Key Responsibilities

• To ensure compliance of Standard Chartered Bank’s  (SCB) business activities in Germany, the European Economic Area (EEA) and other countries (as appropriate) with all laws, regulations and relevant standards, in particular with respect to the Transaction Banking Business (TB Business); the role holder will predominantly have responsibility for Trade but also providing coverage for Cash and onboarding related regulations.
• To support the Head Conduct, Financial Crime and Compliance (CFCC) Advisory, SCB AG and the Chief Compliance Officer Continental Europe and (if and when requested) Group CFCC Teams in all matters (including projects), in particular having any relevance to the Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) business activities and, if need be, in all other Compliance matters.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of German and EU legislative and regulatory developments that affect SCB AG’s operation and business and regularly communicate those to relevant stakeholders (e.g. through trainings etc.).
• Compile and regularly update relevant Obligations Register(s) as well as management information tools (and if necessary, represent CFCC in local meetings, committees and forums).
• Proactively help to implement and establish a comprehensive and sufficient Compliance and control framework for SCB in Germany (and other EEA countries) in order to fulfil all applicable laws and regulation (German and European laws and regulation and requirements).
• Draft, review and assist in the roll out of SCB AG policies, procedures and other initiatives, and their compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• In the event of serious regulatory breaches, or where risk tolerances have been breached, ensure senior management in the Bank and relevant regulators are informed and that actions are taken quickly to remediate and/or activities are ceased.
• Ensuring that all (new) products and services are in compliance with relevant laws and regulation.
• Review and update of all relevant product initiatives, with respect to their compliance with applicable laws and regulation.
• Review and update of relevant regulatory disclosures (incl. website) and other client communication and information with respect to their compliance with applicable laws and regulation.
• Identification and the review of new regulatory initiatives concerning TB Business - Trade and Cash to ensure all material matters are considered and any necessary procedures are implemented, including providing training to relevant staff.
• Identifying and measuring Compliance risks (in particular in the area of CIB/ TB Business - Trade and Cash) in order to be able to assess the impact and likelihood of a particular risk materializing.
• Collaborate with the Products teams, Senior Management and other CFCC stakeholders to anticipate horizon risks that may have a significant impact on the Bank and develop effective strategies to mitigate such horizon risks including global standards for conduct of business.
• Provide reports to relevant CFCC and Business risk and control committees and management on key compliance risks and issues.

Skills and Experience

• Relevant experience in a similar Compliance role within the industry of at least 3 - 5 years.
• Sound understanding of the banking and financial industry and their regulatory framework.
• Demonstrates a good understanding of relevant EU and German laws and regulations with subject matter expertise in payment regulations; specific knowledge of the Cash and Trade products are of advantage.
• Ability to work in a matrix organisation, leveraging resources across the organisation to complete deliverables.
• Experience of proactively engaging stakeholders across multiple countries/businesses/functions.
• English language skills.
• German language skills are of advantage.

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.

About Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered Bank AG Poland Branch is an entity which is a part of Continental Europe franchise of SC Group. It was founded in November 2023 as part of SCB AG with headquarters in Frankfurt.  It has its office in Warsaw Hub located in Rondo Daszynskiego 2B in Warsaw on 30th floor. SCB AG Poland Branch provides vast majority of back and middle-office services that aim on boosting the growth of Europe business. It closely cooperates with Standard Chartered Global Business Solutions Limited, a service centre located also in Warsaw Hub premises, from which it was carved out to create an extension of continental Europe’s business. 

The rapid growth of SCB AG Poland Branch is an answer to demanding and expanding business of SCB AG, that delivers the professionals with unique skills to the company.