and ears of the Global Trade COO for all matters related to Risk for the country.
• Oversee the effective execution of controls within the country, including identification of gaps and remediation of issues, elevating residual risk where appropriate.
• Create and maintain complete, accurate and targeted metrics to allow the COO, the Global/Regional/Country Head of Business Risk Management for Trade and Business Head to constantly assess the control environment and residual risk profile.
• Assist in the identification and escalation of thematic and horizon risks and the implementation of appropriate controls to mitigate those risks within the Country. Be the ‘go-to’ person for the business with regards to the escalation of all operational and other risk-related incidents/queries/events that arise within the Country.
• Support Trade COO, Business and Operational Heads within the region and country in developing high levels of front to back risk awareness and ownership across the business. This is for all risk types aligned to the Trade business. Provide structured guidance towards improving MCA ratings in the country and drive first line ownership of risk to ensure teams understand the key risks, how they manifest in our controls / processes and how the controls are implemented and managed.
• Oversee the effective execution of controls within the country, including identification of gaps and remediation of issues, elevating residual risk where appropriate.
• Identify opportunities to improve the effectiveness of the Trade Risk function within the country, including the proactive management of control-check hubbing, driving the ongoing ORF rollouts and the rationalization of existing checks for Trade as required. Ensure continued country oversight and ownership of hubbed checks and processes. Additionally, drive and support best practice and create efficiencies, including in the areas of M7 system logging, data accuracy, standardisation and reduction of Business Risk Forum packs, issue identification, etc.
• Oversee the management of Risk Events in country, driving the right level of awareness, clarity and transparency with regards to the creation of Risk Events on M7 system and the production of Root Cause Reports. Tightly govern delivery of all remedial actions to plan.
• Ensure that countries are governing services provided by offshore / GBS in line with SCB policy and in line with country specific requirements.
• Execute the front to back peer review process and prioritization for Trade in the country. Ensure and conduct the appropriate level of peer review, audit and risk event ripples to support development of best practice awareness, where appropriate.
• Coordinate with key stakeholders including Operational Risk, Compliance, Financial Crime and Conduct Risk, and Business centrally, regionally and in country to increase transparency and share key learnings and best practice. In particular, work with Country Business Risk Management Head to represent the country in relevant Regional / Group risk forums and discussions.
Skills and Experience
• Manage Conduct
• Manage Risk
• Business Facilitation
• Manage Change
• Management of Frontline Risk
• Business Governance & Support
• Service Delivery & Operations
Qualifications
• University educated
• At least 3 years of experience in Trade Business Risk Management
• Relevant membership to be agreed
• English and Chinese (both written and spoken)
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.