Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the Group's risk management framework is adequate for managing tax evasion risks.
• Provide tax knowledge to CFCR areas and enhance the AML control framework.
• Develop communication and training programs for key functions and raise awareness of tax evasion risks.
• Support transaction monitoring to identify tax evasion laundering.
• Proactively identify tax evasion risks and develop a framework for managing money laundering risks linked to tax amnesties.
• Provide expertise on tax for strategic reviews of high-risk areas.
• Implement the UK CCO programme, enhancing tax evasion risk assessments and establishing prevention procedures.
• Train stakeholders and monitor controls according to the CCO regime.
• Understand the broader business and market environment.
• Lead by example to build a strong culture and value
• Manage risks related to tax evasion and collaborate with Group Tax to address significant issues impacting the Bank while anticipating and mitigating horizon risks.

Skills and Experience

• Experienced tax professional with at least 5+ years of exposure to the financial services sector
• Legal and/or accounting qualifications are required, with a preference for an advanced degree in Tax.
• Profound understanding of tax issues affecting banking products and their structures is necessary
• Robust background in tax risk management and experience in implementing effective controls within global banking operations are also vital.
• Knowledge of:
  • Compliance Policies and Standards
  • Compliance Advisory
  • Compliance Review & FCC Assurance
  • Investigations
  • Compliance Risk Assessment
  • Regulatory Liaso

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.