Manager, FCSO Trade Monitoring

Job ID: 39736

Location: Chennai, IN

Area of interest: Operations

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 16 Sept 2025

Job Summary

• Review level 2 AML alerts/events in line with the Trade AML Procedure DOI and Guidance document.
• To escalate any positive alerts to country FCC for their review and decision.
• To ensure implementation of Trade AML policies in line with the procedures in vogue.
• To work with stakeholders (including Trade Products, Group Trade Ops, Group FCC, Group TB) on AML related issues.
• To continuously provide inputs to stakeholders on improving the overall AML process – including system related.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Exhibit qualities which demonstrate the group's strategy.
• To support strategic intent, on the growth of function and as per dynamic requirements.

Business

• Review Pre and Post transaction alerts/events from an AML perspective.
• Ensure timely review and escalation of alerts via Trade AML System to country FCC.
• Coordinating Trade AML rollout across all markets in line with the group implementation plan
• Coordinate IT initiatives/ issues with respect to Trade AML system in use by Operations/ AML Advisors.
• Ability to articulate risk findings to various stakeholders and provide inputs to FCC as required.
• Ensure timely submissions of monthly MIS with respect to Trade AML alerts and reports to Country FCC as required.

Processes

• Ensure that appropriate systems, procedures and controls are in place in line with the existing policies and are operating efficiently for Trade monitoring.
• Ensure timely review and escalation of alerts via Trade AML System to country FCC.
• Coordinate IT initiatives/ issues with respect to Trade AML system in use by Operations/ AML Advisors
• Coordinate BCP / DR testing in addition to taking appropriate measure for managing a crisis situation.
• To continuously provide inputs to stakeholders on improving the overall AML process – including system related.

People & Talent

• Ensure low levels of attrition in the AML team.
• To ensure the motivation levels of staff is always high.
• To encourage team members to participate in CSR activities and other initiatives like A3.
• Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm.

Risk Management

• Analyse significant financial crime risk events are identified and reported at the appropriate levels internally across all relevant jurisdictions.
• Upholding the Values of the Group and Company at all times.
• Compliance with all applicable Rules/ Regulations and Company and Group Policies.
• To mitigate the risks on a sustained basis.

Governance

• To comply with all applicable Policies and Procedures, guidelines.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• To effectively manage Key Stakeholders, Country FCC
• Group Trade Operations and their management team.

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in in India GBS FCSO Trade Monitoring.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats); [List all responsibilities associated with the role]

Qualifications

• Professional with a combination of Trade and AML knowledge
• Effective collaborative skills that contribute to positive working relationships with counterparts across the team
• Understanding of relevant Group, Trade AML policies and standards, including Financial Markets & Security Services
• Good judgment
• An inquisitive approach to practices and procedures.
• Personal authority and integrity.
• Independence and resilience.
• Education-Degree Or Master's degree
• Certifications-Professional certifications like CAMS or CDCS have an added advantage
• Languages-English (Good written and verbal communication skills.)

Skills and Experience

• Trade Finance Operations
• Trade Monitoring

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

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.