Key Responsibilities

• Establish and develop effective working relationships with AME FCC and FCSO stakeholders.  
• Undertake Name and Transactions Screening tasks for AME clients.
• Escalate suspicious hits to in-country Act team.
• Investigation of transaction monitoring cases that includes follow-up actions in accordance with FCSO Act DOI (Non-Sanctions) or/and Country Variation.
• Undertaking research on transaction monitoring cases and evidencing the same in ECM.
• Escalation suspicious activity to respective FCC stakeholders.
• Execution of controls for AME processes.
• M7 entry and administration.
• Support in MI development.
• Ensuring highest case quality by supporting controls maintenance.
• Manage the investigative process of identification of unusual activity from initial detection thorough research, analysing, description, and recommending decision.
• Be responsible for data entry related to tracking and documenting all investigative steps.
• Seek and apply best practices to deliver expected number of quality investigations and actively monitor timely delivery of assigned tasks in accordance to group and FCC/FCSO’s Policies.
• Support training program development and learning deliver (including but not limited to shadowing sessions, training sessions).
• Give advice and guidance to other investigators in their daily case investigations.
• Actively support management in providing expertise to other team members during team calibrations.
• Display the confidence, independence and trust of others through honesty, integrity and authenticity.
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Provide honest, clear and constructive feedback which will not be negative but will allow other people to grow.
• Actively build the professional and technical skills necessary to be successful (including but not limited to industry trends, additional trainings, process changes).

Skills and Experience

• At least 3 years’ relevant experience (conducting anti money laundering projects, operations or services within the financial industry or in the governmental regulatory, intelligence or equivalent).
• Correspondent and Non-Correspondent Banking experience is a plus.
• Higher education degree will be viewed positively.
• ICA/ACAMS certification strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
• Open-mindedness and motivation to learn new things.
• Ability to analyse, compare, infer, interpret, evaluate and synthesize gathered data.
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of anti-money laundering.
• Ability to speak and write clearly, concisely and articulately in English.
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) and ability to learn quickly of new systems/applications.
• Research skills, including general Internet use. Displaying an appropriate knowledge of available sources and knowledge regarding the methods, typologies and trends attendant to potential money laundering, financial crime and terrorism financing to identify possible indicators of these illicit activities in the Bank’s transactional environment.
• Good communication skills. Ability to share knowledge, as well as provide and receive feedback.
• Orientation to details.
• Good analytical skills.
• Capability to work pro-actively and independently, as well as being part of the team or working group.
• Ability to work under time constraints.
• Arabic language skills are a plus.

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.