Key Responsibilities
This role could be based in China or Hong Kong. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.
Strategy
• Support management of Markets’ consumption of SCB’s binding Balance Sheet Metrics including LCR, NSFR, RWA and Intragroup Large exposure
• Identity and facilitate Balance Sheet Optimisation initiatives
• Be informed of existing and new rules and regulations on Capital, Liquidity and Margining and understand impact on Markets business
• Within the business mandate, support unique funding asks which TM may be unable to provide, to better serve our clients
Business
• Support Markets’ balance sheet planning by actively communicates with Markets Trading Desks and Sales to manage Market’s funding pipeline and work with Treasury and FRM to better manage Markets’ funding ask.
• Facilitate liquidity profile optimisation for Markets business within risk limit and MAT
• Support Markets’ overall balance sheet management and helps Markets to minimize regulatory liquidity and capital cost.
• Consistently works with the business and Treasury to optimize liquidity, balance sheet and inventory
Processes
• Manage daily funding activities in China within the country’s overall Markets funding framework; partner with Treasury China to simplify and streamline process/policy for robust governance and reporting
• Arrange funding transactions according to Markets internal funding booking model including derivatives collateral margining funding
• Facilitate optimisation of funding mix including swap funding and other hedging as required, operating within market risk and any other related risk metrics
People and Talent
• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
Risk Management
• Responsible to identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks to the Group, as well as an awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them.
• Responsible to manage market risk and pnl arising from funding and corresponding hedging transactions including FX and interest rate derivatives. Ensure to operate within dealing mandate and all relevant risk limit.
Governance
• Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group's arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas; Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
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.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Skills and Experience
• Dealing experience in financial instruments e.g. FX swaps, interest rate swaps
• Competency in analysing market risk and PNL on trading positions
• Knowledge and understanding of key balance sheet metrics (LCR, NSFR, leverage ratio, RWA etc)
Qualifications
• Graduate qualifications (or conversions): Post-Graduate qualifications such as MBA, CFA, Chartered Accountancy, Mathematics/ Statistics, Qualified Lawyer
• Over 2 to10 years (Analyst to Director) of relevant experience in the banking and financial services industry with hands on experience of underwriting, managing, and recovering credit exposures across both developing and developed jurisdictions
• Good knowledge of Global Markets businesses and balance sheet management; including market and regulatory dynamics
• Experience in funding activities related derivatives trading and related PnL and market risk management
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 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
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
What we offer
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 leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months 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.