Job Summary

We are looking for an Associate Director, Infrastructure & Development Finance Group, Africa to join our team at Standard Chartered Bank in London.

Key Responsibilities

• To be a trusted advisor and partner of choice for our clients’ strategic corporate actions:
• Support Infrastructure & Development Finance Group (“IDFG”) colleagues and Regional Heads to formulate strategy for the business in the context of the overall client strategy across the region
• Support the Project Export Finance (PEF) Regional Heads to manage the implementation of the PEF business strategy
• Build trusted relationships with Sponsors, Promoters and Banks/ Financial Institutions 
• Build origination and execution capabilities as well as local regulatory knowledge across the major markets
• Maintain up to date knowledge of clients and markets to support the team’s strategic dialogue with clients
• Support deal execution for Project Finance transactions for Africa
• Participate in both origination and execution of transactions, from the pitch phase through to closing
• Participate in the origination and execution of debt & advisory transactions including structuring, arranging, negotiating, due diligence and drafting of documents
• Perform financial and sensitivity analyses using various methodologies relevant for the industry sector
• Understand the credit risks associated with any financing and ensure they are appropriately mitigated to protect the Bank’s interest.
• Keep abreast of emerging sectors and regulatory developments in the project financing landscape and opportunities to develop within the African market

Qualifications

• Relevant Industry experience or Degree or post graduate qualified from a top-tier school 
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Solid financial evaluation and excel abilities 
• Ability to excel in both team and self-directed settings  
• Strong work ethics, detail orientation and a passion for excellence
• Attention to detail
• Ability to deliver under time pressure 
• Track record of working as a team member
• Language: Business level 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.