Job Description

Role Responsibilities
To ensure that Standard Chartered Group has controls to manage its regulatory risk and to have appropriate arrangements in place to meet the requirements associated with client tax information reporting regimes (e.g. FATCA and CRS), Chapter 3 of U.S. Internal Revenue Code and QI agreement ("Regimes") for all client segments, the role will support the venture businesses of Standard Chartered Group. This requires development of relationships with business stakeholders and understand the business models for these businesses to be able to effectively execute on the responsibilities to support the second line risk owner, subject matter expert and be recognised as a trustworthy partner. Where required, the role is also required to assist in supporting the review the effectiveness of process and control design proposed by these businesses, anticipate future challenges with new strategies and to think creatively about how to address them in advance.
Additionally, the role is also required to support the new regulations on crypto assets reporting framework (CARF) and impact of these on businesses especially the venture businesses.
Responsibilities
Strategy
Awareness and understanding of the Group\'s business strategy and model. In relation to CTI which is the subject matter expert on client tax information regimes, this includes:

• Profile - general awareness of Regimes (including CARF) amongst stakeholders.
• Management of stakeholders - support the Head of Tax, CTI in stakeholders\' management
• Risk ownership - understand the venture businesses\' risk framework, assisting in the implementation and effective monitoring of controls and processes required by Tax as risk owner for issues relating to client due diligence, monitoring, withholding and reporting.

Business

• Provide advice and solutions to support business implementation as part of requirements of the Regimes

Processes

• Giving input to business stakeholders on whether their processes address the requirements of CTI\'s policies and standards (and process notes, guidance notes, manuals etc.)

People & Talent

• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values
• Work in collaboration with CTI team and other Group Tax team members, risk owners and process owners

Risk Management

• Work towards having CTI risk framework being embedded in business activities and processes of process owners and risk owners\' obligations
• Review processes that are required to be implemented by process owners

Governance

• Reviewing and addressing all ORF client tax risks and potential causes, controls, CSTs, KCIs, risk registers, MI and trace to top risks for the venture businesses

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

• Business stakeholders, Group Tax and Client Tax Information Reporting teams, business support functions (legal, compliance, IT, finance)

Qualifications
Training, licenses, memberships and certifications
Our ideal candidate

• 6+ years of experience in FATCA/ CRS

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Knowledge of client tax information regimes (particularly FATCA and CRS), Chapter 3 of U.S. Internal Revenue Code and Qualified Intermediary Agreement
• Experience in tax operations, compliance, audit and/or regulatory risk management
• Ability to understand and advise on operational aspects of implementation of tax requirements
• Effective communication skills including discussions with businesses and management.

About Standard Chartered
We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with 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.
Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you\'ve applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

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