Job Summary

The Transition Finance and Advisory (TFA) role is responsible for acting as the primary sustainable finance and transition advisory point of contact for bankers and clients in the market. The role translates global frameworks, thematic insights and bank capabilities into credible client positioning and executable financing pathways. The role focuses on origination, client engagement and content creation with a focus on driving commercial impact. This role will work in close partnership with Coverage and Risk teams, brings sector insight, disciplined judgement, and cross border connectivity to deliver sustainable growth across the Transition Finance and Advisory portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Increasing awareness of SF offerings and benefits among underpenetrated clients (solution replicability)
• Winning new businesses where ESG can differentiate the bank vs. competing primarily on balance sheet size and pricing, such as ESG structured notes)
• Identifying client opportunities for distribution of the bank’s sustainable finance assets
• SF product execution / structuring, where agreed with Products and the bank is SF coordinator. Focus on expansion of our sustainability-linked framework to consider additional / novel KPIs
• Work with targeted (less sophisticated) clients on SF / Transition frameworks when clear monetisation opportunities (first SLL deal, capturing conventional client SoW)
• Work with the Global Transition Technologies teams to originate Energy Transition transactions across our markets
• Partner to governments on capital mobilization (incl. Sponsors): decarbonization, energy, and minerals security with increased state co-funding and de-risking
• Support brand building and profiling: Participate in relevant industry initiatives to gather relevant market intelligence, demonstrate thought leadership, and maintain client connectivity
• Adhere to values & conduct expectations (non-negotiable): By role-modelling ethical conduct, risk discipline, client suitability, inclusion, and enterprise first leadership
• Direct contribution to SF & TF transactions: the team will work towards a target direct dollar contribution to SF / TF transactions 
• Client income contribution: the team will work towards a dollar client income contribution amount tagged to an agreed list of clients that have been identified as having a strong opportunity for increased share of wallet
• High-quality client engagements: the team will work towards a specified number of target client engagements to be completed within an agreed time period. These client engagements will be focused on where there is a real opportunity to drive commercial impact
• Marketing activities: the team will work towards producing an agreed amount of thought leadership pieces of content and participation in key industry forums

Qualifications

• Degree (BA or equiv)
• 3+ years banking experience
• Knowledge of and experience across multiple banking products preferred
• Knowledge of environmental and socials risks and ESRM policies of the bank
• Ability to promote good teamwork, collaboration and management of conflict across stakeholders 
• Ability to independently drive initiatives with minimum hands-on supervision, including with developing partnership opportunities
• Client-focused with ability to establish and leverage high impact relationships while presenting creative solutions
• Strong communication and presentation skills, and stakeholder management skills
• Highly skilled in creation of briefing materials, report writing and preparation of presentations

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.