Job Description

Roles and Responsibility Strategy Leadership of the India CPBB legal team. Providing timely information and guidance to other members of the India CPBB legal team on strategic initiatives impacting the CPBB franchise, ensuring appropriate legal advice, training, risk assessment, monitoring and decisions on private banking matters. Maintain close relationships with stakeholders including relevant India CPBB country/ segment heads, Group, Regional and/or Country COOs, Credit and CFCC, and assist India CPBB legal team to interface with and support such stakeholders. Accountability, on all CPBB related legal matters in India, to the Head, Legal, India & South Asia. Implement at country level the vision, strategy, direction set by the Head, Legal, India & South Asia. Promote a culture and practice of compliance with legal standards (including conducting business within legal and regulatory requirements, with high ethical standards). Lead through example and build an appropriate culture and values. Set an appropriate tone and expectations for the India CPBB Legal team as regards good conduct. Help to embed and implement global legal standards for CPBB taking into account regional/country issues. Help to ensure that regulatory reform/changes are appropriately assessed within Legal from a CPBB impact perspective and that any regulatory reform is appropriately escalated and managed. Develop thought leadership capability - as demonstrated by visibility within the Bank, and externally (in the industry and with regulators) as a senior point of contact for CPBB in India. Business Lead the India CPBB Legal team in providing related legal advice and subject matter expertise to the Private Banking business in India. Provide guidance and technical legal support to India CPBB legal team having regard to PPG and CA parameters and, if applicable, Bank\'s minimum standards and guidance for the relevant product or services. Work with Group Legal, Group Product Owners teams to implement products and initiatives and develop template legal documentation for India. Close collaboration with GSAM and DRT to support and manage distressed assets, recoveries and restructuring, and litigation matters. People and Talent Ensure the India CPBB is adequately resourced and staffed by an appropriate number of competent staff sufficiently independent to perform duties objectively, to support sustainable business growth and address legal risks. Responsibility to review team structure / capacity plans. Employ, engage and retain high quality people, with succession planning for critical roles. Provide leadership, management and coaching to direct reports to ensure they are highly engaged and performing to their potential. Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks. Set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports and provide feedback and rewards in line with their performance against those responsibilities and objectives. Actively engage stakeholders to obtain feedback on performance of legal teams. Develop and implement strategy in the areas of resourcing, talent development, performance management, learning and development, engagement and succession planning. Drive the implementation of best practices across the network especially in relation to legal/regulatory risks and compliance with relevant regulations and internal policies/procedures. Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners. Risk Management Framework To provide challenge, guidance and oversight over the first line of defence To review overall risk levels relating to the Legal Enforceability Risk sub-type and where elevated engage with the first line of defence for timely risk reducing actions to approve risk events, elevated residual risks and risk treatment plans based on thresholds/ authorities set out in the Operational Risk Type Framework (ORTF) and to approve other items as required in any country addendums to the ORTF, policy and standards to further delegate the authorities set out above to your direct or matrix reports where required, subject to your oversight of their use of that authority. Ensure close coordination with DRT/GSAM for input into litigation cases. Where external counsel is appointed, liaise with external counsel and ensure the scope of work is defined and appropriate, oversee the quality of work and manage external legal costs, and ensure appropriate overall matter management. Maintain an awareness and understanding of the top risks facing the Bank and the role the individual plays in managing them. Governance Ensure product approval documents reflect all relevant legal requirements for CPBB. Establish and maintain effective processes (including training, advice and support) to ensure that policies, procedures and standards to address legal are effectively implemented across CPBB. Ensure that policies, procedures and standards to address legal risks are effectively implemented across India CPBB via early socialization with stakeholders in procedure design/parameters, ratification by appropriate committees, and ensure corresponding appropriate communication and training across footprint. Provide support to the Bank\'s senior management to ensure that they establish and monitor appropriate processes for compliance with legal policies, procedures and standards (including meeting legal obligations and maintaining high standards of conduct). Ensure effective management of legal matters across India CPBB. Provide reports to relevant Group and Business risk and control committees and management group on key legal risks and issues. Have an awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role. Challenge fellow executives effectively. Work with local regulators (when required to do so) in an open and cooperative manner. 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 India CPBB Legal team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\'s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients Financial Crime Compliance The Right Environment. Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters. Key Stakeholders Head of Legal, India &South Asia General Counsel, CPBB Head of CPBB, India Other Responsibilities Disciplined approach towards timelines and tracking all steps required in order to implement the strategic approach Completion of Group Mandatory e-learnings. Our Ideal Candidate Qualified to practice as an advocate in India. Must have relevant experience in private practice or in-house, including handling complex transactions. Substantial experience in legal, compliance and regulatory risk management. Substantial experience in the banking industry, including demonstrated success in a similar role. Sharp business acumen (including ability to assess risk and appropriate levels of return), strong leadership qualities, excellent interpersonal skills and multi cultural awareness and sensitivity. Ability to manage geographically dispersed and highly varied customer and product base. Ability to collaborate and work dynamically across country, region, business and group stakeholders. Understanding of best practice risk management techniques and frameworks. Understanding of the key features of relevant laws and regulations relevant to the Group. Sound judgement on business practices, regulatory relationship management and reputational risk. Exemplary integrity, ethics, independence and resilience. Role Specific Technical Competencies Knowledge of private banking rules and regulations Ability to pro-actively identify legal risk and appropriate mitigants Manage a team to perform at its full potential Communicate with stakeholders and cascade information and advice as appropriate About Standard Chartered We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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 Be better together , we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term 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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks 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. 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