Associate Director, Client Approval & Review, PvB

The Role Responsibilities

• Accountable for administration of Local Client Committee (LCC) as secretary.
• Responsible for the preparation of the LCC agenda and minutes.
• Perform independent review to ensure documentations and SOW corroborations of individual and non-individual client are sufficient and in case complex or multiple layer non-individual client to unwrap the structure to identify the documentations requirement for KYC purpose dictated by Group CDD procedures and AML Ordinance.
• To review client signing arrangement appointment and to identify the control gaps due to special signing arrangement request for management's review.
• To review the completeness, accuracy and consistency of account documents and SOW corroborations to ensure adherence to the Group Client Due Diligence Policy, investment sales policies, U.S. tax requirements and regulatory guidelines.
• To provide constructive advices to PvB CA/CSM on the enquiries related to account opening documentations and client profile amendments.
• Analysis the gaps and provide reports to management and Operations Risk on the outstanding gap items and liaise with CA/CSM to close the gaps.
• Responsible for the preparation of regular and ad hoc management report.
• Initiate/Support to liaise with relevant parties, e.g. Platform Managers, Operational Risk, Compliance & Chennai Hub etc. in streamlining existing processes to maximize productivity and efficiency in PvB.
• Serving as trainer on CDD/AML related to new joiners in induction training as well as routine refresher training.
• Conduct UAT testing to actively participate in new system or IT projects.

Our Ideal Candidate

• At least 5 years' experience and knowledge on documentation and CDD requirements on account opening, PR, Trigger Review, client profile amendment and legal requirements for account maintenance and account opening for both onshore and offshore accounts.
• Awareness of risk and controls, and the ability to identify and resolve any control issues that may arise.
• Experience in bank operations, risk control or account opening review.
• Knowledge of Bank's product, services, policies and procedures as well as regulatory requirement in the banking industry.
• Knowledge on company formation and maintenance
• Interpersonal skills - communicating effectively in spoken and writing and provide value adding advice to others, influencing effectively.
• Reasonable experience in committee meeting administration

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Communication in Chinese
• Communication in English

About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with 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.

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