Head, Countering Financing of Terrorism Desk & Country Sanction Advisor, Pakistan

Job title: Head, Countering Financing of Terrorism Desk & Country Sanction Advisor, Pakistan

Company: Standard Chartered


Job description: Job SummaryThis role will be responsible for setting and implementing the vision, strategy, and direction for Pakistan in alignment with the Group’s Financial Crime Compliance goals. The position provides advice to stakeholders on Anti Money Laundering and Sanctions compliance, offers leadership and coaching to direct reports, and manages the Quality Assurance function of Financial Crime Controls to ensure full implementation of Group Policies and Procedures in the country.Key Responsibilities· Input to Group/Region/Country/Client Business operating model design of relevant FCC and business processes.
· Ensure that there is adequate support (people, processes, tools, frameworks, systems) in the Country for necessary FCC controls.
· Set and implement the vision, strategy, direction and leadership for the Pakistan, consistent with the vision and strategy for FCC and in support of the Group’s strategic direction and growth aspirations.
· 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 country), coordination with group communications
· Support relevant stakeholders to make decisions based on current and possible future policies, practices, and trends
· Keep track of and provide advice to relevant stakeholders on the interpretation and application of regulatory expectations, laws, best practices, and policies related to FCC
· Support resolution of competing requirements between regulations, for example between AML regulations and data privacy/bank secrecy or information security regulations.
· Provide advice to relevant stakeholders on compliance with Group standards relating to [Sanctions].
· Develop, keep up to date and recommend for approval by the relevant Risk Committee, appropriate policies, processes/DOIs to address financial crime risks (including Fraud Risk as RFO), aligning with relevant regulatory requirements.
· Providing governance and oversight over the implementation of FCC – related policies and procedures country to ensure compliance with such policies and procedures
· Provide advice to relevant stakeholders on compliance with Group Standard relating to AML/Sanctions /ABC and Fraud in conjunction with CFCC Business Advisory teams
· Provide leadership, management, and coaching of direct reports to ensure they are highly engaged and performing to their potential.
· Promote and embed a culture of openness, trust, and risk awareness where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy complaint conduct is the norm.
· Stimulate an environment where forward planning, prioritization, deadline management and streamlined workflows and collaborative, inclusive yet effective and efficient work practices are the norm.
· Collaborate with training terms to input to training curriculum to support closing of capability gaps.
· Develop communications strategies and plans that deliver timely and relevant messages to the right stakeholders through appropriate activities and channels.
· Ensure Country is adequately resourced and staffed by an appropriate number of competent staff sufficiently independent to perform duties objectively. to support sustainable business growth and address financial crime risks.
· Ensure staff in Country [team] have clearly articulated and well understood roles and responsibilities through meaningful and accurate job descriptions.Skills and Experience

• Risk Assessments
• Effective Communications
• Relationship Management
• Industry Knowledge

CompetenciesAction OrientedCollaboratesCustomer FocusGives Clarity & GuidanceDevelops TalentDrives Vision & PurposeNimble LearningDecision QualityCourageInstills TrustStrategic MindsetTechnical Competencies: This is a generic competency to evaluate candidate on role-specific technical skills and requirementsAbout Standard CharteredWe’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 offerIn 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.

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Location: Karachi, Sindh

Job date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 05:20:54 GMT

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