Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated Analyst to join our Development and Agency Finance (DAF) team at Standard Chartered Bank AG, on a 10-month maternity cover.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of Project & Export Finance, Export Credit Agencies (ECAs), Multilaterals and Development Finance Institutions (DFIs), supporting complex cross-border transactions with European sponsors and exporters, particularly in French-speaking markets.

You will support the origination, structuring and execution of transactions while working closely with senior team members, clients and key internal stakeholders across the Group

Key Responsibilities

• Support the identification and origination of Project & Export Finance opportunities from European sponsors, borrowers and exporters, with a particular focus on France and Belgium and SCB’s footprint markets
• Assist in generating new business opportunities and maintaining a robust pipeline of transactions
• Plan and support the execution of marketing and client engagement activities in assigned markets, including lead tracking and follow-up
• Support relationship management with Export Credit Agencies (notably Bpifrance Assurance Export and Credendo), Multilaterals and DFIs (e.g. DEG) to understand policy frameworks and product offerings
• Contribute to delivering ECA / ML / DFI-backed financing structures to clients
• Collaborate with Global Credit Markets and Transaction Banking teams to cross-sell broader banking solutions
• Support regional heads in originating, tracking and reporting opportunities
• Assist in managing the credit approval process, ensuring efficient execution and strong engagement with Credit teams
• Support origination, development, marketing, negotiation and execution of IDFG and DAF transactions, including loan arranger and advisory mandates
• Provide support to the wider DAF team, including inbound market teams
• Assist in structuring transactions using ECA, Multilateral and DFI products to mitigate credit and funding risks
• Support the development of new financing structures and adoption of new products introduced by ECAs, MDBs and DFIs
• Ensure adherence to SCB Group and SCB AG governance, compliance and risk standards
• Support proactive client engagement and timely delivery of market intelligence
• Respond to client and internal requests efficiently and professionally
• Assist in ensuring DAF processes comply with internal policies, applicable laws and regulations
• Support operational efficiency improvements and the maintenance of effective frameworks and controls
• Engage actively with key internal stakeholders to ensure smooth transaction execution
• Support service level agreements and operational best practices

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree or MBA preferred

Experience & Skills:

• Strong interest in Project Finance, Export Finance, Structured Finance or Development Finance
• Solid analytical, organisational and communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced, transaction-driven environment
• Strong attention to detail with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset

Languages: Fluent French and Business-level English 

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.