Job ID: 31025
Location: Newark, US
Area of interest: Governance, Risk Management & Compliance
Job type: Regular Employee
Work style: Hybrid Working
Opening date: 5 Jun 2025
JOB SUMMARY
This role is responsible for conducting all aspects of the intelligence analysis and project review functions required in support of Standard Chartered New York’s Financial Crime Intelligence Unit’s (“FCIU”) Strategic Intelligence Group (“SIG”). The FCIU conducts intelligence reviews and generates and delivers intelligence reports, bulletins, threat assessments, training decks, and programmatic presentations on emerging financial crime threats, geographies, products, or industries presenting complex financial crime risks to SC NY, the SC network, and matters associated with clients of concern. SIG creates and executes intelligence reviews and intelligence alerts focused on identifying the highest financial crime risks to the bank and in alignment with the US Department of Treasury’s National Priorities, and institutional client reviews as well as identifies broader trends, corridors, and emerging financial crime risks to the Bank.
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Execute Compliance Governance, Frameworks and Models
- Proven understanding of AML/CTF-related laws, regulations, policies, procedures and standards; familiarity financial crime threats in Bank primary areas of operation
- Ability to provide financial crime compliance advisory to key stakeholders
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access) with the ability to generate pivot tables, graphs, and charts; mastery of spreadsheet-based data-management and analysis.
- Working knowledge of SharePoint with the ability to upload and update files.
- Working knowledge of link analysis and network development, and basic data analytics
- Compliance Policies and Standards
- Understand, apply and advise on current policies and practices of Financial Crime Compliance with some guidance on straightforward and some complex issues
- Keep up to date on local issues that could contribute to Financial Crime Compliance vulnerability and horizon risks and consider implications for policies and procedures from a business, risk, compliance and culture perspective
- Provide training to staff on Financial Crime Compliance policies and procedures
- Intelligence Research and Analysis
- Ability to manage data mining and aggregation, conduct complex analytics, and produce non-technical outputs.
- Ability to assess complex, ambiguous fact patterns, evaluate possible financial crime scenarios, and develop investigative and mitigation strategies in concert with fellow FCIU and, when applicable, Group members.
- Ability to identify and manage financial crime risk and operational risk.
- Ability to articulate potentially suspicious activity succinctly and thoroughly.
- Ability to manage regulatory liaison and external outreach
- Project Management
- Conduct project stakeholder analysis and identify the needs of relevant stakeholders to get buy in
QUALIFICATIONS
- 5 – 7 years of financial services, intelligence or law enforcement intelligence analytic support with demonstrated success and increasing responsibilities.
- ACAMS certification or equivalent preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, data science, statistics, computer science, intelligence, or criminal justice from an accredited institution, or equivalent.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the key products or services provided by the business/function, and the processes and controls that underpin them.
- Demonstrates an understanding of the compliance regulations, knowledge of global procedures and policies, including a core understanding of AML, Sanctions, CDD and Anti Bribery and Corruption.
- Proven capability to conduct open-source research and leverage Bank internal data sources to assist in building composite analytical products.
- Proficiency in excel and experience in managing and mining large data sets to extract valuable insights with an ability to utilize advanced statistical methods and data modelling techniques to support strategic initiatives.
- Has the ability to interpret complex information and determine the research and analysis required to extract facts that can be objectively supported. Has a strong investigative mindset where critical thinking is applied, exemplified by several attributes;
- professional scepticism, a meticulous and consistent approach to research and analytics, and the ability to thoroughly articulate a defence for conclusions reached.
- Has the ability to develop and maintain interactive dashboards and reports utilizing visualization tools such as Power BI to present data in a clear and actionable manner.
- Clear, concise communication style (written and verbal); demonstrates engaged listening skills; able to maintain composure in a stressed situation.
- Self-motivated; knows how to work both collaboratively and independently; takes accountability for decisions, actions and outcomes.Ability to be agile and receptive to change. Demonstrates a positive attitude and is solutions oriented.
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 ter