Senior Specialist

Job Profile About Standard Chartered We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. It%27s about showingsho w you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good. We%27re committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base. RESPONSIBILITIES: Business: Lead core analytic projects to drive efficiency and effectiveness in various screening processes Design analytical solutions/experiments to solve various strategic business problems through engagement and research. Support in building and deploy ML Algorithms, Advanced Analytics, and Data Visualization across the FCC Control and region. Support the FCC Controls Program in developing and transforming the Analytics Capabilities across the group Partner with assigned teams and/or business units to provide deep expertise and advisory on data analytics needs Perform quality evaluations as stated in the DOIs and by employing a risk-based approach to address financial crime/money laundering risks Publish quality control results and lead discussions with the group and controls teams to highlight identified exceptions and thematic trends, if any Analyse and interpret unstructured data to produce reports that help the bank identify and manage emerging areas of risk / vulnerability and thus drive remediation action within the FCC function. Stakeholders Relations Represent the Group on transaction screening issues through appropriate relationships where applicable with key regulators, relevant industry and vendor / user Groups Processes Develop, structured reporting to identify risk issues and recommend for approval by the relevant Risk Committee, appropriate policies/processes/DOIs to address financial crime risks, aligning with relevant regulatory requirements. Risk Management Understand technical aspects of systems relevant to CDD, Client Risk Assessments, Name and Transaction Screening, and Case Management Review and assess existing system and controls relevant to FCC to ascertain operational performance and effectiveness. Align/support with the alignment of relevant systems and controlsto industry best practice and close out any compliance gaps. Ensure that the relevant lists and database as used by the screening systems are up to date. Make recommendations and/or implement to relevant stakeholders on possible risk management responses to identified risks and/or findings of concerns from investigations. Assess risks arising from products / segments / geographies / customers / transactions. Inform senior management and relevant regulators of serious regulatory breaches or where risk tolerances have been breached and ensure that actions are taken quickly to remediate and/or activities are ceased. Governance Prepare and cascade lessons learned from audit findings, FCC assurance activities and specific investigations. Project/Change Management: Regulatory %26amp; Business conduct Display exemplary conduct and live by the Groups Values and Code of Conduct. Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Important Company. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct. Lead the FCC List Management Team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Banks 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 Screening Product Management, Group Sanctions Advisory, Regional and Country FCC Heads, PEP and Sensitive Client Unit and i3 Technology Other Responsibilities Embed Here for good and Groups brand and values in FCC Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures. QUALIFICATIONS: Min Degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data or Computer Science or a related field Analytics working experience in banking / financial services industry is desired Possess a selection of skills and experience with analytical tools and languages such as Python, R, SQL, Pig and other Hadoop-based languages Possess the ability to query and use large, robust data sets across traditional Data Warehouse and Hadoop platforms. To view information on our benefits including our flexible working please visit our. We welcome conversations on flexible working