Senior Counsel, Regulatory Law - London, United Kingdom - eFinancialCareers

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4 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Work closely with the Head, Legal, Regulatory Law in providing strategic legal advice and support, including on interpretation and impact assessment, to stakeholders across the Group on non-contentious groupwide legislation and regulatory requirements.


Responsibilities

Strategy

Assist the Head, Legal, Regulatory Law with:

  • the interpretation of groupwide regulatory requirements and legislation, regulatory reforms involving domestic and international regulators and standard setters and other regulatory-related legal matters, including but not limited to digital assets, data,ESG and on prudential matters.
- the implementation of a horizon scanning solution covering legal and regulatory developments that impact the Group and in Standard Chartered's key markets.
- maintaining close relationships with stakeholders including Compliance, Risk, Group Public & Regulatory Affairs (GPRA), internal Legal and business and product heads in order to provide them with relevant legal advice, guidance and support arising fromgroupwide laws and regulations.
- anticipate, lead and proactively provide legal advice and assistance in relation to groupwide regulatory-related projects and initiatives.
- develop thought leadership capability - as demonstrated by visibility within the Group, and externally (in the industry) as a point of contact for regulatory-related consultation.
- promote the culture and practice of compliance with legal standards (including conducting business within legal and regulatory requirements, and to high ethical standards) within the Bank and embed a Here for Good culture and the Group Code of Conduct.


Key stakeholders:


  • Head of Enterprise Legal
  • Legal colleagues
  • Functional colleagues including Compliance, Regulatory Change Team, GPRA & Risk
  • Business/product areas
  • External legal counsel
  • External regulatory contacts

Qualifications:


  • Qualified to practice as a solicitor/attorney or barrister/advocate.
  • Substantial legal experience in providing strategic advice and interpretation on legal initiatives, legislative and regulatory reforms in private practice or inhouse.
  • Experience in leading complex legal assignments with a high level of business impact to deliver appropriate solutions (such as interpretation of new legislation or regulation(s) necessary to align across business and product teams, product and process changesthat are multijurisdictional).
  • Deep knowledge and familiarity with legislation and regulatory reform on full range of international requirements facing today's highly regulated financial services institutions.
  • Sharp business acumen (including ability to assess risk and appropriate levels of return), excellent interpersonal skills and multicultural awareness and sensitivity.
  • Understanding of risk management techniques.
  • Sound judgment of business practices, regulatory relationship management and reputational risk.
  • Exemplary integrity, ethics, independence and resilience.
  • Personal authority with proven ability to establish relationships and provide strong direction at all levels of the business and the Group, and with external stakeholders.

Role Specific Technical Competencies:


  • Working Collaboratively within Legal, the Functions and with the Business
  • Legal Landscape
  • Working with external parties including industry associations

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 opportunitiesto 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 canbring 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:
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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
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Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
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Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
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In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
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Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations
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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
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Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns
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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-helptoolkits
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A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning
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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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