Job Summary

This role could be based in GBS Bangalore, KL, Warsaw, Guangzhou. Please refer to the Job Requsition location while applying.

Assurance is a Second line defence function established under a delegated Mandate from the Group Chief Risk Officer and the Group Head of Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance (CFCR). 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. It facilitates identification of any gaps & inefficiencies, enabling prompt corrective action to be taken, and is a key source of evidence for the Board & Regulators. 

Associate Director - CDD Risk, 2LA role reports into the Director, Second Line Assurance (2LA), FCC Risks and operates within a globally integrated and fungible operating model, working closely with others in the CFCR Assurance team to focus on delivery of Assurance reviews within the Financial Crime Assurance remit.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of a risk-based and data-driven Financial Crime Assurance strategy, aligned with the Bank’s risk profile, regulatory expectations, and internal commitments.
• Assess the effectiveness of financial crime risk management frameworks, including oversight provided by the First and Second Lines of Defence across businesses, functions, and geographies.
• Contribute to building a collaborative risk and control environment across the three Lines of Defence, ensuring effective issue tracking and remediation.
• Support the continuous improvement of assurance practices through consistent methodologies, high-quality documentation, and robust evidence standards.
• Provide oversight of the Financial Crime Assurance plan and portfolio of reviews, ensuring alignment with strategic risk priorities.
• Maintain high-quality assurance standards across planning, fieldwork, reporting, and issue validation activities.
• Conduct control testing and control re-testing to assess both design effectiveness and operating effectiveness of key financial crime controls.
• Develop and execute assurance activities focused on areas of highest risk and potential impact, including thematic reviews across multiple regions.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the First Line of Defence (1LoD), Second Line of Defence (2LoD), Risk teams, and control owners to support effective assurance delivery.
• Communicate assurance findings, control weaknesses, and testing insights to senior stakeholders through clear reporting, escalation, and remediation validation.
• Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and the Group Code of Conduct while promoting a strong culture of ethics, accountability, and risk awareness.
• Support internal investigations and governance activities where required, including oversight responsibilities associated with appointed Associate Director roles

Skills and Experience

• Strong assurance, risk and control testing, regulatory inspection or audit experience in Risk, Compliance and Financial Crime within a banking environment.
• Experience leading and performing CDD reviews.
• 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.
• Strategic vision for the function.
• 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.

Key Skills

• Risk Specialism
• Market Expertise
• Independent Challenge
• Commercial Mindset
• Execution - Driven
• Critical - Thinking
• Solution Driven
• Proficiency in Tech, AI/ Automation
• Managing Change & Conflict
• Integrity
• People Leadership
• Stakeholder management & Influence

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.
• 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.