Job ID: 35667
Location: Dubai, AE
Area of interest: Corporate & Commercial Banking
Job type: Regular Employee
Work style: Office Working
Opening date: 1 Aug 2025

JOB SUMMARY

• The FI and Fintech Client Risk Advisor is responsible for contributing to the Global Initiatives and BAU tasks for the Financial Institution (“FI”) Risk Advisory team, and in particular the management of risks associated with the products and services offered and sold to those Clients and how they support the Client’s business model.
• As first line defence for the bank’s risk management, the Associate Director, is responsible for supporting the risk assessment and acceptance of the segment as well as ongoing monitoring of the clients’ activities
• The FI and Fintech Client Risk Advisor is required to initially focus on the New Payment Methods (NPM) and Digital Asset segments, whilst also aligning to other initiatives and Affiliates.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Business writing
• Using and applying office software
• Online meeting setup
• Familiar with banking terminology
• New Payment Method and Digital Asset Market Knowledge (SIF)
• Business Partnering
• Compliance Advisory
• Process Management

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree required with advance education preferred.
• Years of work experience in Fintech, Banking, Payments, Crypto/Digital Assets or related.
• Strong knowledge of regulations in key jurisdictions with some working knowledge of SCB footprint markets.
• Fintech related learning; specialized due diligence, sanctions, ICA/ACAMS
• Experience with financial crime compliance / AML frameworks for FI clients is required.
• Core product knowledge across the Bank’s offering
• Structured and process driven, with experience in a multi-cultural team, across borders and time zones.
• Excellent analytics and reporting skills, being able to cross-check the work and manage communications.
• Excellent communication/writing skills with ability to get points across to all levels internally & externally.
• Ability to work towards tight deadlines and manage expectations.
• Languages: English and/or local language skills (Arabic preferred)

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

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Embed Group’s brand and values.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.