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About Standard Chartered Bank

Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) offers a wide range of financial products and services for private banking customers and institutional clients in emerging markets. They also provide corporate banking services to major multinational companies worldwide on an international scale.

Your role

Role: Risk & Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance (RC, FCC)

Responsibilities:

• All employees are risk managers and take responsibility for the risks in their area of work. This is their first line of defense. The second is their Risk & Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance (RCFCC) function. They believe a healthy risk culture is one where they identify current and future risks effectively, discuss them openly and take prompt actions.
• They work with teams across the bank to take a constructive approach to provide oversight, challenge, and make clear decisions promptly.
• They’re nurturing a diverse and inclusive working environment where colleagues are accountable, open to challenge, and feel safe using their judgment to make considered decisions.
• You can be part of their map to future success, breaking down silos and building out their diversity to drive better insights and decision-making.

Training & development 

You’ll develop skills to become a Risk and/or Compliance analyst. Risk and Compliance is an emerging and ever-expanding area across Banking and the wider financial services industry.

You’ll develop a unique skillset by working alongside subject matter business experts across multiple job rotations, developing highly sought-after specialist business knowledge and technical skills.  You will specialize in either Risk or CFCC business and projects could include:  

• Risk & Controls identification and management
• Improving efficiency, accuracy, and maintainability of information (e.g. using Excel / advanced Excel) 
• Management of on-site regulatory engagements, guidelines, and best practices 
• Preparation of high-quality submissions or reports as requested by Regulators, Internal Audit, and the Group Senior Management. 
• Regularly review their compliance policies and processes for anti-bribery and corruption, whistleblowing, and more 
• Be a trusted advisor to their business units and act in the best interests of their clients and customers.

What you’ll do over 18 months:

Induction

• These are classroom sessions, case studies, and tailored technical training split by business functions. 

12-month training rotation

• You’ll spend After induction, you will spend 6 months in your selected business function (Risk/ CFCC) followed by a cross rotation across other Risk, CFCC areas such as Country Compliance/FCC, Country Risk/Credit Risk/Risk Ops, CISO and Group Ops Risk. 

6-months Business rotation

• Your last rotation will be six months in your focus area in Risk or CFCC. It’s your opportunity to find the team you fit into best and begin your Standard Chartered career.

Benefits

Benefits offered to its employees include;

• Market-leading tax-free savings programs
• Competitive base and variable pay
• Savings, investments, and retirement plans
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Health screening
• Access to the full Standard Chartered Rewards Programme

Career progression

At the end of your 18-month program, you’ll join a role in either Risk or Compliance. This could be in the following areas: 

• Risk governance  
• Cyber Risk 
• Retail Risk 
• Enterprise Risk Management  
• Operational Risk 
• Market Risk and many more

Work-life balance

They believe that flexible work can help enhance work-life balance as it empowers employees to manage their priorities and personal interests. Their approach to flexible working has been designed to support their future sustainability and help them motivate and retain diverse talent, build resilience, and productivity and support wellbeing. Work days are usually from Monday to Saturday with flexible work timings depending upon your role requirements.

Culture & vibe

The culture and vibe at Standard Chartered Bank are very relaxed. The people are smart and friendly, and there is very little hierarchy. The dress code is pretty casual, although you will see some people in suits during client visits or presentations.

About you

The requirements for the role are as follows:

Eligibility;

• They’re interested in people with diverse backgrounds and encourage students from all degree disciplines to apply to their programs.

For their Graduate Programme, you must;

• Be in your final year of study for a university degree or higher, or have graduated in the last two years, and  
• Have the permanent legal right to work in the country you’re applying to.

How to apply

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