Associate Client Central Services Team Private Bank

Key Responsibilities

Roles and responsibilities

• Role as a CSM under CSM Central Team which is a task-based structure with specific service catalogue.
• Assist RM on assigned tasks to ensure smooth delivery of client requests.
• Ensure comprehensive support services including checking and preparation of required documentations, collating and submission, follow up internally (and externally with clients) in accordance to the bank’s policy and requirements to ensure completion of client requests.
• Equip with updated SME knowledge of Central Team tasks (Process Knowledge, Systems Usage, Policy Requirements) to ensure concise and relevant information flow. Execute all client transactional and or administrative needs accurately and on a timely basis. (information flow and client requests might include but not be limited to exchange rate requests, referral letters).
• Collaborate closely with Market CSM and RMs to ensure proper handover and processing of the required tasks to ensure satisfactory and efficient client experience.
• Be a SME contact point for Market CSM, RM, RM TLs, MH for central team task catalogue.
• Handle and resolve day-to-day queries from clients, RM, RM TL on tasks assigned under central team, and or transactional activity, operations, systems, account re-balancing processes etc.
• Support RMs administratively to complete internal documentation and related processes (e.g. client profiling / KYC diligence) and input all required and mandatory information to processing systems.
• Ensuring all tasks (self and backup) are updated, responded, and completed within agreed SLA.
• Support RMs on assigned tasks issues with internal departments. Report and escalate customer complaints to management in accordance with established procedures. Failure to report and escalate complaints will result in disciplinary action.
• Work cohesively and collaborate closely with the Central Team and Market CSMs to share case handlings and provide constructive feedback in improving process and best practices.
• Handle and ensure client documents and reporting comply with internal process standards.
• Ensure full awareness of and adherence to the policy and procedures e.g. credit policy and operation procedures.
  
  

Strategy

• Client Services: Client Service Managers (CSM) to deliver consistent and high-quality service to Private Banking clients.
• Facilitate a smooth working relationship of Front Office teams with support functions.
• Business Controls: To comply with all applicable money laundering prevention procedures and highlight suspicious activities/behaviour of clients and staff e.g., account irregularities and alert TL/CA of the suspicious transactions on a timely basis.
• Fully compliant with regulations and Group policies and guidelines, and be able to highlight, mitigate and protect the bank against credit, legal, documentation, repetition and other risks; to always conduct business in a compliance-conscious manner and alert to the potential risks of money laundering and other undesirable transactions/activity during and after client on-boarding process.
  
  

Business

• Work with relevant teams to enhance the control environment within the Front Office.
  
  

Processes

• As stated above
  
  

People & Talent

• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values.
• Regularly help CSM team leader to review team structure/capacity plans, including RM:CSM ratios and individual RM: CSM pairings.
• Develop professional skills of oneself, including training, license registrations, and deepening of “knowledge spikes” on specific topics by the CSM Team Leaders.
  
  

Risk Management

• Responsibility for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks that may be posed by activities conducted by the Relationship Managers. Also, an awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them.
  
  

Governance

• As stated above
  
  

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.
• Lead the Local Client Services Team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles. Fair Outcomes for Clients, Effective Financial Markets, Financial Crime Compliance, The Right Environment.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
  
  

Key stakeholders

• Market Heads, Relationship Managers and Team Leaders
• Other PvB COO teams, including Controls & Supervision, Client Acceptance & Review, Operational Risk
• Support functions serving PvB, including Compliance, Legal, Operational Risk
• Operations back-office serving PvB
• Technology teams serving PvB
  
  

Other Responsibilities

• Embed here for good and the Group’s brand and values in Private Banking.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
  
  

Qualifications

• Leadership qualities – demonstrated ability to lead by example, role-model desired behaviours, willing to “get hands dirty” to accomplish objective, focus on “win-win” solutions under pressure.
• Problem-solving skills – analyse complex situations and design effective solutions.
• Direct experience in Front Office client services, Private Bank operations, wealth management products and related processes.
• RNF license required, i.e. obtained both CACS Paper 1 and 2 certifications.
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Stakeholder management
• Risk Management
• Products & Processes
• Private Banking experience
  
  

About Standard Chartered

Were an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, weve 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 youre 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 cant 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, youll 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 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-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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