Senior Audit Manager - Functions in London

As a Senior Audit Manager - Functions at Standard Chartered, you will play an integral role within Internal Audit to enhance the Bank's governance, risk management, and control frameworks. Your work provides independent assurance by objectively assessing the effectiveness of the Bank's operations, controls, and compliance with regulatory standards. This role is central to driving informed decision-making by identifying risks and control gaps early, enabling timely escalation and mitigation to safeguard the Bank's financial health and reputation.

Working within a hybrid setup based in London, you'll contribute to fostering organisational resilience through delivering insightful audit findings and challenges that support sustainable risk management and uphold the highest level of governance and accountability standards. This position offers an excellent opportunity to influence change, collaborate with diverse stakeholders, and advance your career in a globally recognised financial institution focused on inclusive and principled banking practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver independent and comprehensive audit activities based on a robust, risk-based approach to strengthen trust in the Bank’s control environment.
• Identify and communicate control weaknesses, risks, and operational inefficiencies to help management bolster internal processes.
• Provide evidence-based challenge on key risk management and control strategies to ensure organisational accountability.
• Ensure audit insights are timely, pertinent, and support effective decision-making across business functions.
• Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of governance frameworks and risk control processes.
• Assess operational, financial, regulatory, technological, and conduct-related risks to enhance the control landscape.
• Prepare comprehensive reports highlighting emerging risks and governance concerns to senior management.
• Review remediation efforts to confirm the sustainability of risk mitigation initiatives.
• Maintain high standards through adherence to Internal Audit methodologies, professional standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure robust audit planning, execution, and documentation to support transparent and defensible audit outcomes.
• Employ analytical rigor and sound professional judgement to deliver credible and actionable audit conclusions.
• Lead continuous improvements in audit approaches and tools to increase efficiency and impact.

Skills and Experience

• Advanced data analytics skills to interpret complex datasets, detect anomalies, and generate actionable insights that inform audit scope and findings.
• Proficient application of emerging AI tools to augment audit processes such as research, pattern recognition, and synthesis, while exercising critical judgement.
• Strategic mindset to anticipate industry developments, systemic risks, and emerging regulatory challenges, proactively influencing audit priorities.
• Exceptional communication aptitude to engage constructively with stakeholders at all levels, navigate complex discussions, and clearly articulate audit evidence and recommendations.
• Resilience and adaptability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and maintain effectiveness amidst change and pressure.

Motivations

This role suits those driven by a passion for uncovering how complex organisations manage risk, keen to identify and facilitate improvements in governance and control practices. You’ll find motivation in analysing intricate information, forming balanced and objective conclusions that influence strategic risk decisions. A commitment to professional integrity and independent challenge is key, as is deriving satisfaction from fostering organisational resilience. You will thrive when working cross-functionally with diverse teams, building trusted working relationships and leading initiatives that enhance control frameworks.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience in auditing, risk assessment, compliance, or related functions within the financial services sector or similarly regulated environments.
• Proven track record in conducting control evaluations, testing processes, and producing assurance reports that identify improvements.
• Ability to synthesize information from diverse sources into coherent, evidence-based conclusions.
• Experienced in drafting clear, well-structured audit findings and communicating these effectively to stakeholders.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement to understand business activities and risk landscapes.
• Proficiency in Business English communication, both written and verbal.

About Standard Chartered

We’re a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world’s most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

What We Offer

Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies. 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 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.