Job Description

Job Summary

• Support delivery on the strategic ambitions of the Global FM Sales & Structuring business by originating and executing structured transactions within India in collaboration with regional and global stakeholders. The role would involve structuring solutions across asset classes \xe2\x80\x93 FX, Rates & Credit and working in close cooperation with FM Sales & Trading.

Responsibilities

Strategy

• Promote the FX, Rates and Credit (FXRC) business across client segments for bespoke hedging, investment and financing trades
• Responsible for facilitating FX/Interest Rate derivatives/Credit trades in the Bank through ideas generation, pricing support, sales & external client training and calibration or testing of systems.

Business

• Driving FXRC transactions from idea origination to deal execution (structured rates swaps, corporate finance FX / rates hedges, FX / FXO hedging, credit-linked notes, collateralized financing etc)
• Working in close collaboration with client coverage teams from FM Sales and CCIB Client Coverage (Corporate, Commercial & Institutional Banking) to translate specific client needs into tailor-made solutions, including balance sheet analysis, cross-border solutions, portfolio hedging, cash flows optimization

Deliver practical and viable solutions, within several objectives and constraints, conciliating among various stakeholders:

• Clients : (e.g. economic objectives, hedging policies, risk appetite etc)
• Bank\xe2\x80\x99s resources (Credit appetite, balance sheet returns, liquidity availability, reputational risk, etc)
• Markets and products (trading limits, market liquidity, available products and payoffs etc )
• Regulatory (Legal and compliance, tax, etc)

Generating and promoting trade ideas, based on clients\xe2\x80\x99 needs, markets opportunities or regulatory developments.

• Marketing and dissemination of trade opportunities across sales, relationship managers and clients.
• Provide pricing support to Sales for structured FX, Rates and Credit both at origination and execution levels; facilitate deal execution across FXRC where required
• Support senior members of the team in helping them design, promote and execute bespoke derivative based solutions for the bank\xe2\x80\x99s clients
• Knowledge sharing on FXRC products to internal and external stakeholders through focused training / teach-ins
• Prepare transactional documents as per internal guidelines in collaboration with Legal & Compliance
• Represent the bank at industry forums in relation to aid market development, providing inputs on regulatory prescriptions, propose reforms etc

Processes

• Conceptualisation and roll out of products in collaboration with the relevant teams (Trading, Quants, Market Risk, Middle-Office, Compliance, Product Governance etc).
• Design end-to-end processes for new hedging, investment and financing platforms to address client needs while capturing the trade downstream impacts (RWA, PNL, market and credit risks etc).

People & Talent

• Work as a team player in partnership with local and global stakeholders to deliver ideas and trades into / out of India

Risk Management

• Ability to analyse situations in a neutral and balanced position specifically with regards to situations involving matters of product appropriateness, risk profile, regulatory compliance etc.
• Adherence to all Group Policies and relevant legislations covering credit, operational, reputational risk among others
• Commitment to Group Code of Conduct
• Timely completion of all e-learning, attestations and requests for information

Governance

• Ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations
• Promote an environment where compliance with internal control requirements and external regulatory framework is a cornerstone of business conduct

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the

. * 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.

• Conduct the FM Structuring activities in an appropriate manner so as to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

Internal

• FM Sales, Trading, CCIB Coverage, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Finance, Operations

External

• As and when necessary \xe2\x80\x93 Clients, Regulators, Industry Bodies

Other Responsibilities

• Demonstrate Here for good and Group\xe2\x80\x99s brand and values in the conduct of all activities. Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Combination of technical background (derivatives pricing, quantitative finance, programming etc) and highly rated formal qualifications (Masters in Business / Finance / Maths, CFA, FRM).
• 3 to 4 years of prior experience in Financial Markets Structuring, Sales or Trading.
• Must possess strong communication skills and is able to influence and resolve differences across businesses, functions and support teams within the bank to achieve a common goal

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Understanding of Corporate Banking
• FM products \xe2\x80\x93 specially Rates & FX derivatives
• FM \xe2\x80\x93 Market Knowledge
• Understanding of Regulatory guidelines
• Verbal and Written Communication

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.

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