Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented professional to join our Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) team as Associate Director - Controls Operations, CFCC. This role supports the Country Head of FCC in overseeing the execution, effectiveness, and governance of financial crime controls in Malaysia. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring regulatory compliance, strengthening the bank’s financial crime risk management framework, and supporting strategic initiatives in alignment with Group FCC standards. 

Key Responsibilities

• Drive implementation of the vision, strategy, and direction in country, consistent with the vision and strategy of FCC and in support of the Group’s strategic direction and growth aspirations. 
• Analyse comprehensive impact of financial crime related regulatory /law enforcement matters on the relevant business area and operations. 
• Support relevant stakeholders to review decisions based on current and possible future policies, practices, and trends. 
• Review Group processes and lead implementation for FCC in country.  
• Oversight on FCSO to ensure the processes are implemented as per group standards.  
• Develop, maintain and recommend for approval by the relevant Risk Committee, appropriate FCC Controls policies/procedures/DOIs to address financial crime risks, aligning with relevant regulatory requirements. 
• Provide governance and oversight over the implementation of FCC Controls -related policies and procedures in Country to ensure compliance with such policies and procedures. 
• Lead end to end outsourcing requirements and activities for any FCC related system and processes including liaising with global and/or regional project leads, relevant stakeholder and submission to Board/Regulators for approval.  
• Analyse and delivery accurate data and reports for senior management, risk committees, and regulators, supporting proactive risk identification and remediation. 

Skills and Experience

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Financial Crime Compliance, Risk or any other relevant fields. 
• Candidate with professional certification and accreditation e.g. ACAMS or AICB are preferred, but not mandatory. 
• Strong understanding of financial crime compliance frameworks and regulatory expectations. 
• Proven track record in risk management, process implementation, or governance within FCC or CFCC functions. 
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working with regulators. 
• Analytical mindset with experience in data interpretation and policy development. 

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.