Job Summary
Are you ready to lead transformative change at the intersection of risk, compliance, and regulatory excellence? At Standard Chartered, we're seeking an exceptional leader to drive strategic transformation and regulatory remediation within the CFCR function across the Americas. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of our Combined U.S. Operations (CUSO) compliance program and play a critical role in strengthening our enterprise risk management framework.
As Director of the CFCR CUSO Program, you will be at the forefront of regulatory transformation and compliance innovation. Partnering closely with senior executives, you will lead high-impact initiatives that ensure full compliance with U.S. regulatory expectations while advancing the Bank's global CFCR agenda.
This role reports directly to the Head of CFCR Governance, Americas and works closely with the Head of CFCR Coverage, CIB, Americas, with broad visibility and influence across key internal and external stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement a robust program management framework to oversee transformation and regulatory remediation activities.
- Drive execution of top-priority initiatives and regulatory deliverables across CFCR Americas.
- Cultivate cross-functional partnerships including with Accountable Executives, Audit, and regulators.
- Deliver accurate and timely reporting and insights to internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure project alignment with Group risk frameworks and regulatory requirements.
- Continuously assess and optimize transformation communications and governance processes.
- Support risk identification, treatment planning, and escalation processes.
- Monitor external events and ensure internal assessment and mitigation.
- Uphold the highest standards of ethical and regulatory conduct.
- Embed a strong compliance culture rooted in our Group's values.
- Effectively manage a wide network of stakeholders across CFCC, CCO Americas, and global functions.
Qualifications
- 10+ years in financial services with knowledge of various finance products
- Experience of Compliance, Conduct and / or Operational Risk
- Excellent project management skills
- Experience with regulators (ideally FRB/DFS)
- Strong analytical and presentation skills with an ability to understand / dissect complex problems
- Collaborative problem solver focusing on outcomes
- Resilient and comfortable working in a relatively unstructured, and multi-dimensional, fast paced environment
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills to clearly articulate ideas, issues and solutions
- Strong prioritisation skills and attention to detail
- Strong Excel, and PowerPoint skills
- Financial and performance management capability, including balance sheet management preferred
- Degree and professional qualification (e.g., PMP, ACA, CIMA) preferred
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 thingand 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
Expected annual base pay range for the role is 145,000 USD to 210,000 USD. The final offer will be determined on an individualised basis using a number of variables, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience and education, internal relativity, and specific work location. At Standard Chartered Bank, Base pay is only part of the total compensation package. Discretionary variable pay and a range of attractive bank sponsored benefit programs are available and designed to foster employee overall health and well-being including, but not limited to, a best in class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations
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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-offincluding 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 workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing supportthrough 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 cultureto 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.