Job Summary

The Head of Case Investigations - CFCR  (Compliance, Financial Crime & Conduct Risk) will be responsible for leading a team of professionals in conducting investigations into financial crime activities, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC), and Fraud Risk. This role involves providing management oversight over surveillance activities and supporting the Head of Financial Crime Compliance in managing and overseeing financial crime risks for Malaysia.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure that there is adequate support (people, processes, tools, frameworks, systems) in the Country for necessary Financial Crime Compliance controls.
• Set and implement the vision, strategy, direction and leadership for the Country, consistent with the vision and strategy for Financial Crime Compliance and in support of the Group’s strategic direction and growth aspirations.
• Keep track of and provide advice to relevant stakeholders on the interpretation and application of regulatory expectations, laws, best practices and policies related to Financial Crime Compliance. providing timely, responsive and quality Financial Crime Compliance regulatory compliance guidance
• Analyse comprehensive impact of financial crime related regulatory matters on the relevants business area and its operations.
  Support relevant stakeholders to make decisions based on current and possible future policies, practices, and trends.
• Act as Risk Owner for Financial Crime Compliance processes under the Group’s Risk Management Framework
• Provide management oversight over Financial Crime Surveillance Operations and related activities.
• Provide specialist expertise to Country CFCC Advisory and CFCC Governance where applicable.
• Support Head of FCC for managing and overseeing Bribery and Corruption Risk for Malaysia
• Drive Fraud Risk Managenent awareness and business accountability in Malaysia
• Provide leadership, management and coaching to direct reports to ensure they are highly engaged and performing to their potential.
• Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm.
• Stimulate an environment where forward planning, prioritisation, deadline management and streamlined workflows and collaborative, inclusive yet effective and efficient work practices are the norm.
• Collaborate with training teams to input to training curriculum to support closing of capability gaps.
• Ensure Country is adequately resourced and staffed by an appropriate number of competent staff sufficiently independent to perform duties objectively, to support sustainable business growth and address financial crime risks.
• Ensure staff in Country have clearly articulated and well understood roles and responsibilities through meaningful and accurate job descriptions.

Key stakeholder

• Regulators
• Country CEO
• Country Head of Business (CB, CIB, Retail)
• Fraud Management
• Group Financial Crime Compliance team
• Country Financial Crime Surveillance Operations (CFCSO

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for Good and Group’s brand values in Malaysia.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Law, Business Administration, or a related field. Advanced degree or professional certification (e.g., ACAMS is preferred)
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in financial crime compliance, with a focus on AML, Sanctions, ABC, and Fraud Risk.
• Proven experience in leading and managing a team.
• Strong knowledge of local and international financial crime regulations and standards.
• Excellent analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization and external stakeholders.
• High level of integrity and ethical standards.
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities

Technical Skills 

• Compliance Policies and Standards
• Compliance Advisory
• Surveillance (including Screening and Monitoring)
• Investigations
• Regulatory Liaison
• Projects Management

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.