Job Summary

Strategy
•    Has overall responsibility for the development and execution of the FM Strategy for the country / region, including:
•    Leading the country / regional FM team to deliver the FM strategic plan
•    Interpret and implement client strategy (and exceptions) including appropriateness and suitability at the country / regional level consistent with the Global FM Strategy
•    Collaborate with Country / Regional CEO & FM Heads who is responsible for implementing the country and regional strategies for the Group and ensuring that the overall FI & FM businesses are aligned with the needs and business plans of country / regional operations
•    Internal stakeholder management:
o    across FI and the broader Franchise – ensuring the firm has transparency on the FM business, seek stakeholder support for FM needs and provide feedback to FM ExCo on country / regional stakeholder priorities/concerns
o    FM staff in region – ensuring engagement of frontline staff and managing people issues in partnership with line managers
•    Responsibility for the development, implementation and delivery of the FM sales plan
•    Drive multiple key country-pair corridors. Emphasis on cross asset and cross border collaboration in order to maximise client service and returns
•    Drive the client engagement for RWA optimisation to improve the overall FM product RoRWA

Key Responsibilities

Business
•    Accountable for FM sales budget, costs and revenue in the country / region
•    Active management of key clients to grow FM Wallet.
•    Drive Sales to achieve assigned full year budget as per annual scorecard document for client income from allocated clients.
•    Maximise cross asset sales with FI team.
•    Actively engage FM Structuring teams to facilitate optimum client risk solutions
•    Work with FI, bridging any product, segment and geographical silos to grow the FM wallet with our key
•    Active performance monitoring: identify areas of underperformance and take appropriate corrective action
•    Provide direction, migrate best practices, challenge country / region performance and utilise MIS to drive results
•    Identify and resolve any business blockages.
•    Partnership with eSales team to drive digitalisation of client flows in-country

Processes
•    Manage Financial Markets processes for the country / region, as allocated within the FM process universe in line with the ERMF and their associated risks, including activities within the processes which are hubbed or outsourced.
•    Aim for all processes to be adhered to across the country / region, in line with approved policies and procedures with remediation pursued when relevant.
•    Continuously improve the operational efficiency and effectiveness of processes to increase productivity and reduce operational risk

People & Talent
•    Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations of the team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners
•    Participate and engage in all ongoing training and development required to the job role.  
•    Employ, engage and retain high quality people, ensuring that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for this role and have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks
•    Ensure active contribution to drive vision, priorities, and progress to the business to foster engagement, awareness and self-motivation 
•    Contribute towards job descriptions and objectives and provide feedback constantly to management.  
•    ‘Speak up’ in the event of any realised or perceived breach of group conduct rules or laws by colleagues

Risk Management
•    Responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks for the country / region
•    Advised of and to monitor all major risk issues and concentrations.  Where appropriate, direct remedial action and/or ensure adequate reporting to Country Management and/or Risk Committees
•    Participate (if required) in any significant market risk discussions in the country / region, but not the day-to-day management of market risk
•    Aim for successful implementation/highlight any identified gaps of first line ERMF in the country / region with remediation pursued when relevant
•    Responsible for utilisation of credit exposures from FM products within the limits set by the risk division
•    Support any queries related to audit or compliance reviews and resolve any pending actionable when relevant. 

Governance
•    Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group’s arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the country. Overseeing changes and escalation to FM ExCo, Regional Trading, Group governance committees including other stakeholders in senior management, risk or control functions where appropriate
•    Responsible for delivering ‘effective governance and having the capability to challenge fellow executives effectively 
•    Follow the process governance practices set out by the Non-Financial Risk Committee (NFRC)
•    FM oversight and management of the local legal entity (as required).

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.
•    Lead the Trading Team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.* 

Key stakeholders
Internal 
•    Country CEO and Director, Head of Markets and Sales
•    Country and Regional Desk Heads
•    Desk Heads – Treasury Markets & Trading
•    FM ExCo / FM Sales Exco / FM COO
•    FM Global / Regional Product Heads
•    FI Product & Segment Partners
•    Regional / Country Function Heads
•    Risk Teams, Legal, Compliance, Operations, Risk & Finance management

External 
•    Regulators
•    Key & Potential Clients
•    Financial Services Organisations
•    Trade Bodies & Associations 
•    Broker & Interbank counterparty 

Other Responsibilities
•    Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in the Trading team; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats); 
•    Working with the relevant Country / Regional CEO, Head – FM and Group/Regional FM Trading who is also responsible for ensuring that country regulations are taken into account and complied with and that issues related to regulatory compliance are identified and resolved, country or entity balance sheet management and capital sufficiency, and monitoring, managing and escalating material risks in accordance with the Group's risk management framework.
•    As contingency arrangement, support Treasury Market by having access to Bloomberg to book FI/Repo trades in their portfolios.

Skills and Experience

•    Manage Conduct
•    Risk Management and Internal Controls
•    Business – Market Knowledge
•    Business – Product and Processes
•    FM – Forwards and Futures - Hedging
•    FM – Products – Foreign Exchange
•    FM – Products – Interest Rate Options – Caps & Floors
•    FM – Products – Interest Rates & Currency Swaps

Qualifications

Education     MBA in Finance, Business Management or Economics    
Membership     Certificate course on treasury and foreign exchange operations

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.