Sharia Compliance Graduate 

Do you want to change the way people think about Banking, and be at the heart of that change? Do you want to join an organisation committed to their values and purpose? Are you looking for accelerated growth that will fully empower you to shape your potential?

Our UAE graduate programme (Mustaqbali) could be just what you’re looking for.  

You’ll experience an incredible and varied global learning experience, which will include talent assignments, technical and professional skills training, future skills development workshops, targeted online learning, inspiring thought leadership speaker events, be involved in real-life business problem solving and more. 

We’ll provide you with the tools, training, network, and support to help you become a change agent, and drive innovation and creativity across the bank. 

The UAE support functions comprise of a number of teams who support the front – line business to effectively and efficiently service the client. All employees are risk managers and take responsibility for the risks in their areas of work. This is the first line of defence. The second is the Risk and Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance (RCFCC) function which includes ISCD. The ISCD serves as secretariate to the Internal Shari’ah Supervision Committee (ISSC). Standard Chartered Bank believes a healthy risk culture is one that identifies current and future risks effectively, discusses them openly and take prompt actions. 

• Working with the teams across the bank to take a constructive approach to providing oversight, challenge, and make clear decisions in a timely manner from Shari’ah risk and compliance perspective. Nurturing a diverse and inclusive working environment where colleagues are accountable, open to challenge and feel safe using their judgement to make considered decisions. Focus is on mapping to future success, breaking down silos and building out diversity to drive better insights and decision making. You will be trained and involved in the following areas:
  • ISSC secretariate
  • Shari’ah consultations
  • Shari’ah research and development
  • Shari’ah compliance
  • Shari’ah training

Programme preview

• New joiner onboarding – to help orientate you into the bank, your new team and your role. We want to make sure you feel supported in your first few weeks with us.  
• Learn and grow – with access to tools and learning experiences to help you realise your full potential. While the experience will vary depending on the team or role you join, you’ll be exposed to all sorts of ways to start your career. 
• Be part of the family – not only will you meet other graduates on our programmes, you’ll also get to meet people from across the bank, build your professional network and understand the Standard Chartered difference.  

For our Local Graduate roles, you must:

• Have graduated within the past 2 years with a bachelor's degree or higher or will graduate before Sept 2024
• A degree in Shari’ah, Islamic law or any other relevant specialization is required.
• Be a UAE National with the family book
• Be fluent in English and Arabic
• GPA of 2.8 or equivalent grade

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