Manager, Trade & Regulatory Control - Onboarding

Standard Chartered; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Unmind wellbeing platform

Continuous learning culture

Inclusive and diverse culture

Job summary

Standard Chartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is seeking a Manager for Regulatory Onboarding Control within Markets Regulatory Control. The role focuses on executing regulatory controls across Markets, coordinating with Compliance, COO, and Onboarding teams to ensure timely, compliant client onboarding in line with global regulations such as Dodd-Frank, EMIR, and MiFID II.

The role emphasizes process integration, risk management, and collaboration across front-office, operations, and technology

Qualifications

• MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint proficiency.
• FM regulatory onboarding knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Execute regulatory controls across Markets onboarding activities to meet standards.
• Coordinate with stakeholders to integrate regulatory controls into BAU processes.
• Collaborate with Markets COO, Compliance, Client Relationship Managers, Onboarding and Technology to enable regulatory compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in control frameworks.
• Ensure Client onboarding aligns with regulatory requirements and risk standards.
• Represent the team in forums and working groups regarding regulatory changes.

Skills

MS Excel

Word

PPT

FM regulatory onboarding knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related discipline

Job description

• Function purpose: The Markets Regulatory Control function enables proactive risk management by executing regulatory controls across the Markets business, in line with regulatory requirements and high standards of operational integrity.
• Business partnership: Acting as a trusted partner to the Markets business, the function delivers effective control execution, strong risk management practices and data-driven insights to support informed decision‑making.
• Role context: This role sits within the Regulatory Onboarding Control function, which forms part of the broader Regulatory Operations team.

Job Summary

Role Purpose

• Function purpose: The Markets Regulatory Control function enables proactive risk management by executing regulatory controls across the Markets business, in line with regulatory requirements and high standards of operational integrity.
• Business partnership: Acting as a trusted partner to the Markets business, the function delivers effective control execution, strong risk management practices and data-driven insights to support informed decision‑making.
• Role context: This role sits within the Regulatory Onboarding Control function, which forms part of the broader Regulatory Operations team.

Key Responsibilities

Manager- Regulatory onboarding control will be a key contributor in executing regulatory control across Markets control activities. This role sits within the Markets Onboarding Regulatory control team and supports the timely and accurate execution of controls for new and evolving financial regulations, including but not limited to Dodd-Frank, SEC, CFTC, EMIR, MiFID II & UM.

The incumbent will help coordinate across stakeholders to execute & evolve the controls, and ensure that front‑office, operations, and support teams integrate compliance controls and regulatory specific onboarding requirements into business‑as‑usual (BAU) processes & do timely escalation.

• Execute Controls to ensure Regulatory Control team meets CIB Onboarding Control standards and Audit requirements.
• Define and execute Control framework to ensure Client agreements drafted in accordance to Legal standards and Regulations.
• Collaborate with Markets Business COO, Compliance, Client Relationship Managers, Onboarding team and Technology to support Business & Client Enablement initiatives and Regulatory Compliance.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovate:
• Refine the controls with continuous improvement & consultation.
• Work with Client RMs and Onboarding team to deliver seamless Client Onboarding process, aligned to Onboarding Regulatory requirements.
• Adherence to Ops Risk Standards of risk management, Control implementation and process management.
• Represent the team across various internal forums and Working Groups to ensure any Regulatory, Internal process and Technology changes impacting Onboarding Controls are assessed prior rollout.

Skills And Experience

Must-have Skills

• MS Excel, word, PPT
• FM regulatory onboarding knowledge

Other Skills

• Stakeholder management
• Process management

Qualifications

Key Experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• Minimum of 5-10 years of experience in financial services, preferably in client onboarding or markets operations.
• Understanding of FM onboarding process.

Motivations

• This role is driven by the need to maintain high controls standards and strengthen proactive risk management from regulatory standpoint.
• The role is motivated by opportunities to simplify complex regulatory requirements into clear, sustainable control processes that improve transparency, reduce exceptions, and support timely remediation.
• It is also energised by cross‑functional collaboration with Regulatory Implementation, CFCR, Coverage Operations and other stakeholders to resolve control gaps and embed scalable operating models.

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.