Executive Director, Third Party Controls - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Standard Chartered

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Description

Job:
Audit, Accounting & Finance


Primary Location:
Asia-Malaysia-Bukit Jalil KL


Schedule:
Full-time


Employee Status:
Permanent


Posting Date: 12/Mar/2024, 1:00:45 AM


Unposting Date:
Ongoing


Role Responsibilities

Job Summary

  • As part of the global UK Audit and Corporate Governance (UK ACG) programme, the purpose of the role is to support the Global IT & Third Party Lead to oversee / successfully complete the work in relation to Third Party controls for outsourced IT systems &/ or services. This includes the strategic design, workstream plans, design of testing procedures, performing SOX testing for inscope third parties, and review / agreement of findings (including QA review and challenge) to drive subsequent remediation activities where required.
  • With the everevolving UK ACG reform, there is significant transformation required across the business and technology environment to uplift existing controls or mitigate / remediate control gaps this role will be instrumental in addressing the uplifts / control gap remediation in relation to third parties, particularly in relation to material components contributing to financial disclosures
  • Supporting the Global IT & Third Party Lead to successfully deliver the related workstreams under the SOX programme
  • Globally Lead the Third Party Controls testing stream of work and testing team to achieve the streams objectives and metrics in a timely fashion
  • Support the design and implementation of a successful BAU operating model for testing on third party controls based on industry best practice.
  • This work will involve extensive stakeholder liaison and engagement across KPMG (external advisors), Group, Businesses & Functions, including TTO risk and control teams, third party information security teams, contract managers and supply chain management.
  • Once the project delivery has been completed there will be ongoing work to embed the setup in BAU and ensure controls are updated and refreshed annually, particularly where legacy IT systems have been replaced.
  • Support the Global IT & Third Party Lead in preparing status updates, drafting committee papers and the provision of supporting artefacts for technology oversight committee meetings &/or dissemination to senior stakeholders and communicating the results of scoping and risk assessment to the Board
  • Facilitates communication and information sharing across teams and senior stakeholders to ensure alignment across stakeholder groups in and outside of the programme.
  • To support the UK ACG transformation agenda the Executive Director for Third Party Controls will also provide thought leadership to continuously improve the control posture of the overall third party landscape.

Responsibilities

Strategy

  • Strategic Mindset: Work with the Global IT & Third Party Lead to design the strategic approach and direction for the Third Party Controls SOX testing test
  • Strategise &

Thought Leadership:
Enabling thought leadership on global third party SOX control testing.


  • Thought Leadership: Design the detailed Third Party ITAC control testing sprint plan(s); prepare and manage workstream project plans (including key dependencies, timeline and resource requirements) and associated materials including the Third Party Controls Testing formal "Strategy & Approach" document
  • Responsible for execution of the Control Testing activities including the scope and coverage of reviews/ test scripts, taking into account any existing relevant test artefacts, and ensuring accurate and complete test outcome documentation
  • Coordination activities across the Third Party control testing team and liaise with other related stakeholders as required during the planning and scheduling of reviews ensuring test plans are aligned with programme timelines and requirements.
  • Extensive stakeholder liaison required: Work closely with the TTO, Group, Business and Functions teams associated with the inscope third parties to investigate any existing external certifications already gathered and coordinate with their Third (& where applicable fourth) Parties to complete the SOX testing reviews
  • Assist Global IT & Third Party Lead to formulate the roadmap, develop, socialise and agree a robust ongoing BAU SOX Third Party Control testing model and Target Operating Model based on industry best practice
  • Manage and track Third Party IT control programme requirements relating to the process and controls workstream.
  • Risk Management: Responsible for managing and resolving outputs arising from the KPMG QA review of the Third Party controls testing review
  • An advocate of process reengineering and control testing automation techniques

Business

  • Manage relationships with relevant stakeholders on related projects, collaborating closely.
  • Work closely with impacted businesses and functions to solve issues and spot opportunities as they arise
  • Provide advisory to the business with regards to their th
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