Job ID: 36586
Location: Singapore, SG
Area of interest: Operations
Job type: Regular Employee
Work style: Office Working
Opening date: 14 Aug 2025

JOB SUMMARY

The Director, FCSO Digital Asset Surveillance is a senior role responsible for directing and overseeing the end-to-end management of digital asset related alert escalations, from Screening and Monitoring to in-depth investigation and resolution of suspicious on-chain activities. Leveraging advanced blockchain analytics, financial crime compliance expertise, and deep knowledge of global regulatory frameworks, the Director sets the strategic direction for digital asset investigative practices in alignment with the Bank’s policies, standards, and risk appetite.
This role partners closely with Compliance, Legal, Technology, Operations and Product teams across the Bank, as well as external regulators, to ensure rigorous adherence to Financial Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) requirements. In addition to leading complex investigations, the Director will design and deliver targeted training programmes to build specialist investigative and blockchain analysis capabilities across the organisation, while also supporting the implementation of the financial crime control framework into new markets in alignment to the Banks Digital Assets strategy.
By combining operational excellence, proactive risk management, and strategic foresight, the Director safeguards the bank and its stakeholders from illicit activities while enabling innovation and responsible growth in the rapidly evolving digital asset space.

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

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Utilise advanced blockchain analytics tools to monitor transactions for irregularities and red flags.
• Analyse large datasets to detect suspicious activity patterns in cryptocurrency operations.
• Conduct in-depth investigations of suspicious transactions, wallets, and addresses.
• Trace blockchain transactions to identify potential illicit activity (e.g., money laundering, fraud, or sanction violations).
• Collaborate with internal teams to obtain context and insights related to flagged activities.
• Ensure compliance with Financial Sanctions/AML/CTF regulations and global Digital Assets frameworks.
• Work closely with compliance, risk management, and technology teams to enhance surveillance systems.
• Train internal staff on DA compliance risks and detection techniques.
• Provide expert insights and recommendations to improve anti-fraud and AML processes.
• Identify emerging DA risks and trends and recommend preventive measures.
• Assist in developing internal policies, procedures, and controls for DA transactions.
• Stay informed on evolving regulations, tools, and techniques in the DA space.
• Perform detailed testing of controls related to financial crime compliance, including DA surveillance, transaction monitoring, customer due diligence (CDD) and sanctions screening.
• Evaluate the design and operating effectiveness of key controls.
• Identify control deficiencies, root causes, and areas for improvement.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Singapore / FCSO / Screening; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats)

ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Financial Crime Compliance
• Business Relationship Management