Job Summary

Strategy
•    To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit.  It's about showing how you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good.  
•    We're committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base

Business
•    Standard Chartered M&A provides comprehensive advisory services to its clients on a wide range of M&A transactions and capital-raising activities, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and financial restructurings. Our M&A teams are organized by region and work closely with our industry coverage partners, other product groups and global relationship banking team.  

•    This is an exciting opportunity to join the Mumbai based M&A team that covers the South Asia region. Reporting to the regional head of M&A, this Executive Director position will lead deal execution as well as assist with origination and developing client relationships. The ideal candidate will have strong execution experience in M&A and / or private equity fund raise transactions. Opportunity to become a key member of an experienced M&A team to help shape and implement future strategy.

Processes
•    Understanding of and adherence to the standard procedures and policies required for the role. 
•    Responsibility as the First line of defence - Deal Team members (execution) and M&A Management (supervisory)
•    Drive continuous improvement of the operational efficiency and effectiveness of processes to increase the consistency of global systems and processes.

People & Talent 
•    Lead by example and build the appropriate culture and values

Key Responsibilities

Risk Management
•    Ensure compliance with SCB Group and Business policies, procedures, standards and codes, including those governing all Risk types, compliance, Technology and Operations, Finance and Reputation.
•    Proactively advise and monitor all major risk issues. Where appropriate, direct remedial action and / or ensure adequate escalation and reporting to line manager, compliance and risk management.

Governance 
•    Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
•    Take individual responsibility to ensure risk-taking is disciplined and focused

Regulatory & Business Conduct 
•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] * 
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
•    Serve as a Director of the Board 
•    Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent) 

Key stakeholders
•    Global & Regional Head of M&A
•    M&A Management Team
•    Industry Coverage teams
•    Client Coverage teams
•    Legal & Compliance

Skills and Experience

•    Analytical Skills
•    Basic Financial Accounting
•    MS Excel and Powerpoint
•    Valuation and other Financial Analyses
•    M&A Product and Processes
•    Research and Market Analysis 
•    Process Management
•    Risk Management and Internal Controls
•    Manage Conduct

Qualifications

•    Post Graduate degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accountancy or equivalent
•    Relevant work experience in M&A, Investment Banking or related business
•    Strong work ethic, high energy level, able to multi-task and work independently with minimal supervision
•    Capable of independent execution of complex transactions
•    Good team-player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills

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.