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Job Summary

Vice President, Stress Testing is responsible for leading the delivery, governance, and strategic development of the Business Volumes and Margins (BVM) Stress Testing framework across the Group and legal entities. The role oversees the projection of balance sheet, income statement and related financial metrics under baseline and stress scenarios to support key regulatory exercises including ICAAP, Bank of England Stress Testing, Climate Risk Stress Testing, and other enterprise stress testing initiatives including Management Stress Tests.

The role partners closely with stakeholders across Finance, Risk, Treasury, Technology, and Country teams to deliver robust financial projections, assess the impact of stress scenarios on financial performance and capital adequacy, and provide management insights to support strategic decision-making. The incumbent is accountable for maintaining a strong control environment, driving process enhancements and automation, and ensuring compliance with internal governance standards and regulatory expectations.

As a people leader, the role is responsible for developing a high-performing team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, and ensuring the successful execution of Finance-owned stress testing deliverables across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory frameworks

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
• Support the development and execution of the Group's Stress Testing strategy across regulatory and internal stress testing exercises.
• Drive the evolution of stress testing methodologies,



governance frameworks, and operating models to meet changing regulatory expectations and business needs.
• Influence strategic decision-making by providing insights into balance sheet resilience, P&L; and financial performance under stress scenarios
• Lead transformation initiatives to improve efficiency, automation, scalability, and control effectiveness across stress testing processes
• Support the adoption of emerging stress testing capabilities including Climate Risk Stress Testing, Recovery & Resolution Planning, Management Stress Test and enhanced entity-level stress testing frameworks.

Business
• Lead the Balance Sheet and Income Projections for Group and Country stress testing exercises including ICAAP, Bank of England Stress Testing, Recovery Planning, Climate Risk Stress Testing, and management stress testing
• Provide robust balance sheet, Income projections under a range of stress scenarios in conjunction with Capital, Liquidity and Risk stress testing teams
• Partner with Finance, Risk, Treasury, and Country stakeholders to ensure stress testing outputs are credible, timely, and aligned with business strategy
• Deliver high-quality Stress testing results narrative and insights to support executive committees, Board forums, and regulatory submissions




• Act as a key representative for BVM Finance Stress Testing in governance forums, regulatory engagements, and cross-functional initiatives.

Processes
• Oversee the end-to-end stress testing lifecycle, including scenario interpretation, forecasting, review and challenge, management overlays, governance, and result submission.
• Ensure stress testing activities are executed in accordance with approved methodologies, policies, standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate stress testing processes across Group and Country exercises.
• Own the inventory, lifecycle management, and strategic roadmap for End User Computing (EUC) tools supporting Finance Stress Testing.
• Coordinate working groups, review forums, challenge sessions, and stakeholder sign-off processes throughout the stress testing cycle
People & talent
• Leading through example by upholding high standards of excellence, ethics & code of conduct, governance and risk awareness, and stakeholder partnership & collaboration.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of stress testing professionals to deliver quality stress test results and meet regulatory requirements.
• Create a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, innovation, and effective stakeholder partnership.
• Empower the team to take necessary actions/decision for effective execution of their roles
• Developing a high-quality team through effective and diversified hiring practices, transparent guidance and feedback, training & mentorship, conducting fair and transparent performance evaluations, and frequent staff upskilling

Risk management
• Maintain a comprehe

📌 VP - Stress Testing (Bengaluru)
🏢 Standard Chartered Bank
📍 Bengaluru