Job Summary

The key responsibilities of CDD Reviewer in PvB Business Enablement Team include reviewing the submission of new business (“NB”) from Wealth planners/Relationship Managers to Singapore trust company (“SCTS”), supporting fiduciary review (“FR”) of trust structures of SCTS, supporting PvB SG Regional Head in reviewing/approving new account opening and periodic review of Private Banking clients, and any assigned tasks/projects of PvB.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Business
•    With the awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model, coupled with staying abreast of industry news, provide financial information support for business consideration. 

Processes

SCTS 
•    review new business submitted from Private Banking to SCTS and support fiduciary review of existing trust structures established by PvB clients.
•    review and provide comment on any change in Group and PvB policies and procedures, revise SCTS’s DOIs on Structure Formation and FR to align with any change in policies, procedures and regulations.
•    Handle control sample testing, internal & external audit requests/queries, extract data for management reporting, escalate new business and periodic review cases to relevant stakeholders for further handling.
•    Ensure that the expectations of the relevant stakeholders are adequately managed throughout the above processes.
•    Support the teams with ad-hoc work or project assigned.

PvB  

•    Support/review new account opening and periodic review submitted to PvB Regional Head. 
•    Prepare data/presentation materials and MI for management where necessary.
•    Support the team with ad-hoc work or project assigned.
•    Perform user acceptance testing (UAT) for system changes and upgrades, including reviewing requirements and test scenarios, executing and documenting test results, identifying and escalating defects, coordinating retesting, and providing business sign-off or recommendations before implementation.

People and Talent
•    Build effective working relationships, collaborate across teams and stakeholders, and contribute to a positive, inclusive and high-performing team environment.
•    Maintain relevant knowledge and capabilities through continuous learning, including keeping abreast of changes in policies, regulations, processes and systems.

Risk Management and Governance 
•    Maintain a controls-focused mindset in day-to-day activities; identify, assess and escalate key risks and issues; propose and support appropriate mitigating actions; maintain complete and accurate evidence; and follow through on remediation to closure.

Regulatory and 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.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders
•    SCTS Trust Administration Teams
•    SCB Country Finance Team
•    SCB PvB RM, CSM and Wealth Planner teams
•    SCB PvB front office and supervision teams
•    SCB PvB Business Risk Management teams
•    SCB Management team
•    SCB CFCF teams
•    SCB PvB CAR teams, GBS teams
•    Other internal and/or external Stakeholders registered agents/service providers, etc.)

Our Ideal Candidate

•    2+ years of experience in PvB CDD reviewer or compliance roles, prior working experience in trust companies will be advantageous.
•    Trust / banking compliance background is essential. 
•    Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (“STEP”) qualification would be advantageous.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

•    Member of Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (“STEP”)
•    Microsoft excel, word
•    Tax and/or legal background 

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.

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