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Job Title: Client Delivery Specialist
 
Job ID: 2200024667
Location: Nigeria
Schedule: Full-time
Job: Operations
Employee Status: Permanent

Job Summary

• Perform end-to-end orchestration across all processes and services managed by IMO
• Engage clients throughout process, ensuring seamless delivery and client experience
• Own and drive execution of processes, working closely with stakeholders and the value chain to deliver excellent client service, getting clients to the point of ready-to-transact as quickly as possible, across both simple and complex cases.
• Adheres to first-time-right principles
• Provide insight and suggestions to improving processes, identifying opportunities to streamline and automate. Looks at ways to promote standard work and best practices.
• Undertake ad-hoc duties and when delegated by Line Manager and Country Head of IMO

Enablement (Account Opening and Channels)

• Perform relevant account opening activities, working closely with the relevant onshore and Hub teams to deliver fast set-up of all relevant systems
• Deliver excellent service and advice to our Corporate (Corporate & Institutional Banking), Commercial Banking, and Business Banking (BB) clients in all interactions for their Straight2Bank channel activation pre-transactional enquiries/setup, training, and other channel related issues
• Accept and arrange processing of various channels (Straight2Bank) and related products and services setup requests for Corporate Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB) and Business Banking (BB) clients; including internal setups e.g. for Client Access, Transaction Banking (TB) implementation testing setups, various internal operations unit’s setups relevant to channels activation
• Conduct checks on activities, documentation, and output (by other specialists or makers) within the account opening and channels activation processes as applicable
• Escalate or enforce compliance requirements, and follow any other relevant internal controls and procedures as they relate to process, products, policies and regulations

Responsibilities
Strategy:
Targeted Improvements:

• Act as a service partner, work together with RMs, Product Sales, Operations and other key internal stakeholders to solve client channel issues and identify opportunities to improve overall service for the clients
• Ensure uniform approach towards implementation of Global IMO Model and adherence to DOIs
• Deliver excellent service against agreed service standards, delivery standards, and minimal error rates as appropriate

Automation and Streamlining:

• Drive continuous improvement of the operational efficiency and effectiveness of processes to increase the consistency of systems and processes

Business:

• Provide quality support and advice to Relationship Managers (RM’s) within all lending units located in Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria on all documentation related matters, including the origination of documentation for customers where required
• To deliver excellent service and advice to our Corporate (Corporate & Institutional Banking) & Commercial Banking clients in all interactions for their channel activation pre-transactional enquiries/setup, trainings and other channel related issues

Processes:
General:

• Perform end-to-end orchestration across all processes and services managed by IMO
• Engage clients throughout process, ensuring seamless delivery and client experience
• Own and drive execution of processes, working closely with stakeholders and the value chain to deliver excellent client service, getting clients to the point of ready-to-transact as quickly as possible, across both simple and complex cases.
• Adheres to first-time-right principles
• Provide insight and suggestions to improving processes, identifying opportunities to streamline and automate. Looks at ways to promote standard work and best practices.
• Undertake ad-hoc duties and when delegated by Line Manager and Country Head of IMO

Client Due Diligence (CDD) and Regulatory Onboarding:

• Perform all relevant onboarding processes
• Creation of CDD for New Clients & Review of CDD for Existing Clients and perform regulatory onboarding (e.g. FATCA, CRS) activities
• Work in partnership with all relevant stakeholders effectively within the end-to-end CDD process
• Where serving as a checker, perform checks on CDD output from Client Delivery Makers, ensuring they adhere to policies and standard work
• Escalate or enforce compliance requirements, and follow any other relevant internal controls and procedures as they relate to process, products, policies and regulations
• Drive GIC and network onboarding processes
• Conduct checks on CDD as applicable
• Respond and clear queries from Checkers / Other Specialists / Business CRM on a timely manner

Credit Documentation:

• Perform credit documentation activities for the deals flowing from Corporate & Institutional Banking (“CIB”), Commercial Banking (“CB”) and Business Banking (“BB”)
• Conduct checks on Credit Documentation output as applicable
• Ensure that the data sources used for the extraction of the return is correct
• Identify processing risks or inefficiencies and implement appropriate and effective changes

Enablement (Account Opening and Channels):

• Perform relevant account opening activities, working closely with the relevant onshore and Hub teams to deliver fast set-up of all relevant systems
• Deliver excellent service and advice to our Corporate (Corporate & Institutional Banking), Commercial Banking, and Business Banking (BB) clients in all interactions for their Straight2Bank channel activation pre-transactional enquiries/setup, training, and other channel related issues
• Conduct checks on activities, documentation, and output (by other specialists or makers) within the account opening and channels activation processes as applicable
• Escalate or enforce compliance requirements, and follow any other relevant internal controls and procedures as they relate to process, products, policies and regulations
• Accept and arrange processing of various channels (Straight2Bank) and related products and services setup requests for Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB), Commercial Banking (CB) and Business Banking (BB) clients; including internal setups e.g. for Client Access, Transaction Banking (TB) implementation testing setups, various internal operations unit’s setups relevant to channels activation

Servicing (Static Data Maintenance, Offboarding):

• Perform relevant static data maintenance and offboarding activities including raising of SDM and offboarding requests in the system

People & Talent:

• Provide effective orientation /guidance to new joiners on the bank’s policies/procedures/processes to ensure their successful assimilation into the team and the bank
• Develop and implement a personal learning plan with team manager, to attain necessary competencies
• Successfully complete milestones as laid out in implemented personal learning plan.

Risk Management:

• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role remit
• Comply with applicable Money Laundering Prevention Procedures and report any suspicious activity to the operational risk team and Line Manager
• Report any deviation (if any) to appropriate authorities and obtain proper dispensations
• Proactively manage risks and establish/monitor controls to improve the overall state of the risk management and operating framework.
• Ensure a clear and uniform approach towards implementation of the global operating model for all IMO-related processes, and adherence to DOIs

Governance:

• Ensure strong due diligence on document safekeeping and data confidentiality
• Ensure correctness of documentation prior to any dispensation from the Bank
• Ensure compliance with the internal policies and credit policies, external policies, regulatory and statutory requirements
• Undertake periodic self-assessment on key controls to assess the proper functioning and adequacy of existing controls
• Highlight significant issues/errors to team leader.

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.
• Achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Financial Crime Prevention; The Right Environment.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key Stakeholders:

• Country IMO Head, Client Delivery Managers and other Specialists, Makers and Checkers
• Control Governance Managers and Specialists
• GBO Hub teams and In-country CET teams
• Business CRM
• Business Operational Risk Manager
• Transaction Banking (Trade, Security Services, and Cash Management) Implementation Managers
• Client Documentation and Control
• Credit Documentation CoE
• Account Opening Teams
• Front Office (RMs, CMs, CCMs)
• Lending Documentation Unit
• Commodities Transaction Management Unit

Other Responsibilities:

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Integrated Middle Office (IMO)
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats).

Our Ideal Candidate

• Strong ability to positively influence stakeholders across value chain to both orchestrate and execute on processes and deliver exceptional client service and experience
• Strong drive to deliver
• Has a clear understanding of the client needs being serviced
• Ability to work independently without direct supervision and able to cope with pressures from tight deadlines
• A team player with good interpersonal skills
• Ability to positively engage and build rapport with clients
• Strong writing and presenting skills in English
• Problem solver; looks for solutions and finds ways to progress despite blockages

 

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply

Application Deadline  19th September, 2022 at 11:59:00 PM.

Job Title: Associate Manager, Credit Initiation Approver

Job ID: 2200026211
Location: 

Nigeria
Schedule: Full-time
Job: Risk
Employee Status: Permanent

Role Responsibilities
Strategy:

• Appraise and contribute to the development of the Bank’s strategic plans.
• E2E ownership of the client onboarding journey to drive credit quality, client experience and operational efficiency.
• Effectively deliver the strategic initiatives on digital onboarding and embedding new technologies for auto credit decision and faster TAT. Embed principles of Right Shoring.
• Build a Centre of Excellence to support the shifting of risk management to the frontline.
• Support to strengthen the Organisation’s risk culture and accountability and help reinforce the defence line up.
• Represent the underwriting function in relevant country committees and management forums.
• Support to enhance Priority, Affluent and Private business as best in class CVP and Support to deliver Signature Client Journeys
• Support Personal Banking agenda with Digital led model.
• Embed innovation, digitisation and New ways of working by defining and actioning future state operating model.

Business:

• Provide Group information, best practice and expertise and apply the same business strategy and operate the risk management system;
• Communicate to the Business the strategic intent and collective agenda for the Function;
• Maintain and develop underwriting and operations capabilities and skills to meet ongoing business needs and plans – awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates.

Processes:

• Lead the efforts to develop, deploy and optimize country credit initiation strategy and processes.
• Adhere to Global Cap Plan and MIS + Policy governance framework
• Good understanding of Credit Policy and Fraud Process Standards. Understanding of implementation of Credit Decision Engines, Scorecards and tools for credit underwriting
• Run day-to-day underwriting and operations. This requires keeping track of performance metrics, taking corrective actions, analysing bottlenecks and implementing solutions that bring process performance to the next level. Examples of critical success metrics would be improving TAT, reducing the % of portfolio in late repayment, etc.
• Identify and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) to support the Approval quality and daily operations. Awareness of TTD Quality, score band shifts and linking evolving trends to credit operations approach and training.
• Cross functional experience in Risk – Collections / Fraud / Credit Policy preferred
• Cross product underwriting experience – Business Banking,Mortgage, Credit Cards,Personal Loans etc.
• Ensure effective management of operational risks and compliance with applicable internal policies, and external laws and regulations. Identify and report all weaknesses inherent in the standard controls .
• Leads the development of the design, management and adherence of key operating controls and levers that improve end to end decisioning efficiency and customer experience.eg:Workflows ,EUC
• To ensure Approval of Applications as per policies in DOI and Bulletins and supporting in achieving  a superior End to End TAT.
• Work with  Business Partners, Product Partners and Risk team members to optimize Strategy and Processes
• Establish initiatives and plans to improve performance.
• Improve Approval quality and productivity
• Operational Excellence Rework reduction / TAT reduction
• Early Deliqnuency Reviews and feedback to policy teams.
• Service Reviews embedded with KPIs , KRIs and KCIs .
• SLA adherence
• Ability to review and work with CCH and stakeholders to eliminate pain points in relevant processes
• Monthly meeting With Country Credit Head , Policy and process control unit to discuss deliquent cases , Risk Decision Framework and Approval Rate Reviews.
• Responsible for managing vendors supporting the onboarding activites including those that are outsorced.

Risk Management:

• Support Country Credit Head to uphold the integrity of risk/return decisions, by challenging business and control function heads to demonstrate that risk origination and control decisions are properly informed and consistent with strategy and risk appetite.
• Support the CCH and CRO to shift the risk management to the frontline which in turn strengthening   the organisation’s risk culture and accountability and reinforce the defence line up.
• Capability to analyse and accept employment, Income, scorecard, application/behaviour scores, valuation risk ratings outside of policy (within CAD guidelines)
• To comply with the bank’s requirements of AML, CDD and all policies related to the group reputation risk.
• Relevant DOI/Bulletins/CCPMs are checked before processing and/or approving a request, in case of any exception the same is pended/rejected and reported.

Governance:

• Maintain a good understanding of the requirements relevant to the role and ensure that these are well understood reflected in internal procedures.
• Support the Risk owners to ensure business heads and all risk control owners understand and accept their risk management responsibilities.
• In the event of regulatory breaches, policy breaches or where credit appetite have been breached, ensure senior management are informed and that actions are taken quickly to remediate.
• Identifying and reporting all exceptions on non-compliance with standard controls
• Service level are to be checked and monitored and ensure there is no breach.
• Participate and contribute in relevant Country governance forums and committees.

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:
Internal:

• Country Head of CPBB
• Country Head Onboarding
• Country Credit Head
• Country Head of Policy
• GBS /Country teams depending whether role is in country or GBS.  
• Outsourcing arrangements.

External:

• Regulators and Central Banks
• External auditors.

Our Ideal Candidate 

• CA or a Master’s Degree in Business Administration in either of Finance, Business, Economics, Mathematics / Statistics is preferred.
• At least 15 years of banking experience, with bulk of it being in the Credit Risk Management domain. Minimum 10 years of underwriting / Risk policy experience for Big Markets   
• Team Management Experience
• Experience in holding Delegated Lending Authorities and Approving High ticket Loans.
• Qualified in Certifications, CLSB (Omega Learning) , CSA (Omega/Moody’s) or equivalent
• Understanding of the full credit lifecycle including acquisition, fraud, account management, collections and recoveries
• Good understanding of the key drivers of Asset products financials and the underlying consumer behaviours that drive those financials
• Numerically savvy, able to work with data, perform analysis and communicate results.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving abilities
• Able to manage incidents, including liaising with IT and stakeholders to ensure smooth resolution, design and implement system changes
• Experienced in performance management. Capable of understanding process shortcomings and set up key performance indicators to measure improvements
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to connect with customers, direct reports and Management teams.
• Familiar with regulations and must possess sound market and industry knowledge.

Application Closing Date
19th September, 2022 (11:59:00 PM).

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online