Job Description

Role Responsibilities

Key Roles & Responsibilities

• Drive the High-Risk Client Unit (Sanctions & AML) strategy through the implementation of both tactical and strategic projects including system enhancements and key process initiatives.
• Proactively assist the High-risk clients Unit (Sanctions & AML) programme team and the regional/country Act teams to ensure implementation of appropriate projects and initiatives
• Working closely with the FCC & FCSO Projects teams to ensure alignment between key FCC systems (e.g., case management) and processes
• Manage, track progress of project plans on behalf of Group HRCU Programmed team to demonstrate milestones, timelines and benefits.
• Schedule and run the Sanctions Change Control Board ensuring that Sanctions related projects and risks are managed correctly.
• Host/lead BAU working groups (Sanctions Act Working Group) to ensure that HRCU Projects and BAU activities are continuously being improved
• Drive improvement in the end-to-end efficiency of the AAA process by improving systems, DOIs and guidance notes for both Sanctions Act, FCC Act and the AA processes
• Drive improvement in the efficiency between the HRCU teams and processes
• Attend global HRCU forums including CFCC QPR, Sanctions PgSC, Sanctions Programme Working Group, to provide updates on projects and initiatives
• Track project issues and follow up with accountable personnel on timely resolution.
• Proactively ensure all HRCU Programme and project governance is implemented, and the MT is provided regular updates on progress and challenges.
• Ensure new processes that impact the HRCU process are in line with the Sanctions & AML policy and the banks strategic strategy
• Highlight risks to projects on a proactive basis.
• Ensure relevant, timely and accurate HRCU project updates are provided to all applicable Sanctions & AML governance and FCC forums
• Timely closure of actions from the project book of work
• Ensure Sanctions Compliance Programme Governance is implemented and adhered to
• Collaborate with Regional Sanctions teams, i3, GPSCU, , FCSO and other project teams.

Qualifications & Skills

• The candidate should have a fair understanding of Anti Money Laundering, Financial Crime and Sanctions.
• The candidate should have worked in Sanctions (Name Screening or Transaction Screening) investigations.
• Should hold experience in Project Management and possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a matrix organisation, leveraging resources across the organisation to complete deliverables
• Experience of proactively engaging stakeholders across multiple countries/businesses/functions.
• Personal authority with proven ability to establish relationships and provide strong direction at the most senior levels in the HRCU wider teams
• High standards of professional integrity
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven communication and influencing skills, with the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing at all levels
• Experience in working on regulatory project and engagements would be beneficial
• Project management certification would be beneficial (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, SCRUM Master, CSPO)

Responsibilities*

Strategy*

Drive the High-Risk Client Unit (Sanctions & AML) strategy through the implementation of both tactical and strategic projects including system enhancements and key process initiatives. Proactively assist the High-risk clients Unit (Sanctions & AML) programme team and the regional/country Act teams to ensure implementation of appropriate projects and initiatives. Working closely with the FCC & FCSO Projects teams to ensure alignment between key FCC systems (e.g., case management) and processes. Manage, track progress of project plans on behalf of Group HRCU Programmed team to demonstrate milestones, timelines and benefits.

Business*

Schedule and run the Sanctions Change Control Board ensuring that Sanctions related projects and risks are managed correctly. Host/lead BAU working groups (Sanctions Act Working Group) to ensure that HRCU Projects and BAU activities are continuously being improved. Drive improvement in the end-to-end efficiency of the AAA process by improving systems, DOIs and guidance notes for both Sanctions Act, FCC Act and the AA processes. Drive improvement in the efficiency between the HRCU teams and processes. Attend global HRCU forums including CFCC QPR, Sanctions PgSC, Sanctions Programme Working Group, to provide updates on projects and initiatives. Track project issues and follow up with accountable personnel on timely resolution.

Processes*

Proactively ensure all HRCU Programme and project governance is implemented, and the MT is provided regular updates on progress and challenges. Ensure new processes that impact the HRCU process are in line with the Sanctions & AML policy and the banks strategic strategy. Highlight risks to projects on a proactive basis.

People & Talent *

Ensure that the HRCU team members act collaboratively and openly with teams across the business and FCC

Risk Management*

Manage Change Control Board and other working groups. Identify and mitigate relevant project risks within HRCU Programme and other relevant CFCC projects/ programme. Provide feedback (to internal forums) on Group Sanctions Compliance Programme team & HRCU projects and initiatives.

Governance *

Ensure relevant, timely and accurate HRCU project updates are provided to all applicable Sanctions & AML governance and FCC forums. Timely closure of actions from the project book of work. Ensure Sanctions Compliance Programme Governance is implemented and adhered to. Collaborate with Regional Sanctions teams, i3, GPSCU, FCSO and other project teams.

Regulatory & Business Conduct *

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the

. * 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.

• Lead the [country] to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] *
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders*

• HRCU Programme team
• Regional Sanctions Team
• Group Sanctions Specialist team
• HRCU Teams (i3, GPSCU & C4)
• FCC Act GPO team
• Financial Crime Surveillance Operations
• Technology Team
• Group Internal Audit and 2LOD Assurance
• Regional FCC

Our Ideal Candidate

\xc2\xb7The candidate should have a fair understanding of Anti Money Laundering, Financial Crime and Sanctions.

• The candidate should have worked in Sanctions (Name Screening or Transaction Screening) investigations.
• Should hold experience in Project Management and possess excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in a matrix organisation, leveraging resources across the organisation to complete deliverables
• Experience of proactively engaging stakeholders across multiple countries/businesses/functions.
• Personal authority with proven ability to establish relationships and provide strong direction at the most senior levels in the HRCU wider teams
• High standards of professional integrity
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proven communication and influencing skills, with the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing at all levels
• Experience in working on regulatory project and engagements would be beneficial
• Project management certification would be beneficial (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, SCRUM Master)

ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES AND PROFICIENCY LEVELS*

• Change Management Advanced
• Risk Management Core
• Understand AML & Sanctions risks
• Understand technology / system change management
• Presentation and Analytical skills
• Manage stakeholders

About Standard Chartered

We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
• Be 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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with 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.
• Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you\'ve applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

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