Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Chief Compliance Officer / MLRO to lead our Compliance, Financial Crime and Conduct Risk (CFCR) function based in Luxembourg. This role ensures our business operates with integrity, meets regulatory expectations, and aligns with our Here for Good values. You will oversee compliance policies, manage regulatory relationships, and drive proactive risk management. If you have a deep understanding of Luxembourg’s regulatory framework, financial crime risk, and compliance best practices, this is an exciting opportunity to lead compliance strategy in a dynamic financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the CFCR function in Luxembourg, ensuring compliance with all regulatory and ethical standards
• Act as the main point of contact for regulatory authorities and ensure proactive engagement with the CSSF
• Oversee financial crime risk, including AML/CFT, sanctions compliance, and anti-bribery frameworks
• Develop and maintain effective risk management, governance, and compliance oversight processes
• Provide strategic direction and guidance to senior stakeholders, ensuring compliance with local and global policies
• Support the growth of the business by embedding compliance into decision-making and risk management
• Act as the Data Protection Officer and designated person for CNPD

Skills and Qualifications

Skills

• Extensive experience in financial services compliance, risk management, or regulatory affairs
• Strong knowledge of Luxembourg’s regulatory environment (CSSF regulations, AML/CFT frameworks) as well as applicable EU regulations such as MiCAR
• Expertise in financial crime risk management and compliance advisory
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to engage with senior leadership and regulators
• Knowledge of digital assets and custody business is a plus
• Practical knowledge of Blockchain analytical tools such as Chainalysis would be a distinct advantage
• Proficiency in English and French or German

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in compliance, financial crime, or regulatory risk
• Strong understanding of the EU and Luxembourg regulatory framework with regards to a custody business and digital assets 
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage regulatory relationships

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.