Job Summary

Standard Chartered Bank is looking for Director, AML Tax. This exciting opportunity could be based in several countries like Poland, India, Malaysia, or the Philippines. The main focus of this role is to provide thorough support in managing policies and standards, ensuring their effective implementation, and overseeing the Anti-Tax Evasion framework, which covers both client and non-client tax evasion activities within the bank. Plus, the person in this role will get to share their expertise as a Tax Evasion subject matter expert (SME) to CFCR/Businesses and collaborate with various teams across the organization such as Group Tax. 

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the Group's risk management framework is adequate for managing tax evasion risks.
• Provide tax advisory services to CFCR areas and enhance the AML control framework across the Group (private bank, HNW segments, SMEs and corporate & investment bank)
• Support the Group’s UK CCO framework by enhancing tax evasion risk assessments and prevention procedures.
• Provide expertise on tax for strategic reviews of high-risk areas.
• Develop communication and training programs for key functions and raise awareness of tax evasion risks.
• Support transaction monitoring design principles and execution to facilitate effective identification and management of tax evasion risks.
• Perform external risk assessment to anticipate emerging and horizon risks in key products and geographies.
• Outreach to industry peers as well support a positive engagement with key regulators.
• Lead by example to build a strong culture and value.

Skills and Experience

• Experienced tax professional with at least 5+ years of exposure to tax advisory in the financial services sector or a Big 4 background
• Solid grounding in International Tax principles and ability to apply these in a fast-paced financial services environment.
• Legal and/or accounting qualifications are required, with a preference for an advanced degree in Tax.
• Deep understanding of tax issues affecting banking products and their structures is mandatory.
• Robust background in tax risk management and experience in implementing effective controls within global banking operations are also important.
• Experience in financial crime compliance or related exposure is an advantage.

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.