Key Responsibilities

Responsible to manage and drive Islamic Origination business in Assigned Region.

Strategy
•    Explore / develop new markets
•    Embed Saadiq across Corporate & Investment Banking (“CIB”) businesses in Assigned Region
•    Maintain market intelligence on different markets where Islamic products are offered and track competitor moves 

Business
•    Support in delivering assigned Islamic Origination business (Corporate Finance & Financial Markets) budget in Assigned Region / geographies
•    Build strong working relationships with CIB Clients’ teams and key Product Teams (CM, Syndications, Infrastructure & Dev Finance, Financing Solutions, DAF, Financial Markets, Leverage Finance) across Assigned Region to jointly market/pitch, originate, structure, and distribute Islamic structured deals.
•    Prepare pitchbooks, market updates and other marketing materials for internal and client marketing activities
•    Manage end to end deal execution including deal structuring, preparing term sheets, negotiating terms (pertaining to Sharia compliance) with the client, securing mandates and dealing with external/ internal counsel to develop and review facility documentation. 
•    Seek guidance/ secure approvals from the Bank’s Shariah advisors to ensure that the transaction remains in line with Shariah compliance requirements. 
•    Develop relationships with key Islamic investors (Banks/FIs) to syndicate and distribute transactions. 
•    Work with the Bank's operations and processing teams to ensure proper execution of the transactions and post-execution follow-ups and trainings.
•    Co-ordinate with Product Development unit to launch PPGs and Country Addendums in key target markets.
•    Liaise with external industry publications for marketing strategies, award write-ups and submissions, case studies etc.

Processes
•    Build relationships with business partners to manage operational processes.
•    Build relationships with support departments to manage operational processes.

Key stakeholders

•    Work with local stakeholders such as:
-    Global Banking and Markets teams in CIB, and products.
-    Operations, L&C, Risk, etc to ensure compliance to local regulatory & internal product & Shariah requirements.

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

Skills and Experience

• Islamic Banking & Finance
• Financial Analysis
• Capital Markets and Debt Structuring
• Derivatives 
      
  LANGUAGES     English (required), Arabic is beneficial 

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.