This role could be based in Hong Kong and China. 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.

The role holder’s primary responsibility is to contribute to the China macro strategy team’s research coverage and report production on the China FX market and work closely with internal stakeholders (including Sales, Trading, CIB Relationship Managers, Capital Markets, Transaction Banking and China opening team) to provide high quality services to the Bank’s clients globally.

Responsibilities

•    Demonstrate awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates to ensure that Greater China Macro Strategy research coverage is aligned with the bank’s footprint.

•    Contribute to the Greater China Macro Strategy research team to help deliver world class content in Greater China macro strategy (FX, rates) research materials
•    Lead the coverage of Hong Kong exchange rate and interest rate markets, provide timely analysis and updates to both internal stakeholders and external clients, conduct strategy research to provide trade ideas, conduct client meetings and present at external events to discuss SCB house views
•    Maintain and update models related to the Hong Kong exchange and interest rate markets, and facilitate the coverage of the CNY exchange market

•    Ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations
•    Ensure compliance with procedures and controls as a result of changes in products, systems, policy or regulations 

•    Be responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks to the Group
•    Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them
•    Ensure a full understanding of the risk and control environment in Global Research

•    Ensure adherence to the product governance both individually and within the global team
•    Demonstrate awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
•    Be responsible for delivering ‘effective governance’; capability to challenge fellow executives effectively; and willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner.

Qualifications

•    Education - Ideally for degree holder of relevant subjects, and experience of Investment Research, including emerging markets.
•    Advanced market and product knowledge
•    The ability to write to a high standard and have excellent communications skills is essential.
•    Languages - The candidate must be able to speak and read Mandarin

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.