Job Summary

Our Sustainable Finance (SF) team serves as a centre of expertise on a broad set of ESG topics, originating transactions and providing strategic advice to SCB’s clients. We also excel in providing thought leadership and influencing the development of the SF market. The group sits within the Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) and works with sales and coverage teams to identify and deliver on SF related advisory and product opportunities.

The individual will support the SF team covering Greater China and North Asia (GCNA) to drive origination, develop strong client relationships and be seen as expert in SF by internal and external stakeholders.

The individual will work on originating SF transactions, be a centre of excellence understanding SF structures and industry trends. The candidate will support the team on handling industrial events to ensure our thought leadership align with SCB’s regional and global strategic initiatives.

The Role described below is for an self-driven individual who is keen to learn about SF and drive business growth and development.

Responsibilities

• Work on the development and implementation of client strategies for SF products
• Work closely with the senior members of the team to develop and execute a plan that would make SCB the Bank best known for SF by our clients and other stakeholders.
• Work closely with the wider SF team, coverage and product leaders to develop and understanding of the competitive landscape and identify prospective partners who can address customer needs and accelerate growth
• Support SF transactions and origination across all products, such as loans, trade finance, and deposits
• Be able to work with coverage teams to develop client transition plans that encourage decarbonisation
• ESG rating and benchmarking analysis for corporates
• Develop sector thematic that describe SF structure alternatives
• Develop opportunities through attendance at key Industry events as necessary

Our Ideal Candidate

• Degree (BA or equivalent)
• 1-3  years’ of working experience with knowledge and experience of SF and / or banking
• Ability to promote good teamwork, collaboration and management of conflict across stakeholders 
• Language preference: Ability to speak, read and write in Cantonese, Mandarin and English. Korean and Japanese would be a plus.
• Client focused with ability to establish and leverage high impact relationships
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder management skills
• Delivery and execution focused
• Ability to work with lots of moving parts and prioritisation
• Highly skilled in creation of briefing materials, report writing and preparation of presentations

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.