Job Summary

This role is responsible for conducting all aspects of the intelligence analysis and project review functions required in support of Standard Chartered New York’s Financial Crime Intelligence Unit’s (“FCIU”) Strategic Intelligence Group (“SIG”). The FCIU conducts intelligence reviews and generates and delivers intelligence reports, bulletins, threat assessments, training decks, and programmatic presentations on emerging financial crime threats, geographies, products, or industries presenting complex financial crime risks to SC NY, the SC network, and matters associated with clients of concern.  SIG creates and executes intelligence reviews and intelligence alerts focused on identifying the highest financial crime risks to the bank and in alignment with the US Department of Treasury’s National Priorities, and institutional client reviews as well as identifies broader trends, corridors, and emerging financial crime risks to the Bank.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy: 
•    Be aware of and execute the prescribed strategy of Regional SCB leadership in day-to-day operations, as related to mitigating financial crime risk and meeting or exceeding current and relevant future regulatory compliance requirements
Business: 
•    Continually monitor the external environment through various internal/external sources and the media to identify financial crime risks which may potentially impact the bank in the future, map and assess those risks, quantify the potential impact and escalate where necessary.
Process: 
•    Conduct the intelligence analysis and investigative case review functions required in support of the Bank’s participation in the information sharing law enforcement and financial institution partnership made possible under Sections 314(a) and 314(b) of the USA Patriot Act.
•    Provide subject matter expertise on financial crime compliance, drawing on financial intelligence and law enforcement networks, professional qualifications and experience.
•    Collaborate and engage with external partners including representatives from US government agencies, law enforcement and peer financial institutions
•    Identify instances of potential financial crime or suspicious activity, AML/CFT risk concentrations, and non-compliant transactional activity and make appropriate and timely internal referrals and escalations to US Investigations, Sanctions, Client Services/Business, FCC Management or applicable Governance bodies.

•    Work closely with the US Investigations Unit to support the timely filing of Suspicious Activity Reports (“SAR”) with the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Work closely and collaboratively with CFCC and the business (first line of defence) in the identification and remediation of risk concentrations identified during intelligence reviews.
•    Conduct detailed and voluminous transactional reviews using excel to detect and report on potentially suspicious activity.
•    Identify financial crime risk through patterns, trends and typologies, and in preparing analytical summaries with clear and concise research as well as calibrated assessments.  Identify opportunities for the team to provide trainings to internal stakeholders. Draft training materials and execute internal trainings.
•    Perform data entry related to tracking and documenting intelligence review steps in accordance with internal procedures.
People & Talent: 
•    Not applicable
Risk Management: 
•    Ensure full understanding of the risk and control environment in area of responsibility

Governance
•    Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the firm operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role
•    Deliver ‘effective governance’; challenge executives effectively; and work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner.
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 Conduct Financial Crime Compliance Intelligence Unit to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles. 
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters. 

Motivations
•    The ideal candidate is a self-motivated and nimble learner who is comfortable operating in a dynamic environment, continuously expanding their knowledge, adapting to new developments, and translating intelligence into meaningful insights. This role offers the opportunity to take ownership of proactive intelligence initiatives, develop projects independently, identify areas requiring deeper investigation, and bring forward new ideas and approaches that strengthen our ability to anticipate, understand, and mitigate financial crime risks. 

Skills and Experience

Priority Skills
•    Action Oriented
•    Collaborates
•    Customer Focus
•    Courage
•    Instils Trust
•    Nimble Learning
•    Decision Quality
Technical Competency Skills
•    Execute Compliance Governance, Frameworks and Models
•    Software, Applications, Database and Research
•    Compliance Policies and Standards
•    Intelligence Research and Analysis
•    Project Management

•    Action Oriented: Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, energy and enthusiasm.
•    Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
•    Customer Focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
•    Courage: Stepping up to address difficult issues and saying what needs to be said.
•    Instils Trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity.
•    Nimble Learning: Actively learning from experimentation, success, and failures. Applying lessons learned to new problems.
•    Decision Quality: Making good and timely decisions that keep the organisation moving forward.

Technical Competency Skills
Execute Compliance Governance, Frameworks and Models
•    Proven understanding of AML/CTF-related laws, regulations, policies, procedures and standards; familiarity financial crime threats in Bank primary areas of operation
•    Ability to provide financial crime compliance advisory to key stakeholders
Software, Applications, Database and Research
•    Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access) with the ability to generate pivot tables, graphs, and charts; mastery of spreadsheet-based data-management and analysis.
•    Working knowledge of SharePoint with the ability to upload and update files.
•    Working knowledge of link analysis and network development, and basic data analytics

Compliance Policies and Standards 
•    Understand, apply and advise on current policies and practices of Financial Crime Compliance with some guidance on straightforward and some complex issues
•    Keep up to date on local issues that could contribute to Financial Crime Compliance vulnerability and horizon risks and consider implications for policies and procedures from a business, risk, compliance and culture perspective
•    Provide training to staff on Financial Crime Compliance policies and procedures
Intelligence Research and Analysis
•    Ability to manage data mining and aggregation, conduct complex analytics, and produce non-technical outputs.
•    Ability to assess complex, ambiguous fact patterns, evaluate possible financial crime scenarios, and develop investigative and mitigation strategies in concert with fellow FCIU and, when applicable, Group members.
•    Ability to identify and manage financial crime risk and operational risk.
•    Ability to articulate potentially suspicious activity succinctly and thoroughly.
•    Ability to manage regulatory liaison and external outreach
Project Management
•    Conduct project stakeholder analysis and identify the needs of relevant stakeholders to get buy in.

Qualifications

•    Demonstrates an understanding of the key products or services provided by the business/function, and the processes and controls that underpin them.
•    Demonstrates an understanding of the compliance regulations, knowledge of global procedures and policies, including a core understanding of AML, Sanctions, CDD and Anti Bribery and Corruption.
•    Proven capability to conduct open-source research and leverage Bank internal data sources to assist in building composite analytical products.
•    Has the ability to interpret complex information and determine the research and analysis required to extract facts that can be objectively supported. Has a strong investigative mindset where critical thinking is applied, exemplified by several attributes; professional scepticism, a meticulous and consistent approach to research and analytics, and the ability to thoroughly articulate a defence for conclusions reached.
•    Clear, concise communication style (written and verbal); demonstrates engaged listening skills; able to maintain composure in a stressed situation.
•    Self-motivated; knows how to work both collaboratively and independently; takes accountability for decisions, actions and outcomes.
•    Ability to be agile and receptive to change. Demonstrates a positive attitude and is solutions oriented

•    Minimum 2 years of experience

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• 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 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.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.

Recruitment Assessments

Expected annual base pay range for the role is 85,000 USD to 105,000 USD. The final offer will be determined on an individualised basis using a number of variables, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience and education, internal relativity, and specific work location. At Standard Chartered Bank, Base pay is only part of the total compensation package. Discretionary variable pay and a range of attractive bank sponsored benefit programs are available and designed to foster employee overall health and well-being including, but not limited to, a best in class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations 

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