Job Description
Head, Stress Testing Execution-()
Job
:Finance
Primary Location
:Asia-India-Bangalore
Schedule
:Full-time
Employee Status
:Permanent
Posting Date
:17/Mar/2026, 5:0+:17 AM
Unposting Date
:Ongoing Role Responsibilities
The Head of Stress Testing Execution is accountable for the end-to-end execution of all Group and Country exercises, as well as driving strategic change aligned to the Finance Operations and Global Financial Planning & Analytics (GFP&A) strategies. Specific deliverables include:
• Successful completion of all Group and Country exercises in a controlled, effective and efficient manner.
• Partner with the Aspire change programme to deliver the strategic Stress Testing platform to meet increased demand for Management Stress Tests, Recovery and Resolution Planning (RRP) and Country Level Stress Testing.
• Standardise and embed the Stress Testing Target Operating Model and associated Service Level Agreements, across Group and Country.
• Design and embed human and technology resource supply management, supported by a highly skilled and fungible workforce.
• Definition and implementation of performance metrics and operational dashboarding.
The role will work extensively with senior management across Finance Operations, GFP&A and countries, as well as change and technology, to evolve the bank's Stress Testing capability to be a market leader.
Strategy
• Development and delivery of a strategic vision and plan for the redesign of Stress Testing Execution, covering operating model, process, policies & procedures, controls, and systems.
• Drive the strategy and execution of Operational excellence within Stress Testing, that is aligned to the Finance Operations and GFP&A strategic pillars.
• Partner with Aspire Transformation to select and leverage tools & techniques, data and functional processes related to Stress Testing Execution.
• Standardise and embed the Stress Testing Target Operating Model and associated Service Level Agreements, across Group and Country.
• Innovate and automate to industrialise the Stress Testing process, to be faster, more robust and controlled.
Business
• Understand the current process state end to end with the aid of various tools and identity various improvement opportunities.
• Drive execution of identified improvement opportunities.
• Develop robust measures and metrics to effectively manage the Stress Testing Execution organisation.
• Develop and embed robust cost and headcount planning to drive Supply Management across both BAU and change activities.
• Support implementation of tools to contribute to organisation design, outcomes, and requirements.
Processes
• Lead the execution of all Group Stress Tests including the Bank of England Annual and Bi-Annual exercises, Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), Recovery Plan Stress Test (RPST) and internal Management Stress Tests (MST).
• Lead the execution of Country Level Stress Tests for all onboarded countries including Singapore & Hong Kong.
• Responsible for Singapore Outsourcing Compliance for the Stress Testing GPO.
• Accountable for the execution of all OR Controls related to the Stress Testing processes.
• Define policies, procedures, and controls for the processes.
• Be a trusted advisor to the GPOs, FinOps MT and Global Finance partners and be able to support issues, communication, and influence outcomes.
People & Talent
• Lead the drive for up-tiering and up-skilling Finance to develop high performing teams for the future; inspire and engage people.
• Business leadership / defining and agreeing solutions to drive effectiveness and efficiency with Finance and Business / Front Office management.
• Support cross-Bank and finance talent development through thoughtful job design, selection of people managers and providing stretch opportunities for individuals to learn in role.
• Employ, engage, and retain high quality people, with succession planning for critical roles.
• Responsibility to review team structure/capacity plans.
• 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.
Risk Management
• Reinforce an effective and exemplary risk and control culture and further strengthen the control environment, ensure that specialist knowledge and skills are assigned to relevant needs.
• Act to minimize operational loss and audit failures and take proactive measures to respond to matters arising and identify and manage forward looking risks.
• Work with relevant teams to identify and mitigate identified operational risks in their areas.
• Through assignment of direct and indirect reports, establish and maintain an appropriate framework and procedures for monitoring, identifying, measuring, assessing, reporting, and managing compliance, regulatory, financial crime, operational and reputational risks.
Governance
• Reports directly to Global Process Owner, Stress Testing.
• Has membership of all major GPO ST, FinOps and GFP&A management forums.
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.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
• Global Process Owner, Stress Testing
• Global Head of Stress Testing
• Head of Planning & Delivery, Stress Testing
• Head of Models & Results, Stress Testing
• Aspire Programme Lead for Stress Testing
• Country Stress Testing Leads
• Risk Framework Owners & 2LoD
• Internal Audit
Other Responsibilities
• Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in Stress Testing Execution team.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
Our Ideal Candidate
• University educated.
• Experience in Stress Testing or Financial / Regulatory Reporting.
• Process optimisation mindset with experience designing and embedding a new Target Operating Model.
• Understanding of effective control frameworks, as well as experience managing engagement with 2LoD & 3LoD.
• Experience developing and managing a large team.
• Exceptional visualisation and storyboarding capabilities, with strong ability to translate complex information into impactful executive-ready presentations. 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.
Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.
Visit our careers website
Job
:Finance
Primary Location
:Asia-India-Bangalore
Schedule
:Full-time
Employee Status
:Permanent
Posting Date
:17/Mar/2026, 5:0+:17 AM
Unposting Date
:Ongoing Role Responsibilities
The Head of Stress Testing Execution is accountable for the end-to-end execution of all Group and Country exercises, as well as driving strategic change aligned to the Finance Operations and Global Financial Planning & Analytics (GFP&A) strategies. Specific deliverables include:
• Successful completion of all Group and Country exercises in a controlled, effective and efficient manner.
• Partner with the Aspire change programme to deliver the strategic Stress Testing platform to meet increased demand for Management Stress Tests, Recovery and Resolution Planning (RRP) and Country Level Stress Testing.
• Standardise and embed the Stress Testing Target Operating Model and associated Service Level Agreements, across Group and Country.
• Design and embed human and technology resource supply management, supported by a highly skilled and fungible workforce.
• Definition and implementation of performance metrics and operational dashboarding.
The role will work extensively with senior management across Finance Operations, GFP&A and countries, as well as change and technology, to evolve the bank's Stress Testing capability to be a market leader.
Strategy
• Development and delivery of a strategic vision and plan for the redesign of Stress Testing Execution, covering operating model, process, policies & procedures, controls, and systems.
• Drive the strategy and execution of Operational excellence within Stress Testing, that is aligned to the Finance Operations and GFP&A strategic pillars.
• Partner with Aspire Transformation to select and leverage tools & techniques, data and functional processes related to Stress Testing Execution.
• Standardise and embed the Stress Testing Target Operating Model and associated Service Level Agreements, across Group and Country.
• Innovate and automate to industrialise the Stress Testing process, to be faster, more robust and controlled.
Business
• Understand the current process state end to end with the aid of various tools and identity various improvement opportunities.
• Drive execution of identified improvement opportunities.
• Develop robust measures and metrics to effectively manage the Stress Testing Execution organisation.
• Develop and embed robust cost and headcount planning to drive Supply Management across both BAU and change activities.
• Support implementation of tools to contribute to organisation design, outcomes, and requirements.
Processes
• Lead the execution of all Group Stress Tests including the Bank of England Annual and Bi-Annual exercises, Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP), Recovery Plan Stress Test (RPST) and internal Management Stress Tests (MST).
• Lead the execution of Country Level Stress Tests for all onboarded countries including Singapore & Hong Kong.
• Responsible for Singapore Outsourcing Compliance for the Stress Testing GPO.
• Accountable for the execution of all OR Controls related to the Stress Testing processes.
• Define policies, procedures, and controls for the processes.
• Be a trusted advisor to the GPOs, FinOps MT and Global Finance partners and be able to support issues, communication, and influence outcomes.
People & Talent
• Lead the drive for up-tiering and up-skilling Finance to develop high performing teams for the future; inspire and engage people.
• Business leadership / defining and agreeing solutions to drive effectiveness and efficiency with Finance and Business / Front Office management.
• Support cross-Bank and finance talent development through thoughtful job design, selection of people managers and providing stretch opportunities for individuals to learn in role.
• Employ, engage, and retain high quality people, with succession planning for critical roles.
• Responsibility to review team structure/capacity plans.
• 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.
Risk Management
• Reinforce an effective and exemplary risk and control culture and further strengthen the control environment, ensure that specialist knowledge and skills are assigned to relevant needs.
• Act to minimize operational loss and audit failures and take proactive measures to respond to matters arising and identify and manage forward looking risks.
• Work with relevant teams to identify and mitigate identified operational risks in their areas.
• Through assignment of direct and indirect reports, establish and maintain an appropriate framework and procedures for monitoring, identifying, measuring, assessing, reporting, and managing compliance, regulatory, financial crime, operational and reputational risks.
Governance
• Reports directly to Global Process Owner, Stress Testing.
• Has membership of all major GPO ST, FinOps and GFP&A management forums.
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.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
• Global Process Owner, Stress Testing
• Global Head of Stress Testing
• Head of Planning & Delivery, Stress Testing
• Head of Models & Results, Stress Testing
• Aspire Programme Lead for Stress Testing
• Country Stress Testing Leads
• Risk Framework Owners & 2LoD
• Internal Audit
Other Responsibilities
• Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in Stress Testing Execution team.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
Our Ideal Candidate
• University educated.
• Experience in Stress Testing or Financial / Regulatory Reporting.
• Process optimisation mindset with experience designing and embedding a new Target Operating Model.
• Understanding of effective control frameworks, as well as experience managing engagement with 2LoD & 3LoD.
• Experience developing and managing a large team.
• Exceptional visualisation and storyboarding capabilities, with strong ability to translate complex information into impactful executive-ready presentations. 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.
Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.
Visit our careers website
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Head| Stress Testing Execution position is now open for candidates interested in the Bank Jobs sector. This role in Bangalore offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Bank Jobs is a plus.
