Senior Regulatory Reporting & Compliance Lead

Standard Chartered; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave and sabbatical options

Parental/maternity leave

Wellbeing programs

Flexible working options

Life and medical insurance

Job summary

Standard Chartered in Kuala Lumpur is seeking an experienced Regulatory Reporting professional responsible for accurate and timely preparation and review of financial and regulatory outputs. You will translate complex data into controlled reports supporting compliance, governance, and transparency.

Role collaborates across Finance, Risk, Treasury, Data and Technology, ensuring alignment with local regulations and internal controls while driving continuous process improvements.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of solid and related working experience is required.
• Must possess at least a bachelor’s degree in finance/ accounting / ACCA / CPA qualification
• Minimum Credit in Bahasa Malaysia in SPM and English
• Strong written communication, attention to detail and willingness to learn talent management practices
• Working experience in banking environment and/or audit firms is required.
• Exposure to regulatory reporting and systems and good knowledge and understanding of the finance function.
• Professional qualifications in accounting/finance would have definite advantage.
• Strong communicator with analytical mindset.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with stakeholders from various functions to ensure the compliance with Bank Negara requirement.
• Prepare and review regulatory reports (both local BNM and MAS reporting) in accordance to applicable reporting standards, to ensure reports are accurate, compliant and submit on time.
• Prepare and conduct performance analytics, identify variances and find resolutions, to ensure that report submissions are robust and accurate.
• Discuss, provide feedback and develop new regulatory reporting templates (whenever required) with line manager. Identify upstream and downstream dependencies and engage accordingly for necessary data/ information.
• Coordinate with stakeholders from various functions to obtain information required by Bank Negara and others.
• Identify and resolve accounting and (regulatory) reporting issues and complete remediation and restatement work for any returns requiring resubmission.
• Review and document procedures and ensure that desk operating instructions and procedures are up-to-date at all times.
• Assist in the development of new group systems or regulatory reporting systems and maintenance/ continuous development of the existing finance systems.
• Participate in Group projects which have finance systems implications.
• To continuously review the team’s current workflow methodology and re-engineer processes to derive optimum output.
• To support the Bank’s ad-hoc activities.
• Responsibility also extends to activities supporting Standard Chartered Saadiq Berhad.

Skills

Financial Accounting

Financial Performance Analysis

Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory Reporting

MS Excel

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance/accounting/ACCA/CPA

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Standard Chartered in Kuala Lumpur is seeking an experienced Regulatory Reporting professional responsible for accurate and timely preparation and review of financial and regulatory outputs. You will translate complex data into controlled reports supporting compliance, governance, and transparency.

Role collaborates across Finance, Risk, Treasury, Data and Technology, ensuring alignment with local regulations and internal controls while driving continuous process improvements.