Key Responsibilities

• Support the global Swap Dealer Compliance Team initiatives with a specific focus on U.S. CFTC Swap Dealer and U.S. SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Rulemakings and related compliance requirements (all which activities are global in nature).
• Help the Group meet its commitment of being “Here for Good” by maintaining a sustainable compliance framework that places regulatory and compliance best practice standards, and culture of appropriate conduct at the forefront of the Group’s agenda.
• As front-line control function, ensure execution of the regulatory and compliance processes across the purview of Swap Dealer Compliance, including identification of real or emerging risks to the regulatory framework in response to changes to business and/or the regulatory environment.
• As a second-line risk control function, execute the relevant aspects of the Compliance framework through robust risk control including constructive challenge in a manner proportionate to the nature, scale, and complexity of the relevant business. Evaluate the effectiveness of controls in relation to regulatory risk management.
• Maintain independence, deliver timely and valuable responses, and timely escalation of risks and issues where risk management tolerance has been exceeded.
• Build and maintain an effective and constructive relationship with all key business and functional stakeholders that is based on trust, capability, and integrity, providing timely, responsive, and valuable regulatory compliance support, advice, and guidance to enable the business and functions to meet and achieve their strategic objectives.
• Assist business and functional stakeholders with the BAU support and with implementation of relevant processes and standards, especially those dealing with designated staff, such as trainings. 

Skills and Experience

• Minimum of 5 years in the Financial Services Industry (Prior experience in Regulatory Compliance, Product Control, Market Risk, Finance, or a similar role a plus).
• Product Knowledge: Possesses at least a moderate level of product knowledge regarding Foreign Exchange, Rates, Credit, Commodities, Equity and other market-traded (as well as banking/financing) products. 
• Knowledge of accounting and trade processing systems a plus.
• Regulatory Knowledge: working knowledge of US Dodd-Frank regulation with focus on CFTC Swap Dealer and/or SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer rules strongly preferred.
• Compliance Skills: existing experience with risk identification, risk assessment, controls development, training, monitoring, and breach reporting / escalation.
• Microsoft Excel: possesses intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills required to work with existing (and develop new) controls and processes over time.
• While some Excel skills may be taught on the job, the ideal candidate will be familiar with basic formulas and functionalities including "Vlookup", "SumIf", varying forms of data concatenation / delimiter functionality, and VBA.
• Analytical Skills: possesses an inquisitive mindset with the ability to think 'outside the box,' ask critical questions, and trust but verify responses in an adequately professional manner which can be well documented for recordkeeping purposes.
• Core ability to analyse a wide array of varying trading activities and circumstances versus the legal text of the CFTC Swap Dealer / SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer rules (with the support and guidance of senior team members and noting these rules can be taught over time as applicable to specific processes and tasks.
• Flexibility to work in a hybrid model: 2-3 days a week from our office in Warsaw. 

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.