Job Description

Step into a high-impact role as an Associate Director in Middle Office Macro, where you will play a critical part in supporting FX Options (FXO) trading and sales activities while driving operational excellence across global markets.

This position offers the opportunity to become a subject matter expert in FXO products, working closely with cross-functional teams to enhance client experience, improve processes, and deliver strategic initiatives. You will operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with global exposure, contributing to innovation, efficiency, and strong risk management practices.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and welcome applicants from all backgrounds who are excited to grow, contribute, and make a difference.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support to Trading and Sales, ensuring smooth execution of FXO activities
• Act as a subject matter expert on FXO products, including lifecycle, risk, market data, and P&L
• Manage trade lifecycle processes, query resolution, and timely escalation to minimise risk
• Collaborate with global and regional teams to support a “follow-the-sun” operating model
• Partner with Technology, COO, and project teams to deliver new products and transformation initiatives
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders including Front Office, Credit, Legal, Operations, and Product Control
• Drive process improvements, standardisation, and operational efficiency across regions
• Support business continuity planning and ensure resilience of operations
• Engage with vendors and industry bodies to identify innovation and efficiency opportunities
• Contribute to strategic initiatives that enhance client experience and enable new business growth
• Ensure adherence to governance, risk frameworks, and regulatory requirements

Skills and Qualifications

• Strong understanding of FX Options (FXO) products and end-to-end trade lifecycle
• Experience in middle office, operations, or macro-related functions within financial services
• Proven ability to manage operational processes, resolve issues, and improve workflows
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across diverse teams
• Experience working in a global, fast-paced environment with cross-regional collaboration
• Knowledge of risk management, audit processes, and regulatory frameworks
• Demonstrated ability to drive change, innovation, and process improvement
• High attention to detail with a proactive and solutions-oriented mindset

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.