GEO, Governance Effectiveness Analyst

Job Summary

•    The Governance Effectiveness Analyst supports the delivery of effective committee governance and governance improvement initiatives across the organization. Working closely with governance leads, business stakeholders, and risk partners, the analyst will assist in enhancing governance practices, improving committee effectiveness, and promoting adherence to governance frameworks, policies, and standards.
•    This role provides an opportunity to develop expertise in committee governance, stakeholder management, risk governance, and governance consulting while supporting strategic governance initiatives and continuous improvement activities.

Key Responsibilities

Committee Governance Support
•    Support the planning, coordination, and governance activities of committees, forums, and working groups.
•    Assist in reviewing governance processes, committee structures, and governance documentation to identify improvement opportunities.
•    Contribute to governance simplification and optimization initiatives.
•    Assist in maintaining governance documentation, templates, guidance materials, and committee records.
Stakeholder Engagement
•    Build effective working relationships with business, function, risk, and governance stakeholders.
•    Coordinate with committee secretariats, forum stakeholders, and subject matter experts to support governance activities.
•    Facilitate information gathering and follow-up on governance actions and deliverables.
•    Support stakeholder communications and preparation of governance updates and presentations.
Governance Frameworks, Policies & Risk Management
•    Develop an understanding of governance frameworks, risk management principles, policies, standards, and controls.
•    Support governance reviews to ensure compliance with internal governance requirements.
•    Assist in identifying governance process gaps and improvement opportunities.
•    Work with Risk, Compliance, and Governance teams to support governance oversight activities.
•    Help monitor governance actions and escalation items for committee reporting.

Governance Reporting & Analysis
•    Collect, analyze, and interpret governance data to provide insights and reporting.
•    Maintaining governance registry accuracy, taxonomy, ownership and lifecycle data. 
•    Assist in preparing governance dashboards, management information, and committee effectiveness reports.
•    Support tracking of governance actions, decisions, and committee outcomes.
•    Identify trends and opportunities to improve governance processes and reporting quality.

Continuous Improvement & Governance Excellence
•    Support governance enhancement initiatives and governance operating model improvements.
•    Contribute to the development of governance standards, procedures, and best practices.
•    Assist with implementation of governance-related transformation and change initiatives.
•    Promote consistency and adherence to governance standards across committees and forums. 

Skills and Experience

Must-have Skills
•    Risk Management
•    Consulting Support
•    Committee Governance
Other Skills    
•    Stakeholder Management
•    Reporting Skills
•    MS Excel

Qualifications

Key Experiences    

Essentials
•    Experience in Governance, Risk, Secretariat, Consulting Support, or related disciplines.
•    Understanding of governance principles, committee governance, and corporate governance practices.
•    Basic knowledge of risk management frameworks, policies, standards, and controls.
•    Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
•    Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.
•    Excellent communication and presentation skills.
•    Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a structured environment.
•    Proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and reporting tools.
Preferred

•    Experience within Banking, Financial Services, Risk, Compliance, Audit, or Governance functions.
•    Exposure to governance reviews, committee management, or governance transformation initiatives.
•    Experience preparing governance reporting, dashboards, or management information.
•    Familiarity with governance technologies and workflow tools.
•    Prior exposure or direct experience in consulting or background working in an internal advisory role

Success Measures
•    Timely and accurate support of committee governance activities.
•    Strong stakeholder engagement and responsiveness.
•    Quality governance reporting and management information.
•    Increased adherence to governance standards and processes.
•    Contribution to governance simplification and effectiveness initiatives.
•    Effective tracking and closure of governance actions and outcomes.
Certifications / Qualifications (only where mandatory): Any Bachelor’s or relevant qualification
Languages: English

About Standard Chartered

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

What we offer

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.