Job Summary

•    Be part of Product Control Team in covering various Financial Products. To conduct the accurate and timely Product of financial instruments, and establishment of Product methodologies, monitoring of market conditions, and provision of Product insights to support financial reporting, risk management, and business decisions.. 
•    We are seeking a dynamic and technically skilled professional to join our Product team. This role will play a pivotal part in expanding the Bank’s Product capabilities, developing compliant and commercially effective strategies, and supporting automation initiatives. The successful candidate will work for Product Control, working closely with Front office, Middle Office, Risk, Product Control, and other key stakeholders to deliver best-in-class Product control implementation across the Group. This will include:

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Be a part of Product Control function.
•    Strong knowledge of financial markets and products like Bonds, TRS, IRS, FRA, NDF’s, Options, CCS etc.
•    Follow and practice appropriate policies and procedures for IPV, bid offer reserves, model reserves, etc. 
•    Independently assess the Product and associated uncertainty of assets and liabilities within business, specifically continuing the evolution and ensuring the integrity of the IPV and Fair Value reserving processes. 
•    Calculate AVA metrics as part of Prudential Product and stress Prudential Product framework. Ensure a robust PVA framework.  
•    Do an independent review of Significant deals and be able to substantiate the Day1 P&L from the same.
•    Conduct regular review of observability of the different market data used by Trading Desk in marking their books. 
•    Create monthly Product packs for Finance Committees and FO. 
•    Follow robust controls and governance framework of Product Control.
•    Ensure back-ups are created among team members.
•    Be a part of ongoing training and development sessions and upskill yourself on Product concepts.
•    Be an effective team member and add value to the overall improvement of the Team.
•    Research market best practice and keep abreast of the evolving issues e.g, IBOR Transition, etc. that affect the Product of the Rates business.

Business
•    Effectively maintain relationships across departments and the desk.
•    Ability to discuss, present and explain Product results with Team leads and senior business management.
•    Effectively contribute to the wider Product Control team by providing inputs to function wide strategic initiatives. 

Processes
Meaningful contribution from Bangalore on different initiatives spanning – Technology (SABRE, Aspire, FMRP), Regulatory (TWD, ViR, DQM).

People & Talent
•    Maintaining a pleasant workplace environment which is motivating and enables high performance within team.  
•    Provide and receive timely feedback, Be part of annual and mid-year appraisals. (undergoing people development, and training programs,)
•    Manage personal leave, create backup / cross trainings.
•    Leverage upon knowledge and skills sitting with other teams at same location or similar team sitting across the globe.

Risk Management
•    Ensure awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group

Governance
•    Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.

Regulatory & 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.

Key stakeholders
•    Regular face off with Traders, Product Control Management, Regional finance team and various internal stakeholders within GFS.
•    Be a SPOC for select processes for various teams and internal clients.
•    Manage relationship with internal stakeholders, take regular feedback, anticipate and understand issues and escalate appropriately for timely resolution
•    Manage strong relationship with support teams (IT, Operations and Risk) and bring synergies by interacting and integrating with cross functional teams

Other Responsibilities
Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in team; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures;

Qualifications

•    Bachelors or Master’s in quantitative discipline or a similar qualification and/or professional qualification (e.g. CFA, FRM) is preferred.
•    Minimum 0-2 years’ experience in a Product Control function, risk management or trading role of a top tier investment bank.
•    Robust experience in a Product Control function, risk management or trading role of a top tier investment bank.
•    Experience in dealing with junior and senior members of Front office, Line Product Control, Risk management teams across various locations.
•    Proactive and assertive in identifying control or Product concerns, challenging the Business, and driving control improvement for their area.
•    Strong financial product knowledge and attention to detail.
•    Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder management and ability to work independently to resolve unstructured problems. Team player.
•    Strong communication skills and ability to present / explain complex issues in simple terms with stakeholders from Trading, Finance, Market Risk and IT across different levels.
•    Proactive and assertive in identifying control or Product concerns and driving control improvement for their area. Able to work under pressure to tight deadlines. Able to multi-task and prioritize own request

Skills and Experience

•    Communication
•    Financial Market Products
•    Product
•    Product Control

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.