Company Description
Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.
Job Description
NOTE: This role is eligible for Jersey residents ONLY
To monitor and review all new account applications across Standard Bank Offshore business units, ensuring that new accounts are reviewed within pre-agreed time scales, sign off of 'standard and medium risk' rated accounts ensuring that these are in line with regulatory, internal and group requirements, contributing to a positive overall client experience.
Qualifications
Type of Qualification: Risk Management
Experience Required :Business Risk Management/ Control & Onboarding
- Experience in dealing with higher risk customers
- AML knowledge.
- 3-4 years experience in risk, governance and compliance management in the financial services industry with a thorough understanding of relevant regulatory requirements and operational risk matters.
Key Outputs:
- Review files and information on potential new clients of all risk ratings, identifying deficiencies and following up on all queries to resolution and ensure that new business reviews are conducted in line with the 'client take on and maintenance manual'.
- Validate source of funds/ wealth in line with Compliance and regulatory guidelines, and ensure that relevant business approval is obtained prior to account opening.
- Provide quality assurance and independent oversight on key processes or controls and test process adherence through sample checking key processes, outputs and transactions.
- Conduct investigations, data gathering, analysis and in-depth reporting on key risks and issues across all Standard Bank Offshore business areas in order to identify root cause and ensure remedial actions are established to mitigate risks.
- Escalate all high-risk, and significant issues to the line manager to ensure these matters are dealt with timeously and as per the standards set out it in the relevant functional framework.
- Identify, measure, prioritise and respond to all types of risk in the business, and then manage any exposure accordingly.
- Maintain and update all specific risk related procedures and processes in line with governance and regulatory requirements and create an awareness of these policies across the Offshore business to promote adherence.
Additional Information
Behavioural Competencies:
- Adopting Practical Approaches
- Articulating Information
- Checking Things
- Convincing People
- Developing Expertise
- Documenting Facts
- Embracing Change
- Examining Information
- Exploring Possibilities
- Following Procedures
- Generating Ideas
- Interacting with People
- Interpreting Data
- Making Decisions
- Managing Tasks
- Meeting Timescales
- Providing Insights
- Team Working
- Understanding People
- Upholding Standards
Technical Competencies:
- Evaluating Risk Management Effectiveness
- Evaluation of Internal Controls
- Process Governance
- Promote Good Governance, Risk & Control
- Quality Control
- Risk Awareness
- Risk Identification
- Risk Management
- Risk Reporting