Senior Specialist, FCSO TM Tuning & Optimisation

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Job Summary

The role of a Senior Specialist on the FCSO TM & Fraud -Tuning team is that of an individual contributor and involves working with three facets :

Working with large volumes of confidential and regulated data associated with customer's financial transactions

Development of scripts and routines using new age programming languages and working of the Oracle / Hive environments to work with large volumes of structured and unstructured data

Apply analytical / statistical / quantitative models on data to identify anomalies and patterns which help in providing insight on the AML behaviour associated with customers and the transactions conducted by them. The role is a global role that cuts across geographies and products of the Bank which are subjected to AML monitoring.

Key Responsibilities

Business

Analyse comprehensive impact of financial crime related regulatory matters on the relevant business area and its operations.

Ensure that key changes (to laws, rules, regulations) are communicated and cascaded (in region / country), in coordination with group communications.

Regularly engage with business stakeholders to understand their requirements, and address their concerns.

For technical roles, write production quality code. Adhere to the best practices in coding like following PEP-8 standards, writing unit tests, etc.

Processes

Perform threshold tuning / retuning for detection scenarios and risk indicators across products such as CASA, Trade, Credit Cards, Financing Securities Services and Financial Markets - Third Party Payments

Perform segmentation of customers as per the Global Segmentation Model in force at SCB

Perform reconciliation of detection scenarios and risk indicators across products such as such as CASA, Trade, Credit Cards, Financing Securities Services and Financial Markets - Third Party Payments

Perform Adhoc / Bespoke Analysis (Impact Assessments) based on requests from Country FCC stakeholders within the group / regions / country and FCC / FCSO teams

People & Talent

Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm.

Stimulate an environment where forward planning, prioritisation, deadline management and streamlined workflows and collaborative, inclusive yet effective and efficient work practices are the norm.

Risk Management

Understand technical aspects of systems relevant to CDD, Client Risk Assessments, AML Monitoring and Case Management

Apply risk and data analytic tools / techniques to optimise and tune relevant detection scenarios, and screening and monitoring systems.

Review and assess existing system and controls relevant to FCC to ascertain

operational performance and effectiveness.

Align / support with the alignment of relevant systems and controls to industry best practice and close out any compliance gaps.

Apply Group and FCC policies and processes (AML Monitoring) to manage risks.

Ensure that detection scenarios that are developed and deployed are fit-for-purpose

Governance

Attend relevant team and leadership meetings

Ensure tracking and remediation of surveillance and investigations related regulatory findings

Prepare and cascade lessons learned from audit findings, FCC assurance activities and specific investigations

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

Staff from teams within FCSO and FCC

Staff from Country / Regional FCSO / FCC teams

Staff from Risk, Compliance and Technology teams

Other Responsibilities

Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in team

Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Education-Post Graduate degree in Management / Statistics / Mathematics / OR Graduate degree in Engineering from a reputed institution

Membership-Active ACAMS / ICA / CFE preferred

Certifications-ACAMS / ICA / CFE

Languages-English

Upto 3-5 years in the area of analytics and modeling using statistical tools and packages

Any experience in Banking and Financial Crime and Compliance would be an added advantage

Skills and Experience

Domain Skills

Must be a quick learner, willing to learn any technology that might be required to complete the task

Exposure and experience to monitoring systems such as DETICA and MANTAS

Knowledge / Experience with Big data tools like Hadoop, Spark, etc.

Knowledge / Experience in Machine learning algorithms / systems.

Certification from the ACAMS - Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists or equivalent

Analytics / Statistics / Quantitative Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving expertise

Good communication and documentation skills

Excellent collaborative and team building skills and a desire to work as a part of a high functioning team of financial intelligence specialists.

Experience in statistical modelling, and analysis using techniques such as regression analysis, multivariate analysis, factor analysis, and clustering

Technical Skills

Good problem solving abilities, ability to work independently and proactively and possess good communication skills.

Eager and enthusiastic to learn new technologies and frameworks.

Profieciency and hands on experience of any of the programming solutions including SAS, SQL, R, Python, PySpark, HQL etc.

Good knowledge of relational databases like Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2 and HaaS (Hadoop) with experience with SQL / HQL scripting

Experience with web based application development, familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks like Angular JS and web frameworks such as Django or Flask

Exposure to Unix / Linux Systems

Familiarity with basic software development productivity tools like Git, Jira, Confluence etc.

Experience :

Upto 3-5 years in the area of analytics and modeling using statistical tools and packages

Any experience in Banking and Financial Crime and Compliance would be an added advantage

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.