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”) Cyber Financial Intelligence Unit (“CyFI”). The CyFI team proactively identifies strategic networks, state and non-state actors that utilize cyber-enabled and cyber-dependent methods to conduct financial crime, including but not limited to money laundering, financial fraud, human trafficking, criminal use of digital assets, and sanctions evasion. Conduct analysis of internal information and data, open-source information, subscription, and social media sources to identify broader trends, corridors, and emerging financial crime risks to the Bank. Collaborate with external stakeholders including research institutions, industry partners, law enforcement, and government agencies. Leverage data analytics, link analysis, and cybercrime expertise to reduce risk exposure to current and emerging threats.

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.

Processes
•    Conduct the intelligence analysis and investigative case review functions required in support the Cyber Financial Intelligence Unit’s initiatives to identify cyber-enabled and cyber-dependent financial crime and extant or emerging financial crime threats.
•    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 CFCR and the business (first line of defense) 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. 

Skills and Experience

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

•    2 – 5 years of financial services, intelligence or law enforcement intelligence analytic support with demonstrated success and increasing responsibilities. 
•    ACAMS certification or equivalent preferred.
•    Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, intelligence or criminal justice from an accredited institution, or equivalent.
•    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 a number of attributes; professional scepticism, a meticulous and consistent approach to research and analytics, and the ability to thoroughly articulate a defense for conclusions reached.
•    Experience working in information security such as cyber threat intelligence or with digital assets or blockchain analysis or equivalent is a plus
•    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.

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.

Recruitment Assessments

Expected annual base pay range for the role is 63,000 USD to 94,600 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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