Job Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Intern, Credit Structuring to join our Financial Markets team in Frankfurt. This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in structured credit solutions, working alongside experienced professionals across Structuring, Trading, Sales, Legal, and Risk functions.
As part of the Credit Structuring team, you will support the development and delivery of innovative financing and risk management solutions for financial institution clients across Europe. You will gain exposure to credit markets, structured products, client solutions, and transaction execution while contributing to a dynamic and collaborative team environment.
Key Responsibilities
Support Credit Structuring Activities
- Assist the Credit Structuring team in developing and delivering structured credit solutions for clients across Europe.
- Build an understanding of the Bank's credit structuring products and their application in different market environments.
- Support the preparation of client presentations, product materials, trade analyses, and structuring proposals.
- Assist in developing trade ideas that leverage prevailing market opportunities and meet client objectives.
Collaboration and Transaction Support
- Work closely with Structuring, Sales, and Trading teams to evaluate and develop client solutions.
- Coordinate with Legal and other control functions to support transaction execution and ensure appropriate documentation is in place.
- Contribute to cross-functional projects aimed at enhancing product capabilities, client service, and operational efficiency.
Market and Product Analysis
- Conduct market research and analysis across credit, rates, FX, and commodities markets.
- Assist in monitoring market developments and identifying relevant opportunities for clients.
- Support the continuous evolution and innovation of the Credit Structuring product offering.
Teamwork and Stakeholder Engagement
- Collaborate effectively with colleagues across multiple locations and business functions.
- Participate in team meetings and contribute ideas that support business growth and client outcomes.
- Demonstrate strong communication skills, professionalism, and a team-oriented mindset.
Risk, Governance and Conduct
- Maintain an awareness of the risks associated with financial markets activities and support the team's risk management framework.
- Adhere to all internal policies, regulatory requirements, and compliance standards.
- Demonstrate the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and ethical conduct.
- Support the Bank's commitment to delivering fair outcomes for clients and maintaining effective financial markets practices.
Skills and Experience
Preferred Skills:
- Financial Risk Management
- Financial Markets and Structured Products
- Financial Engineering
- Quantitative Analysis
- Relationship Management
- Presentation and Communication Skills
- Understanding of Client Needs and Market Dynamics
Qualifications:
Education
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Financial Engineering, Economics, Mathematics, Physics, or a related quantitative discipline.
- Strong academic record with an interest in financial markets and structured products.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of derivatives, quantitative finance, programming, or financial modelling is advantageous.
- Progress towards or interest in professional qualifications such as CFA or FRM is a plus.
- Basic understanding of Credit, FX, Rates, and Commodities markets.
Languages
- Fluent English (written and spoken).
- German and additional European languages would be 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.
