Job Summary

•    Contribute to formal establishment, continuous innovations and review of Client Analytics brand and offering as integral part of Financial Markets within Sales in GCNA.
•    Continue to build corporate and FI client business across asset classes with focus on clients in GCNA, while assisting clients requests globally.
•    Develop sufficient knowledge and experiences about detailed balance sheet, ALM and client portfolio analysis that helps with strategic business with corporate and FI clients.
•    Develop and maintain tools for analytical work and client projects.
•    Demonstrate excellent soft skills including deal communications and strong team play

Job Responsibilities

•    Work together with Sales and banking teams and in close cooperation with Structuring, Traders and Research to provide and deliver innovative and cutting edge cross-product analytics with a focus to grow the Cross Asset Macro business in GCNA and globally; Drive service excellence via robust product origination, bespoke solutions, holistic hedging strategies, debt portfolio and cash optimisation;  Ensure that the Financial Markets product suite and growing Analytics offering is delivered across all;  Develop and drive new business avenues across asset classes in partnership with stakeholders to enhance efficiency and expansion of the business.
 •    Analyse and quantify currency, interest rate and commodity exposures arising from client’s balance sheet, cashflows and investments and provide tailored hedging solutions; Risk management through VAR and portfolio optimisation based on risk tolerance and cost criteria; Develop analytical tools for backtesting performance of different products; Multicurrency debt portfolio optimisation; Presenting analysis and recommendations.
•    Client Analytics is not responsible under the ORF (Operational Risk Framework) as 1st & 2nd line; for executing / completing, and for supervising any of the FM processes
•    Ensure great team work across different hubs and efficient execution and delivery of new products and replicable ideas; Circulate information and share replicable themes plus participation in regular team meetings and calls; Continuous collaboration with internal stakeholders to ensure delivery of the best solutions to clients in a timely manner.
•    Responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks to the Group. Also, an awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them; Deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business, challenge fellow executives.
•    Bound by Code of Conduct of the Bank and ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations. Identify and escalate issues in a timely manner to properly manage conflicts.

Job Requirements

•    Degree in Financial Engineering
•    Experience of programming in MATLAB and VBA is essential and C++ - beneficial
•    Python, R coding experience would be advantageous
•    A combination of technical (derivatives pricing, Quant Finance, programming, CFA, FRM) and business/finance qualifications is advantageous.
•    Basic understanding of FX, Rates and Commodity markets
•    Thorough understanding and expertise in data analysis using Excel as well as statistical analysis
•    Languages; i.e. Business Chinese and English. 

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.