Executive Director, CFCR Governance, Americas

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The role supports the Compliance, Financial Crime & Conduct Risk ("CFCR") Management Framework within the Americas, to be delivered through:

• Be a thought-leader and key reviewer of CFCR Policies, Standards and applicable DOIs;
• Develop, oversee and deliver local CFCR training programs and needs analysis with relevant business compliance staff and assist in the execution of the SC Bank CFCR training program as it applies to the Americas;
• Impact assessments of new or amended Banking and BSA/AML laws, rules and regulations;
• Lead the CFCR Americas Conduct strategy, working with the First Line of Defence ("1
  
  LoD") to ensure the highest standards of conduct throughout the Americas region;
• Lead periodic updates to the FCCA Program and related policies and standards;
• Lead the Regulatory Change workstream, engaging with process and risk owners to ensure that all applicable regulatory changes are embedded within appropriate programmatic documentation;
• Lead the CFCR Principal Risk Management Team responsible for the operational risk activities and Fraud Risk Framework Owner ("RFO") for the Function.

Provide inputs and support delivery of the annual US and Group Compliance and FCC Risk Assessments as an overarching document highlighting key risks, issues, and remedial actions, etc.

• Maintain awareness of significant changes impacting the business or functions, both internally and externally, and ensure appropriate actions to mitigate risk.
• Develop and maintain processes to deliver information to educate and make the business or functions aware of new and updated policies and procedures that are applicable to their business operations and risks.
• Participate as CFCR representative in Committees & Forums as appropriate.
• Provide timely regulatory advice and recommendations on key issues as appropriate.
• Provide guidance on application and interpretation of banking laws, regulations and policies in-country as appropriate.
• Sets control standards and provides advice on development of appropriate controls for mitigation of regulatory risks.

• Partner with colleagues across the Bank to help drive a culture of risk awareness and proactive risk identification and assessment.
• Act as Process Owner for Managing Regulatory Change. Manage staff on the execution of identifying all new and amended regulations from the universe of banking and securities regulators; ensure dissemination of obligations to impacted control owners, maintenance of the obligations register, and confirmation of compliance with regulations within appropriate time frames.
• Partner with global and local stakeholders to lead and deliver enhancements to regulatory change management systems and frameworks, including but not limited to those systems and processes applicable to inventories of laws, rules and regulations.

• Lead the ongoing review and refresh and CFCR DOIs.
• Lead consultation initiatives for Group CFCR Policies and Standards.
• Develop Local Addendum to Group Policies and Standards as required per local regulatory requirement.
• Conduct impact assessment of Group Policies and Standards as needed.
• Provide advise and guidance on policy matters.

• Deliver a world‑class participant experience by ensuring high quality delivery of AML, Sanctions, ABC, Fraud, Compliance and Broker Dealer training to all businesses and functions in the Americas.
• Managing projects to implement and enhance the CFCRA Training strategy.
• Driving for efficiency across learning solution practices end‑to‑end (CADDIE) by ensuring consistency and adherence to the Bank's learning standards.
• Ensuring that group learning standards are followed in the design, management, delivery, tracking and evaluation of all CFCR learning programs.

• Manage a team of direct reports.
• Lead and develop an effective team through communication, performance management, development plans and reward/recognition practices.
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