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Associate Director, FCC Investigations

📍 Canada

Business Standard Chartered

Job Description

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RESPONSIBILITIES Strategy Ensure that there is adequate support (people, processes, tools, frameworks, systems) in the respective team for necessary FCC controls

Business

Support relevant stakeholders by managing and closing cases inline with group defined CAD

Provide relevant feedback on cutovers, project go lives and systemic migrations

Provide relevant feedback on process notes and DOIs

Provide required MIS and data to assist in any reporting as may be required to the respective team leads

Processes

Manage and/or resolve Transaction Monitoring (TM) alerts/cases including Automated cases, Credit, TBML, Name screening, Transaction screening and Manual Cases

Lead the TM team for BAU, projects, MIS, reporting and other reports as required

Follow the TM Group and Country DOI to process risk events in line with Assess, Analyse, Act (AAA) process and refer/escalate potential suspicious/complex cases that require escalation to ACT

Assess and raise RFIs wherever required

Conduct further analysis and escalations using knowledge about complex products

Assist in implementing and learning of Group and FCC processes/DOIs

Assist in MI Reporting, tracking of team productivity, case allocations, etc.

Provide relevant updates as required on outstanding numbers, closures etc as inputs to various governance forums

Provide feedback on Group DOIs, Country addendums

Participate in UAT, testing, and go live of projects time to time

Have thorough understanding of the banks TM systems, CDD systems and other source systems related to TM

People & Talent

Provide leadership to analysts and lead respective teams

Allocation and queue management

Engage with teams to ensure process streamlining and adherence to CAD

Provide mentorship to new joinees to ensure team dynamics is maintained

Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm

Stimulate an environment where forward planning, prioritisation, deadline management and streamlined workflows and collaborative, inclusive yet effective and efficient work practices are the norm

Collaborate with training teams to input to training curriculum to support closing of capability gaps

Governance

Track significant issues arising from FCC metrics, FCC Assurance activities, Audit reviews and regulatory inspections, providing validation and evidence of issue closure where necessary

Propose control improvements, enhancements and simplifications where appropriate

Support all control checks undertaken by FCC under the Operational Risk Framework (ORF) and provide related MI for the same

Periodic reporting and timely escalation of significant risks and issues arising from FCC Monitoring and Assurance activities and assist with related MI to achieve the same

Be accountable for identification and escalation of potential risks and issues to the team leads for further escalation through appropriate governance channels and the Quality Assurance framework

Assist in tracking and remediation of surveillance and investigations related regulatory findings

Prepare and cascade lessons learned from audit findings, FCC assurance activities and specific investigations and assist with building training material for enhancing team learning

Collate, analyse and interpret data in reports as required for relevant governance/risk committees

Analyse and interpret data to produce reports that help the bank identify and manage emerging areas of risk / vulnerability and assist in remediation as required

Risk Management

Make recommendations (and/or implement) to relevant stakeholders on possible risk management responses to identified risks and/or findings of concerns from investigations

Inform the respective team leads of any events which may have potential regulatory breaches (or where risk tolerances have been breached) and ensure that actions are taken quickly to remediate and/or activities are ceased

Analyse significant financial crime risk events (e.g. non‑compliant transactions, production orders) to ensure that all connected parties, particularly cross‑border are identified and highlighted to the team leads where‑ever required

Apply Group and FCC policies and processes (AML surveillance, transaction monitoring, risk assessment) to manage risks

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

Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles

Effectively and collaboratively identify, elevate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters

Key Stakeholders

Respective Team Leads

TM Team Members

Head, FCC

Regional Control teams

Other Responsibilities

Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in CFCC

Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures

Qualifications 5 to 10 years of relevant work experience in the following areas:

For monitoring

Transaction monitoring and case assessment/ surveillance skills

Analysis skills: able to analyze data, working knowledge of Internet and MS Office Suite & independently assimilate, analyse and evaluate information from disperse data sources to determine a course of action (e.g. case closure or escalation), and record and communicate this decision clearly and concisely

Banking: knowledge in terms of customers, products and transactions

Banking operations experience (Client Due Diligence, payments, trade, markets or other) and service oriented attitude

Excellent communication in English (articulation and writing)

Role Specific Technical Competencies

AML Knowledge

Compliance Policies and Standards

Compliance Advisory

Surveillance (Transaction Monitoring)

Compliance Risk Assessment

Communication Skills

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

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Job Details

Posted Date: March 12, 2026
Job Type: Business
Location: Canada
Company: Standard Chartered

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