Job Summary

Investment Strategy

• Lead investment/portfolio research and advisory practice for the organization 
• Develop investment research/ portfolio management framework to identify suitable investment opportunities for the clients. 
• Devise and evolve research coverage universe in equities asset class in line with organization’s policy.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in the equities asset class, demonstrating proficiency in Fundamental, Technical, and Derivative research.
• Lead and manage a team of research/investment analysts. 

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Manage strategic intent of the organization in terms of investment research/portfolio management.
• Establishing the key metrics to accurately define the competencies and skills required for each role/ business unit within the organization along with mapping the individual performance to set-up the KPI framework.

Processes

Understanding of Clients and the teams

• Deep understanding of equity asset class and its linkages with micro/macro parameters
• Ensure analytics driven approach to identify the suitable investment opportunity for the customers with appropriate risk reward ratio
• Good interpersonal skills with demonstrated abilities in networking with cross-functional teams 
• Problem solving supported by both in and out of the box thinking 
• Understanding of fundamental and technical analysis to provide leadership and guidance to the team

People & Talent

• Build team capable of ensuring delivery and managing products through:
  • Coaching, guidance and management to ensure they deliver against the financial, non-financial and risk/control objectives
  • Identifying and addressing the top issues/opportunities for performance improvement across the team
  • Driving an environment of collaboration, both within the team, in-country to ensure issues are raised and resolved
  • Developing succession plans 
• Adherence to the Group's values and culture 

Risk Management

• To ensure compliance with Group Policies and Standards, local laws and regulations as well as all controls and procedures laid down by the entity 

Governance

• Have strong knowledge of local regulations and initiatives of local industry bodies to ensure the business is ahead of the regulatory change
• Proactively engage business & functional partners / stakeholders to drive the origination product offering and sales discipline 

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 the INDIA – CPBB – WM – SCSI - Products 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.

Key stakeholders

• MD & CEO – SCSI
• Head, WM – SCB
• Chief Investment Strategist -SCB
• Head – Business
• Head – CFCC
• Head - Legal
• Head – Risk
• Head – Ops
• Head – IT
• COFO
• Global Chief Investment Officer

Skills and Experience

• Products and Processes
• Market Knowledge (SIF)
• Regulatory Framework and Requirements (SIF)
• Manage Conduct    
• Manage People    
• Manage Risk

Qualifications

• Post Graduate/MBA 
• 12-15 years’ experience in BFSI industry (product/segment role preferred)
• Strong grasp on brokerage product management 
• Thorough understanding of Capital Markets & Trading Products and In-depth knowledge of Derivatives and Options Trading 
• Good knowledge of financial products with responsibilities for revenue, product development, process, systems and risk management.

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.