Associate Director| IFRS+ and Stress Testing Model

About Standard Chartered We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. It's about showing how you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good. We're committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base. The Role Responsibilities This position is for a Manager with an advanced degree in a quantitative discipline requires extensive experience in areas of statistics, applied mathematics, SAS programming language applied in the area of IRB, IFRS+ Model Development and Risk scorecards for retail banking / small business lending businesses. The individual will use these skills in the development of IRB / IFRS+ Models, Credit Risk Scorecard and other risk analytics in retail banking / small business lending portfolios with the support of a dedicated team of Team Leads and Analysts / Senior Analysts. Responsibilities include understanding Standard Chartered Group requirements and working with the individual&rsquos team in developing statistically derived predictive models, performing decision tree based customer segmentation & profiling analyses, assisting business implementation of sophisticated risk models and providing analytic support to Standard Chartered Businesses across the globe. The individual is expected to deliver as a team timely while ensuring compliance to prevailing / applicable standards / legislation / policies. The individual will also be expected to represent the team for review / approval committees. People and Talent: Lead through example and build the team culture and values in line with the Bank. Set clear expectations from the teams and work in collaboration with all relevant partners. Employ, engage and retain high calibre professionals. Set and monitor job objectives for team members and provide feedback, develop and reward in line with their performance against those responsibilities and objectives. Our Ideal Candidate Competencies: Should be open to getting involved in on-the-ground and data activities Analytical / Strategic / Conceptual thinking Attention to detail Problem solving Verbal/Written communication Presentation skills Highly motivated, organized and methodical Qualifications: Bachelors / Advanced (Masters or higher) Degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Economics, Engineering or other quantitative discipline Excellent understanding of retail banking / small business / consumer finance products and business lifecycles (e.g. sales, underwriting, portfolio management, marketing, collections...) Significant experience in a similar role at least 7 years of total experience in a retail banking / small business lending analytical function, of which 3-5 in-depth years experience in hands-on quantitative analysis & statistical modeling. 3+ years experience in managing a relevant team is good to have Very good statistical programming skills in SAS (preferred) or similar, analytical skills