GEO, Governance Effectiveness Analyst

We are building a new enterprise wide capability — the Governance Enablement Office (GEO) — to radically modernise how Standard Chartered governs itself.

This role strengthens the Bank’s governance backbone by analysing governance structures, maintaining registry accuracy, running effectiveness reviews and supporting simplification outcomes.

The Analyst also embeds meeting‑hygiene standards through coaching and frontline support to Chairs/Secretaries.

You will deliver evidence that drives rationalisation, escalation clarity and governance discipline.

Registry Maintenance & Quality Assurance

Maintain accurate classification, lifecycle, TOR metadata and ownership fields.

Conduct completeness/quality checks; manage corrections and updates.

Structural Diagnostics

Identify duplicative forums, overlaps and escalation gaps.
Provide structural recommendations (removals, merges, redesigns).

Governance Effectiveness Measurement
Analyse effectiveness metrics (decision ratios, cycle times, pack length, meeting cadence).
Highlight behavioural patterns requiring escalation or correction.

Meeting Hygiene Support
Coach Chairs/Secretaries on using GEO templates and standards.
Promote agenda discipline, clarity of ask, decision orientation and follow up rigour.

Rationalisation Support
Support pathfinder deep dives, documentation, quantitative impact analysis.
Track simplification outcomes and benefits.

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.

Success Measures (KPIs)
•    Registry data accuracy and timeliness.
•    Number/impact of simplification actions.
•    Improvements in decision quality and meeting hygiene.
•    Reduction of duplicative or obsolete forums.

Key Stakeholders
•    Simplification & Oversight Lead
•    Reporting & Insights Lead
•    Process Optimisation Lead
•    Governance Leads
•    Forum Chairs/Secretaries / COO Teams

Other Responsibilities
•    Embed Here for Good and Group’s brand and values in the team.
•    Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Qualification:

•    4–8 years in governance, operational risk, COO analytics or process improvement.
•    Experience analysing meeting/committee structures is advantageous.
•    Strong analytical and facilitation skills.

• Governance Experience: Governance meeting packs, Templates, coordinated with Secretaries and Co-Secretaries on Governance Meetings, Risk Business/Function & preparing packs and Reports
• Data Accuracy: Support governance committees and council meetings, including managing agendas and tracking actions.  Previous experience in risk management, internal audit, corporate compliance, or data governance. Proficient in data analysis, reporting tools (e.g., SQL, Excel, PowerPoint), and dashboarding tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI).
• Exposure to ERMF: Standards, Policies and other Risk Business aspects. Documentation & Record Keeping, Good communication skills and Business exposure of any of the Business or Function in SCB/Other Financial institutions.
• Soft Skills: Strong written and verbal communication, critical thinking, attention to detail, and ability to work with senior stakeholders
• Exposure in below roles
  Governance Reporting Analyst
  Governance and Oversight Analyst
  Reporting Governance Specialist
  OTCR Risk Reporting

•    Dashboarding & reporting frameworks
•    Business Data Model execution
•    Data quality, lineage, validation
•    Storytelling & visualisation
•    Workflow/data automation 

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 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
• Are 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 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 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.