Benefits Lead, South Asia & GBS (Chennai/ Bangalore)

The Benefits Lead will be responsible for managing and executing the Bank’s pensions and benefits strategy for their respective region/entity coverage. This role involves working closely with Reward colleagues and local management teams to ensure that the Bank’s benefits programs align with our goal of being an employer of choice and adhere to all regulatory requirements and group policies.

Strategy

• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) in all areas of employee benefits, including, but not limited to (a) Insurable Benefits, (b) Leave, (c) Cars, (d) Benefit Allowances, (e) Long Service Awards.
• Maintain an in-depth knowledge of benefit offerings and stay abreast of new trends and developments in benefit design and governance across your coverage.
• Provide strategic advisory to stakeholders in the design, implementation, and maintenance of benefit offerings, ensuring mutually beneficial outcomes that align with organizational objectives.
• Oversee all benefits provided by the Group, including significant changes to terms and providers, ensuring compliance with the Group Pensions and Benefits Standard.
• Manage the support of consultants and third parties where required, including consideration and integration of technology aspects to ensure successful implementation and delivery of benefits.
• Develop, implement, and maintain effective two-way benefits communication strategies. This includes developing surveys to gauge employee preferences and satisfaction with benefit offerings, and structuring communications to maximize understanding and appreciation of benefits.
• Provide strategic input for integrating benefits strategies with other aspects of the Bank’s people strategy, including wellbeing, employee value proposition, performance, reward and benefits, sustainable engagement, and business performance.
• Manage key global policies, including contract management and periodic review, with support from the Benefits Operations team.
• Lead and manage benefits projects and areas of specialisation as agreed and assigned within the team.

Processes

Risk Management and Governance

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;
• Display the Bank's Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Operation of Financial Markets; Financial Crime Prevention; The Right Environment;
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• Global Heads, Performance, Reward & Benefit (PRB)
• Head, PRB Group Processes
• Head, Benefits
• Head, Pensions and Reward Analytics
• Head, Wellbeing
• Rewards and HR Service Delivery colleagues in regions/countries
• Benefits Leads/Managers
• Benefits Operations team

• Benefits Programs
• Data Gathering and Analysis
• Effective Communications
• HR: Policies, Standards and Procedures
• Human Resources Consulting
• Operational Risk
  

• EDUCATION Bachelor’s degree in business / statistics / actuarial science / public health / HR or related field
• LANGUAGES English. Any additional language proficiency relevant to region/entity coverage considered a plus.
  

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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.