Job ID: 39165
Location: Singapore, SG
Area of interest: Operations
Job type: Regular Employee
Work style: Hybrid Working
Opening date: 9 Sept 2025

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

As a Client Due Diligence Analyst, you’ll be responsible for supporting the delivery of end-to-end, best-in-class onboarding for our Wealth and Retail Banking clients. You will

• Verify client identity using various documentation and tools.
• Conduct comprehensive background checks and risk assessments on new and existing clients.
• Screen clients against ‘Know Your Customer (KYC)’ lists.
• Prepare detailed reports documenting findings and risk ratings.
• Escalate high risk or suspicious cases to senior management and/or compliance teams.
• Ensure onboarding adheres to anti money-laundering, client due diligence, and ‘Know your Customer’ regulations and internal policies.
• Liaise with clients to obtain necessary information and documentation.
• Stay up-to-date with anti-money laundering and ‘Know Your Customer’ regulations and financial crime trends.
• Knowledge of financial crime, compliance, client due diligence and ‘Know Your Customer’ regulations.
• You’ll have strong attention to detail and the ability to analyse data.
• You’ll be able to prioritise your time well, with project management abilities and problem-solving aptitude.

Our Ideal Candidate

• 2+ years working experience in performing CDD reviews in a Bank environment
• Familiar with MAS regulations and requirements towards AML standards for Banks in Singapore.
• Has good awareness of Risk concerns and is able to identify and address such risk concerns independently.
• Meticulous and has an eye for details
• Fast learner and efficient
• Good Stake holder management

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Proficient in handling CDD Reviews for SME Entity clients. Having CDD knowledge on Retail is an advantage.
• Conversant and have good understanding in handling of client reviews relating to Periodic, Trigger and New Client Onboarding
• Able to review and assess on High Risk clients who is involved with Risk Events like PEP, Adverse Media, Sanctions, etc
• Sound knowledge and understanding of complex entity structures and be able to fully unwrap such clients.
• Conversant on the type of documents required as part of a CDD Review or for purposes of Corroboration, etc
• Clear understanding on the constituents of SOW requirements and how such information is to be obtained and documented as part of client wealth journey
• Analytical mind and ability to articulate the risk concerns and mitigants to complete the review.