Job Summary

• Partner with Treasury Sales, Relationship Managers, Product, Legal, Compliance and Operations to structure and review client solutions within applicable FEMA and RBI requirements.
• Translate complex regulatory requirements into practical guidance for client-facing teams and scalable advisory playbooks.
• Strengthen first-line governance by documenting regulatory rationale, escalation triggers, required approvals and transaction conditions.

Key Responsibilities

FEMA and Capital Account Advisory

• Provide advice on ODI, OPI, FDI, ECB, LRS, non-resident banking, export/import realisation, share transfers, inter-company loans, guarantees and cross-border remittances.
• Assess transaction permissibility, documentation, reporting requirements and execution path in partnership with payments team.
• Prepare concise advisory notes, transaction feasibility views and escalation summaries for internal and client discussions.

Client and Business Enablement

• Support SME, Retail and Wealth teams in client meetings involving FEMA, FX and cross-border transaction themes.




• Identify advisory-led opportunities across permitted foreign exchange flows, capital account transactions and treasury use cases.
• Conduct client clinics, webinars and internal enablement sessions for priority segments.

Governance, Risk and Conduct

• Ensure regulatory requirements are observed in letter and spirit across advisory and transaction support activities.
• Identify, escalate and help mitigate regulatory, conduct, operational, AML and sanctions risks.
• Maintain trackers for advisory cases, regulatory updates & approvals, key risks and follow-up actions.

Motivation

Motivations For Success In This Role

• Energised by solving complex regulatory problems and converting them into explicit client and frontline guidance.
• Motivated by building a compliant growth engine across SME, Retail and Wealth client segments.
• Values collaboration with Legal, Compliance, Operations and Sales to

📌 FEMA Cross Border Specialist (Hyderabad)
🏢 Standard Chartered India
📍 Hyderabad