Job Description

Role Responsibilities

The employee is the team leader of the Enhanced Background Screening team, GBS India.

Assist in team leadership and preparation of Enhanced Background Screening reports for new prospects/existing clients as per the business or HRCU (High Risk Client Unit) requirement using subscribed databases and through extensive public domain search covering all FCC / AML risks. The role holder is required to have oversight of team activities and support the development and training of team members.

Responsibilities

Strategy

Assist in special Reputational Risk projects that are conducted to ascertain if a report or media sweep has any reputational risk to the bank. Analysis includes search for adverse media sweep, checking for existing relationship and conducting transaction / look back analysis of the account in case of existing banking relationship. Liaise with the Transaction Surveillance Unit (TSU) and Customer Screening Unit (CSU) during data request. Assist in the summary of the findings that are to be forwarded to the relevant compliance / business / FCC unit for further action.

Business

Support Group FCC and Regional teams in intelligence and investigation related projects / activities.

Intelligence \xe2\x80\x93 Perform the role of Intelligence Analyst / Lead Intelligence Analyst as assigned. Identify financial crime risks to produce intelligence products by analysing the intersection of external threats with Bank\xe2\x80\x99s inherent and residual financial crime profile. Support in preparing intelligence products like client analysis reports, intelligence alerts, intelligence bulletins, strategic intelligence assessments to ensure mitigation outcomes.

Investigations \xe2\x80\x93 Perform the role of Team Lead, and Investigator / Lead Investigator as required. Oversee and conduct financial crime investigations, to identify and mitigate financial crime risk to the bank. Perform activities like running list, client relationship identification and screening, open-source research, transaction analysis, CDD reviews and watchlist checks etc.

Oversight of team activities and support the development and training of team members.

Processes

Prepare Enhanced and Basic Background Screening for new prospects / existing clients as per the business or Group FCC requirement through extensive public domain research and database screening through internal databases and subscribed third-party databases.

Extract eCDD+ details, including information on sanctions compliance and Adverse Media Assessment Form.

People & Talent

The role holder must demonstrate strong leadership skills in delivering the objectives of the EBS team.

The role holder must have relevant technical and interpersonal skills.

Risk Management

Governance

Ensure timely reporting and escalation of significant issues to management and responsibility for overall team delivery

Establish and develop effective working relationships within the unit.

Propose control improvements, enhancements, and simplifications where appropriate.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s Values and Code of Conduct.

Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank, and within the EBS team. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

Lead the unit to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Operation of Financial Markets; Financial Crime Prevention; The Right Environment.

Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders*

Requestors from various business across SCB locations.

Group and Regional FCC stakeholders.

Transaction Surveillance Unit (TSU) and Customer Screening Unit (CSU) team members.

Other Responsibilities*

Ensure timely reporting and escalation of significant issues to management.

Establish and develop effective working relationships within the unit, Group / Regional FCC, and other personnel of business units.

Coordinate IT initiatives and managing database and systems used by the unit to ensure operational issues are promptly addressed.

Qualifications

Training, licenses, memberships and certifications

• Relevant degree from a reputed university.

• AML certification such as CAMS / ICA (preferable).

• Minimum four or five years of relevant experience.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

• Good analytical skills.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Report writing skills that involves sourcing data from public domain, analysing the same and presenting the information in the prescribed report format. Experience in secondary research involving sourcing date from public domain and analysing the same.
• A Strong Analytical and Good Judgment Skills. Self-manage and work with minimal supervision. Good judgment. An inquisitive approach to practices and procedures. Personal authority and integrity. Independence and resilience
• Compliance or Business skills relevant to financial crime risk. Effective collaborative skills that contribute to positive working relationships with counterparts and the business. Comply with Group Money Laundering Prevention Policy and Procedures to the extent applicable and reporting all Suspicious Transactions to the Line Manager.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills. Good analytical skills
• Prior experience in Banking/Financial services domain
• Sound working knowledge of MS Office suite particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

About Standard Chartered

We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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:

\xc2\xb7 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

\xc2\xb7 Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well

\xc2\xb7 Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

\xc2\xb7 Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations

\xc2\xb7 Time-off including annual, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum

\xc2\xb7 Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns

\xc2\xb7 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

\xc2\xb7 A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning

\xc2\xb7 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.

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