Manager, Financial Crime Intelligence Unit

Job description / Role

Manager, Financial Crime Intelligence Unit - Help us fight financial crime.

This Dubai based role is a hands-on opportunity to provide intelligence analysis support for both proactive and reactive analytics and research in the Financial Crime Intelligence & Investigations Unit (FCIU). The role is key to the growth and development of the team in United Arab Emirates (UAE). It includes analysis of both internal and external datasets to uncover concentrations of financial crime risk and clients of concern by identifying patterns, typologies and trends. The role holder will be required to submit written reports to key regional stakeholders and client risk committees that make clear recommendations. In addition, the successful candidate will support the build out of thematic assessments, which identify and measure existing and emerging financial crime risks.

Key Roles and Responsibilities
- Provide subject matter expertise on Financial Crime Intelligence, drawing on financial intelligence and law enforcement networks, professional qualifications and experience.
- Design, implement and manage policies and procedures associated with Financial Crime Intelligence including development of a framework to expand network with law enforcement, intelligence agencies and regulators to improve two-way information sharing
- Continually monitors the external environment through various internal/external sources and the media to identify financial crime risks which may potentially impact the bank in future, map and assess those risks, quantify the potential impact and escalate where necessary
- Undertake complex research derived from multiple sources, both internal and external to Standard Chartered Bank (to include business, operations, compliance, open source web searches, domestic and international regulatory bodies) to produce both strategic and tactical intelligence products
- Working with key stakeholders to produce proactive projects in which large internal datasets (including client static data and transactions) are analysed to identify financial crime risk through patterns, trends and typologies.
- Review significant risks and issues (e.g. Suspicious Activity Report’s and confirmed name matches) reported to ensure that all connected parties, particularly across borders, are identified and reported at the appropriate levels internally as well as externally across all relevant jurisdictions.
- Support specialized intelligence assessments and analysis of clients, countries and products through examination of transactions, production orders, subpoenas, warrants and other internal datasets
- Interpret numerical information including patterns and trends
- Maintain local/regional internal watchlists
- Support efforts to position the Bank as an industry leader in the eyes of regulators and industry stakeholders

Leadership & Management
- Be viewed as industry leader
- Manage key stakeholders who receive intelligence product

Knowledge Development and Information Management
- Maintain and ensure the suitability and quality of case data maintained on enterprise case management systems
- Identify and research key intelligence data from multiple internal and external sources and then collate, grade and disseminate to various stakeholders across the Group so that appropriate action can be taken. This may include enhancing watchlists and setting desired procedural outcomes for front office to follow should a match occur and tuning detection scenarios

Stakeholders Relations
- Undertake bespoke enhanced background reviews on clients and prospects, at the request of respective stakeholders, to support the Customer Due Diligence process and other special requests (e.g. Reputational Risk Committee’s) and maintaining a database of such reviews for future use across the Group
- Manage law enforcement outreach and outreach to peer banking institutions on intelligence

Requirements

- The role holder should possess prior experience in regulatory, law enforcement, military or a commercial (e.g. research / vendor/media) intelligence environment.
- The role holder is preferred to possess a ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laudering Specialists) qualification.
- Strong stakeholder management experience is essential and able to network across the intelligence community.
- The role holder will have a high sense of accountability and take ownership of issues.

Because we have a big vision, there’s a lot to do. We need people who are comfortable with the unknown and passionate about building something for the long term. If impact is your ultimate goal then there never was a better time to join us because the work that you do will influence the direction that we take.

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About the Company

Standard Chartered Bank started in 1958 in UAE with its first branch in Sharjah. The Group’s business gradually increased in Dubai with the opening of several branches and today, Dubai is the administrative hub of the Middle East and South Asia Region. In its 43rd year, the Bank enjoys the position of having the most extensive branch network among foreign international banks in UAE with 10 branches emirate-wide.

Standard Chartered is an international bank, focused on the established and emerging markets of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America with an extensive global network of more than 600 offices in over 50 countries. The three principal business groups are Global Markets, Personal Banking and Corporate and Institutional Banking.

In UAE, we are one of the leading banks, offering an extensive range of products and services for personal customers, local companies, multinational corporate and financial institutions.