Director, CFCR SC Ventures

Standard Chartered; Dubai; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Wellbeing program

Learning & development

Inclusion & diversity

Job summary

Standard Chartered is seeking a senior CFCR leader for the SCV team, based in DIFC with expectation of regular Abu Dhabi presence. The role focuses on driving CFCR considerations across SCV activities, including governance, risk assessment and regulatory compliance across multiple geographies.

You will lead on CFCR activities, advise on venture structuring, and collaborate with Group CFCR and risk partners to deploy the CFCR governance model across ventures in the UAE and Africa.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in financial crime, compliance or risk management.
• Experience in venture/innovation contexts preferred.
• Ability to lead across geographies and regulatory regimes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define CFCR governance across SCV initiatives and ventures.
• Lead CFCR risk identification, assessment and monitoring.
• Collaborate with risk and control partners to embed CFCR culture.
• Oversee regulatory and business conduct compliance and reporting.
• Represent CFCR in governance forums and CCO delegations.

Skills

Business Acumen

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Establishing Trust

Effective Communications

Risk Management

Influencing Through Expertise

Problem Solving

Job description

Job Summary

Reporting to the Chief Compliance Officer, SC Ventures, this is a senior member of the Compliance, Financial Crime and Conduct Risk (CFCR) team and will support the coverage of SCV, lead on CFCR activities and focus on driving CFCR considerations across all activities within SCV.

Based in DIFC Offices, note there's an expectation of regular physical attendance at our Abu Dhabi offices.

Strategy

• Focus on driving Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance (CFCR) considerations across all activities within SCV covering a wide range of areas/topics including (but not limited to): retail banking, corporate banking, strategic investment, data strategy and digital assets. This role has particular BAU responsibilities for CFCR activities, corporate actions, transaction due diligence and advisory for SCV in the UAE and Africa.
• Responsible for supporting the awareness and adoption of an appropriate governance model appropriate across all SCV activities, taking into account senior management responsibilities, entity structuring and expansion planning.
• Responsible, with the CFCR team, for supporting the strategic adoption of CFCR frameworks fit-for ventures, across key CFCR considerations including (but not limited to): financial crime compliance, regulatory compliance, conduct, data quality, data privacy and records management.
• Responsible, with the CFCR team, to support strategic venture building by adopting appropriate approaches for each venture, considering the business strategy, geographic coverage, regulatory context and the CFCR risk profile.
• Responsible with the CFCR team, for supporting the on-going engagement of SCV and Group CFCR to ensure SCV deploy an appropriate CFCR governance model, framework, the ongoing oversight and ongoing CFCR risk assessments at all-times.
• Responsible for implementing and role modelling the CFCR Function of the Future and the implementation of the eight CFCR products.

Business

• Responsible to collaborate and drive a methodology tailored to the geographic and regulatory context to help ventures shape their business/CFCR journey, the venture classification both internally (i.e. based off ABCD model) and externally (i.e. subsidiary undertaking, licensed/regulated activities) and determine the right-sized CFCR risk management framework befitting of the CFCR risk profile of the Venture. Such framework will cover CFCR risk identification, assessment, monitoring, training and product / business advice.
• Drive and implement the vision, strategy and direction set by the SCV CCO by driving the implementation of the agreed decision-making process for new ventures

Key Responsibilities

Processes

• Responsible to make recommendation for approval by the SCV Committee, appropriate policies and standards, together with clear operationalisation of the agreed processes for the Ventures to address CFCR risks, aligning them with relevant regulatory requirements and Group expectations.
• Provide governance and oversight over the implementation of CFCR related policies and procedures in the Ventures to ensure compliance with such policies and procedures.

People & Talent

• Responsible to lead through example and build the appropriate CFCR culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations of the SCV CFCR team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.

Risk Management

• Responsible for collaboration and deployment of the appropriate governance model to properly manage CFCR risk covering key aspects including (but not limited to): shareholder representation, board membership, delegation of authority, senior manager responsibilities etc.
• Responsible to collaborate and deploy the entity structuring and expansion planning of SCV including setting up of new legal structure(s), regulatory engagement, local CFCR engagement etc.
• Responsible to collaborate and deploy the appropriate framework to manage party risks posed by unconventional third parties relationships including (but not limited to) business partnerships, joint ventures and alliances
• Execute the transaction due diligence, as required, for approval by the SCV CCO. Work collaboratively with stakeholders to identify and resolve due diligence matters.
• Identify and assess sources of CFCR risks and ensure that systems and controls are appropriate to mitigate and manage risks within acceptable risk tolerance levels. Report on material CFCR risks.
• Collaborate on preparation and cascade audit plans and findings, CFCR assurance activities and investigations to relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure lessons learned from audit findings, CFCR assurance activities and investigations are prepared and cascaded to relevant stakeholders.
• Provide timely escalation and relevant oversight information to the SCV CCO on key CFCR risks and control issues

Governance

• Attend relevant meetings and represent CFCR in the relevant business forums, including as a CCO delegate, where required and appropriate.
• Provide relevant reporting and review of relevant management information
• Propose control effectiveness and efficiency improvements and simplifications to SC Ventures where appropriate.
• Engage with assurance and regulatory reviews in SC Ventures to ensure they are managed appropriately, including tracking, remediation and preparing lessons learned from such reviews.
• Within the Group's and SCV’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework, support and maintain appropriate risk based CFCR framework for identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, mitigating and reporting compliance (including regulatory and financial crime) risks across SC Ventures.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, elevate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• SCV CCO
• Group CFCR SMEs
• SCV Platform and Ventures
• SCV Governance Team
• Country CFCR Teams

Our Ideal Candidate

• Business Acumen
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Establishing and Maintaining Trust
• Effective Communications
• Risk Management
• Influencing Through Expertise
• Problem Solving

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.