Job Summary

As an Associate in Client Analytics at Standard Chartered, you will play a pivotal front office role within our Sales and Structuring teams. This position requires you to collaborate closely with Sales, Trading, and Structuring experts to deliver bespoke, strategic analytics that empower clients to effectively identify, analyse, and manage risks across their businesses. Your work will primarily focus on clients across Europe and the Americas, with opportunities to contribute to global initiatives.

The role is integral to expanding our analytics capabilities, leveraging deep technical expertise alongside polished communication skills to present complex data and risk management solutions in a clear, accessible way. You will be instrumental in developing innovative analysis tools and solutions across FX, Rates, and Commodities, supporting cross-asset strategies that address client needs and enhance their financial decision-making.

This is a dynamic position suited to individuals passionate about applying quantitative methods to real-world financial challenges, eager to engage with diverse client portfolios and contribute to Standard Chartered’s mission to deliver cutting-edge, client-centric solutions that drive sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Continue the establishment and expansion of Client Analytics offerings tailored for Financial Institution clients primarily in Europe and the Americas, while integrating these services into our comprehensive Markets Sales and Structuring frameworks.
• Drive business growth by supporting corporate, investor, and banking clients across asset classes, ensuring consistent replication of strategies across various regions.
• Serve as a primary contact for in-depth balance sheet, asset and liability management, and portfolio analytics that facilitate strategic business origination and advisory services.
• Exhibit exemplary communication and interpersonal skills to present analytical findings and strategic recommendations effectively during client engagements and cross-functional team collaborations.
• Collaborate intensively with Sales, Structuring, Trading, and Research teams to design and deliver innovative cross-asset, macroeconomic analytics aimed at expanding the bank's Cross Asset Macro business in Europe and Americas and beyond.
• Analyse and quantify multi-asset currency, interest rate, and commodity exposures sourced from clients’ balance sheets, cash flows, and investment profiles to construct tailored hedging and risk management strategies.
• Implement portfolio optimisation techniques using Value at Risk (VaR) methodologies and cost-risk trade-offs aligned with client risk tolerance and strategic objectives.
• Develop and enhance AI-driven analytical tools to backtest product performance and expand the bank’s product suite through advanced analytics, ensuring continuous innovation in client service offerings.
• Lead multicurrency debt portfolio optimisation projects, delivering sustainable financial strategies that improve capital efficiency.
• Deliver high-quality presentations that translate complex analytical insights into actionable business strategies.

Qualifications

• Strong technical foundation through a degree in Financial Engineering, Financial Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, or related disciplines.
• Proficiency in Python programming, including coding and development for financial analytics and modelling.
• In-depth understanding of derivatives pricing and markets, with specific knowledge of FX, Interest Rates, and Commodities.
• Advanced skills in balance sheet and data analysis, utilising Excel and statistical tools to extract meaningful insights.
• A blend of technical and business qualifications, such as CFA, FRM, or equivalent certifications, demonstrating well-rounded expertise.
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in financial analytics is advantageous, supporting innovation in product development.
• Prior experience reviewing and analysing corporate balance sheets would be a distinct asset.

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.

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