Director, CFCR Advisory, Markets - MENA
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About the Role
Standard Chartered Bank seeks a senior Compliance and Conduct Risk professional to join its Markets CFCR team in Dubai. The role involves advising the Markets business on regulatory, compliance, and conduct risk matters, providing independent oversight, and partnering with senior stakeholders across the Middle East.
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Responsibilities
- Advise the Markets business on regulatory, compliance and conduct risk matters across the UAE and Middle East
- Provide independent second line oversight and challenge across Markets activities, products and initiatives
- Support the implementation and maintenance of robust CFCR frameworks, policies and governance standards
- Partner with senior business management to proactively identify, assess and mitigate emerging regulatory and conduct risks
- Advise on new products, business initiatives, transactional matters and regulatory reforms impacting the Markets platform
- Support engagement with regional regulators and internal governance forums
- Drive high standards of business conduct, surveillance, market integrity and client outcomes across the Markets franchise
- Contribute to regional risk assessments, thematic reviews, monitoring and remediation initiatives
Requirements
- Extensive experience within Compliance, Conduct Risk or Financial Crime Compliance in a global banking environment
- Strong understanding of Financial Markets products and activities
- Experience advising trading, sales and structuring businesses in regulated environments
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Strong knowledge of UAE regulatory frameworks including DIFC/DFSA and ADGM environments
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast paced, matrixed and internationally connected organisation
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Job Summary
- We are seeking a senior Compliance and Conduct Risk professional to join our Markets CFCR team in the UAE, supporting one of the most dynamic and internationally connected trading floors in the region.
- This role sits at the centre of the Bank’s Markets business across the Middle East footprint, partnering closely with senior business leaders, compliance stakeholders and regulators on complex regulatory, conduct and strategic risk matters.
- The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to the Markets business, providing independent oversight, challenge and guidance across a broad range of activities including sales and trading, structured solutions, product governance, market conduct, regulatory change, new business initiative
Key Responsibilities
- Advising the Markets business on regulatory, compliance and conduct risk matters across the UAE and Middle East
- Providing independent second line oversight and challenge across Markets activities, products and initiatives
- Supporting the implementation and maintenance of robust CFCR frameworks, policies and governance standards
- Partnering with senior business management to proactively identify, assess and mitigate emerging regulatory and conduct risks
- Advising on new products, business initiatives, transactional matters and regulatory reforms impacting the Markets platform
- Supporting engagement with regional regulators and internal governance forums
- Driving high standards of business conduct, surveillance, market integrity and client outcomes across the Markets franchise
- Contributing to regional risk assessments, thematic reviews, monitoring and remediation initiatives
Skills and Experience
- Extensive experience within Compliance, Conduct Risk or Financial Crime Compliance in a global banking environment
- Strong understanding of Financial Markets products and activities
- Experience advising trading, sales and structuring businesses in regulated environments
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, including the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders constructively
- Strong knowledge of UAE regulatory frameworks including DIFC/DFSA and ADGM environments
- The ability to operate effectively in a fast paced, matrixed and internationally connected organisation
About Standard Chartered
- We are a truly international bank, nimble enough to act swiftly while maintaining the scale to make meaningful impact.
- Our purpose to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, combined with our brand promise to be 'here for good,' defines who we are.
What We Offer
- Competitive Salary and Benefits: Including core bank funded retirement savings, medical and life insurance, supplemented with flexible and voluntary benefits tailored to your needs.
- Generous Time Off: Annual leave, parental (including maternity up to 20 weeks), sabbatical opportunities up to 12 months, volunteering leave, and minimum global standards combining 30 days of leave and public holidays.
- Flexible Working Arrangements: Options to balance office and home working with adaptable hours to suit your lifestyle while maintaining team collaboration.
- Wellbeing Support: Access to leading digital wellbeing platforms, resilience development courses, Employee Assistance Programmes, mental health first aiders, sick leave provisions, and a wealth of self help resources.
- Continuous Learning Culture: Opportunities for professional reskilling and upskilling through physical, virtual, and digital training academies designed to accelerate your career path.
- Inclusive Environment: Be part of an organisation that values diversity and inclusion, ensuring everyone feels respected, supported, and empowered to reach their full potential.
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