Key Responsibilities

The Risk Utility Checker is a control and quality assurance role within the SCM TPRM Centre of Excellence (CoE). This role will provide independent, consistent and high quality-checking of third-party risk assessments performed by the Contract Owners in the respective businesses and functions, ensuring that risk identification, assessment, documentation and approvals meet bank policy, regulatory expectations and enterprise risk standards. Note that the Risk Utility Checker does not own the contract risk or the business decision to engage a third party.

Strategy

Support the execution of the bank’s TPRM strategy by embedding a consistent, risk-based checking approach across all third party categories
Work closely with the TPRM Process Governance and Risk Support team to contribute to the evolution of the TPRM risk utility operating model, including standardisation, scalability and automation opportunities
Provide data-driven insights on systemic risk and control weaknesses to inform TPRM strategic priorities and investment decisions

Business





Enable businesses and functions to engage third parties safely, efficiently, and in line with the risk appetite
Act as a trusted risk partner to 1LOD business owners by providing timely, constructive challenge and transparent guidance

Processes

Execute standardised risk assessment checks across the contract lifecycle, through applying TPRM GPO and RFO-aligned checklists, consistently across regions and business units
Identify process inefficiencies, recurring issues, and control gaps in the risk assessment process
Support continuous improvement of TPRM workflows, templates and tooling in collaboration with process owners / RFOs

Risk Management

Perform independent quality checks on risk and control assessments, including risk artefacts and mitigation plans
Provide effective risk challenge where risk assessments are incomplete, inconsistent, or not aligned with policy or risk appetite
Escalate to the appropri

📌 Lead, TPRM Risk Reviewer (Chennai)
🏢 Standard Chartered India
📍 Chennai