Standard Chartered India | Director, Financial Crime Assurance (ABC/Fraud) (Bangalore, Malaysia, Poland, Guangzhou)

Responsibilities

• This role could be based in Bangalore, Malaysia, Poland or Guangzhou.
• When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.
• The primary role of Assurance is to provide a risk-based independent view to Senior Management in the business/functions, Second Line and the Board as to the effectiveness of the bank’s policies, processes, systems and controls.
• Support the Head of FC Assurance in delivering a strategy for risk-based and data-enabled assurance coverage across CFCR Assurance, aligned to the Bank’s risk profile, regulatory expectations and internal commitments.
• Support the agenda to drive a collaborative risk and control ecosystem across the three Lines of Defence, including effective reliance and remediation tracking.
• Support the agenda to drive a culture of continuous improvement in assurance delivery, including consistent methodology application, strong documentation and evidence standards, and timely reporting and escalation.
• Provide oversight of the assurance book of work to ensure alignment to Bank’s Financial Crime Assurance priorities.
• Maintain a strong quality culture across planning, fieldwork, reporting and issue validation.
• Maintain strong awareness of FC Assurance regulatory expectations, internal policies/standards, and leading practices in risk management, control testing and assurance.
• Work closely with teams across the three Lines of Defence, building good working relationships and engaging with 1LoD testing teams and Risk owners.
• Support the delivery of a dynamic plan that focuses assurance activity on areas of highest risk and greatest potential impact, including thematic work across geographies where appropriate.
• Communicate issues and testing insights clearly to senior stakeholders as required, including through concise reporting, escalation and remediation validation.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country/Market, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
• Conduct internal investigation in rare circumstances where the both the Shared Investigative Services team and Compliance Speaking-up team are both implicated in an investigation.
• Execute director responsibilities to entities where appointed as a Director, to ensure effective oversight and governance in line with local laws and the Group’s polices and risk frameworks.
• Follow the Group’s policies and standards, including how we carry out assurance work, track issues, and keep documentation clear and consistent.
• Retesting of controls to support the assessment on both design and operating effectiveness across key processes

Requirements

• Proficiency in Tech, AI/ Automation.
• Strong assurance, risk and control testing, regulatory inspection or audit experience in Risk, Compliance and Financial Crime within a banking environment.
• Experience interpreting regulatory rules applicable with Financial Crimes lens.
• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) Preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of banking and investment product across client segments.
• Previous audit or assurance experience with minimum of 5 years.
• Substantial experience in the banking industry, including demonstrated success in a similar roles, including across a range of risk areas.
• Experience in leading transformations in risk and control testing/audit/assurance.
• Experience in optimising processes, including via the use of technology.
• Strong leadership qualities, excellent interpersonal skills and personal authority based on trusted relationships.
• Experienced in building leading and motivating teams.
• Excellent communicator, effective leader and manager of complex, highly matrixed organizations and the ability to explain complex risk terms in business language.
• Ability to collaborate and work dynamically across country, region, business, and group stakeholders.
• Strong drive, high levels of integrity, independence, and enthusiasm.
• Strong expertise in data analytics, AI, automation, and technology risk management in banking.
• Strong presentation skills and the overall knowledge, sound judgement and courage of conviction.
• Experience leading and performing ABC/Fraud reviews

Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered is an international banking group headquartered in London, with a strong focus on Asia, Africa and the Middle East. It was formed in 1969 through the merger of Standard Bank and The Chartered Bank.

Its Indian global business services centres hire finance professionals for financial control, stress testing, regulatory reporting, tax and risk roles.

• Industry: Banking and financial services
• Headquarters: London, UK
• In India: Present in India for over 150 years, with global business services centres in Bengaluru and Chennai