The Role Responsibilities

• Senior Legal Counsel, Disputes and Government Investigations Legal manages assigned major disputes (qualification for this category being measured by potential financial exposure and/or potential significant reputational or commercial risk), cross border orders and government investigations within the Americas and across the Group's global network.
• The role also assists with non-major disputes, investigations, and other contentious matters. Maintaining close relationships with the Group's businesses you will support functions in order to provide them with relevant legal advice, guidance and support on disputes or government investigations related matters (including on how to mitigate the risk of disputes or government investigations arising).

Strategy

• Assist with developing budgets on a project-by-project basis and manage those budgets as directed.
• Monitor outside counsel and other vendors’ efficiency and adherence to budget estimates.
• Identify areas in which outside counsel and other vendors can improve efficiency and efficacy.
• Take steps to reduce expenses—without compromising the quality of representation—relating to litigation and regulatory investigations, in particular seeking to handle matters, when appropriate, without the engagement of external counsel

Business

• Communicate effectively and regularly with key internal and external stakeholders regarding the agreed-upon strategy, management and costs of litigation and government and regulatory investigations.

Processes

• Take on responsibility for the management of litigation and regulatory investigations as they relate to the Americas.
• Keep the Regional Head, Disputes & Government Investigations Legal, Americas informed of notable developments in all disputes and regulatory investigations that I am handling.
• Work with the Regional Head, Disputes & Government Investigations, Americas to ensure timely escalation to stakeholders of notable developments in disputes and significant regulatory investigations.
• Complete appropriate forms and spreadsheets for tracking status of disputes and regulatory investigations.
• In the course of managing disputes and regulatory inquiries, work to identify areas for potential improvement in Bank policies and procedures.
• Work effectively with outside counsel.
• Work with the Legal and Compliance functions to review civil, criminal, and administrative information requests received by the Bank and escalate as necessary.
• Develop and maintain relationships with employees throughout the Bank to serve as a trusted advisor.
• Foster a strong working relationship with legal-related functions such as the Financial Crime Compliance function; and
• Encourage business segments and functions proactively to use me as a resource for legal-related questions.

People and Talent

• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values; set appropriate tone and expectations from my team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
• Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people, and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.
• Provide guidance to other members of the Disputes & Government Investigations Legal team and assist the Regional Head, Disputes & Government Investigations Legal, Americas with management responsibilities; and
• Suggest and coordinate training activities for members of the Disputes & Government Investigations, Legal team.

Risk Management

• Ensure senior management is fully informed of all key risks and issues in area of responsibility.
• Support the Regional Head, Disputes & Government Investigations Legal, Americas in identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, mitigating and reporting legal and regulatory risks for the Group, particularly in the area of financial crime risks and US regulatory issues.
• Support the Regional Head, Disputes & Government Investigations Legal, Americas in the management and review of horizon risks, and other legal and regulatory issues that have a significant impact on the Americas or Group, particularly in the area of financial crime risks and US regulatory issues.
• Take personal responsibility for understanding the risk and compliance requirements of the role.
• Understand and comply with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws and regulations, including those governing anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions; the Group’s policies and procedures; and the Group Code of Conduct; and
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk and compliance matters.

Regulatory and 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 Disputes & Government Investigations Legal team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• Internal stakeholders include the Group General Counsel, Global Head of Disputes & Government Investigations Legal, Regional Heads, Disputes & Government Investigations Legal, and various business and functional contacts; and
• External stakeholders include US regulators and enforcement agencies such as the NY DFS, FRB NY, CFTC, and US DOJ as well as the Bank’s regulators in other jurisdictions.

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Americas; and
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Juris Doctor degree and license to practice law in New York.
• 3-5 years of experience as a litigation/white collar defense attorney at a top-tier law firm.
• Experience representing financial institutions in government investigations and/or in civil litigation.
• Business acumen (including ability to assess risk and appropriate levels of return);
• Understanding of the key features of relevant laws and regulations relevant to the Americas, and connectivity to the Group.
• Strong interpersonal skills and multi-cultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Ability to collaborate and work dynamically across country, region, business and group stakeholders.
• Understanding of the key features of relevant laws and regulations relevant to the Americas, and connectivity to the Group.
• Sound judgment and problem-solving skills—leveraging a combination of technical and legal abilities, and common sense, to manage complex investigations.
• High level of integrity and professionalism.
• Excellent communication skills - both written and oral; and
• Strong case management and organization skills.

Role Specific Competencies

• LitigationRegulatory and Government Investigations
• BSA/AML and Sanctions experience a plus
• Legal Landscape
• Legal Analysis
• Government Affairs Regulatory Environment
• Products and Processes
• Business Acumen

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 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.

Expected annual base pay range for the role is $173,800 to $282,500. The final offer will be determined on an individualised basis using a number of variables, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience and education, internal relativity, and specific work location. At Standard Chartered Bank, Base pay is only part of the total compensation package. Discretionary variable pay and a range of attractive bank sponsored benefit programs are available and designed to foster employee overall health and well-being including, but not limited to, a best in class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations. Learn more about what we offer (https://www.sc.com/us/careers).

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