Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Assist the China CMLCO, to implement the vision, strategy and direction for China CFCC team, in support of the Group FCC’s strategic direction and growth aspirations, and in compliance with priorities as stated by the Regional Head of FCC, and the China Country Head of FCC.

Business
•    Support relevant stakeholders in the business to make decisions based on current and possible future policies and practices, as well as on financial crime trends.

Processes
•    Provide subject matter expertise regarding financial crime investigation and intelligence, drawing on law enforcement and other professional networks, and professional qualifications and experience.
•    Continuous monitoring of the internal and external environment through various sources, including the media, to identify financial crime risks that may potentially impact the Bank. Map and assess those risks, quantify the potential impact and escalate, as necessary.
•    Undertake complex investigation and intelligence projects using internal and external sources and resources (to include business, operations, compliance, open source web searches, local and international regulatory and advisory bodies) to produce strategic and tactical investigation and intelligence products.
•    Execute key deliverables designated by the China CMLCO
•    Work with key stakeholders to generate proactive projects in which large internal datasets (including client static data and transactions) are analysed to identify financial crime risk through patterns, trends and typologies, and mitigate such risks.
•    Create and support specialized intelligence assessments and analysis of clients and products through examination of transactions, Production Orders, subpoenas, warrants and other internal datasets, information and/or intelligence.
•    Assist to oversee the process of filing of i3-generated STR/SARs, in conjunction with the China Country Controls Team (e.g. by use the the China SAR Tracker).
•    Provide advice to relevant stakeholders relating to financial crime, and compliance with Group standards. 
•    Identify, initiate, participate and play a leading role in external industry financial crime forums and working groups as a representative of the Bank.

People & Talent 
•    Lead Group-led investigations in China. Track significant case events and present to senior FCC management in China the issues, actions, solutions, and progress to mitigate the risk.   
•    Work collaboratively with Group and  regional CFCC stakeholders, as well as China FCC colleagues, in the execution of responsibilities with reference to financial crime-related investigations and intelligence.
•    Promote, practice and otherwise embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, in which ethical, legal, regulatory and policy-compliant conduct is the norm.
•    Foster an environment in which forward planning, prioritisation, deadline management, streamlined workflows, and collaborative, inclusive, effective and efficient work practices are the norm.
•    Collaborate with training teams to provide financial crime-related input to training curriculum to support closing of capability gaps.

Risk Management
•    Apply and assist to develop Group and FCC policies and processes, particularly with regard to China.
•    Make recommendations (and/or implement) to stakeholders with regard to possible risk management responses to identified risks and/or findings of concern from investigations.
•    Assess risks arising from products / segments / geographies / customers / transactions, as required.
•    Analyse significant financial crime risk events/trends and intelligence (including STR/SARs, and non-compliant transactions) to ensure that all connected parties have been identified and reported at the appropriate levels internally, and that financial crime risk has been appropriately mitigated.
•    Foster internal and external intelligence with a view to conducting research, identifying red flags and typologies, and appropriate risk mitigation.
•    Advise relevant stakeholders on outcomes of AML risk identification, assessment, analysis and mitigation.
•    Provide investigative expertise to support management of significant investigations, and share best practices with stakeholders to foster a culture of continuous improvement.
•    Manage China-specific end-to-end financial crime client reviews initiated by external sources (regulators, law enforcement agencies, authorities or other external organisations), and internal surveillance.
•    Conduct root cause analysis on the control/other failures to ensure lessons are learned across the bank.
•    Generate/provide intelligence (to internal forums) on specific clients, client-types and emerging risk typologies.
•    Provide intelligence input to support calibration of the Bank’s Risk Methodologies (including aggregate client risk, product risk and country risk assessments), as required.

Governance
•    Ensure the China CMLCO is regularly provided with concise updates of all key investigations, intelligence assessments and other actions taken by FCC China and Group i3 (as appropriate) and are informed of relevant matters from Group or other sources.
•    Ensure appropriate use of Bank technological systems, including recording of investigations, intelligence reviews, mitigation, etc.
•    Inform the China Head of FCC, of serious regulatory breaches (or where risk tolerances have been breached) and ensure that actions are taken quickly to remediate and/or activities are ceased.
•    Use initiative and knowledge to propose stakeholder control improvements, enhancements and simplifications.
•    Contribute to development and relevance of policies, processes, and/or DOIs to address financial crime risks. Contribute to alignment with relevant regulatory requirements, and relevant Regional/Group documents and manuals.

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.
•    Support the China Head of FCC to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s 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.
•    Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent) 

Key stakeholders
•    Head, FCC, Asia
•    China Head of FCC
•    Global Head i3 
•    Head i3 Asia
•    China FCC team members
•    Senior FCC Management in Asia
•    Senior Legal & Compliance Management in Asia
•    Relevant Business segments
•    Law enforcement agencies, and regulators
•    NGOs and external professional and interest groups/forums

Other Responsibilities
•    Understand, acknowledge and comply with the requirements on individual accountabilities and responsibilities of the job set out in applicable local laws and regulations as well as SCB internal policies
•    Effectively ensure and intensify internal controls by keeping abreast with developments of applicable local laws and regulations on accountabilities
•    Perform job duties with diligence, contribute to efforts as an individual or as a team member so as to avoid any actual or potential legal sanctions, regulatory penalties, material financial loss, or adverse reputational impact on the Bank 
•    Be responsible for failure to follow relevant rules and processes, failure to properly perform the responsibilities, and implement corrections
•    Cooperate with any investigations or reviews on regulatory failure such as accountability review
•    Properly perform the duties on supervisory, audit and risk control, including but not limited to:
•    contribute in the formulation or amendment of audit, risk control and accountability policies
•    participate in the internal investigations or reviews on regulatory failure such as accountability review
•    Be responsible for regulatory failure or risks arising from or in connection of failure to perform the duties on supervisory.

Skills and Experience

•    Compliance Policies and Standards
•    Compliance Advisory
•    Compliance Review and FCC Assurance
•    Surveillance (including Screening and Monitoring)
•    Investigations
•    Compliance Risk Assessment
•    Regulatory Liaison
•    Manage Change
•    Manage Projects

Qualifications

•    Research skills – ability to research using Internet-based tools, techniques and resources
•    Report-writing skills
•    Ability to create and present concise and meaningful Power Point decks
•    Ability to organize, and to present to audiences of internal and external stakeholders, and of all grades
•    Common-sense – knowing which prevalent risk factors and adverse media issues are important to the Bank
•    Use of initiative, determination, self-motivation, and problem-solving skills 
•    Familiarity with MS Word, MS Excel, MS Access skills – comfortable in managing data, data entry, data extraction, presentation skills
•    Language skills – excellent written and spoken English and Chinese (Mandarin)
•    Effective collaboration skills – to contribute positive working relationships with counterparts and stakeholders in FCC and the Business

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.