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CDD Advisor
Role summary
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The CDD Advisor supports client due diligence and know-your-customer activities, helping Standard Chartered meet anti-money-laundering, sanctions and regulatory requirements. Responsibilities typically include reviewing customer information, assessing risk, identifying beneficial owners, investigating unusual or incomplete information, maintaining accurate records and escalating concerns. Candidates are expected to have experience in KYC, CDD, AML, compliance, banking operations or client onboarding, together with strong analytical and document-review skills. Attention to detail, sound judgment, clear communication and the ability to meet deadlines are essential. Familiarity with Hong Kong regulatory expectations, banking systems and risk-based procedures is advantageous. The role also requires integrity, confidentiality, teamwork and confidence in challenging information provided by clients or internal stakeholders.
Can I work in Hong Kong?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Employment visa (General Employment Policy): a degree and a job offer at market pay for a job locals cannot readily fill; no quota, no sector limit; about 4 weeks.
Before you apply: Dealing, advising and senior roles usually need a regulator's licence or approval, which checks your honesty, skills and finances. Ask if your job does.
Watch for: Nationals of Afghanistan, Cuba and North Korea are excluded; residents of mainland China use a separate scheme.
Official source: Immigration Department: General Employment Policy. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Hong Kong
Usual for Banking jobs in Hong Kong, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Rent allowance usual in banking and multinationals (HKD 18,000 to 30,000 a month early career); less in tech |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Varies; the employer usually helps with the visa; a relocation allowance mostly in senior packages |
| Flights | Varies; a joining flight is not standard, more common in senior packages |
| Contract | Often open-ended, probation 1 to 3 months; by law notice is 7 days or more after month 1 (1 month if silent) |
| Leave | 7 days a year, rising to 14 after 9 years, plus 15 statutory holidays (by law) |
| Income tax | 0% up to HKD 145,000 a year (about USD 18,600), then 2% to 17%; pension (MPF) 5%, max HKD 1,500 a month |
| Health cover | Private insurance usual for professionals, not required; with an ID card public A&E is HKD 400, without 2,100 |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered is an international banking group headquartered in London, with a strong focus on markets across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The bank provides retail, private, commercial and corporate banking, wealth management, and financial markets services to individuals, businesses, institutions and governments. Hong Kong is one of its key global hubs, supporting regional banking, technology, operations, risk and compliance activities. Standard Chartered promotes responsible banking, financial inclusion and sustainable economic growth, while maintaining extensive controls around financial crime, sanctions and regulatory compliance. Its workforce is highly international, and many roles involve collaboration across countries and time zones. Employees generally work in a structured, regulated environment where professionalism, client service, risk awareness and continuous improvement are strongly valued.