Job Summary

Drive Cash and Trade business growth for CIB Client Coverage Kenya by originating new business, deepening existing client relationships, and increasing penetration of Transaction Banking solutions across assigned portfolios. The role focuses on disciplined sales execution, development of differentiated Customer Value Propositions, and close collaboration with Coverage, Product, Financial Markets and other internal stakeholders to deliver sustainable Transaction Banking revenues while upholding the highest standards of conduct, governance and risk management.

Business & Client Coverage
•    Drive growth of Cash, Trade, working capital and SC PrismFX revenues for assigned CIB clients in Kenya, including New to Bank clients, in line with agreed business strategy, sales targets and pipeline discipline.
•    Develop and sustain strong client relationships at appropriate senior levels within client organisations to originate new business and win Transaction Banking mandates.
•    Support the Coverage team in deepening Transaction Banking penetration across existing and target clients in Kenya and approved Non Presence Countries (NPC markets), providing structured insights to identify, prioritise and convert opportunities.
•    Proactively originate, structure and execute Transaction Banking solutions, ensuring strong deal quality, effective pricing discipline and timely execution.

Strategy & Product Origination
•    Take a lead role in identifying client needs and translating them into product led solutions, leveraging Cash, Trade and FX capabilities to deliver holistic outcomes for clients.
•    Bring relevant product expertise, market intelligence and industry insights into Coverage discussions to support targeted origination and differentiated client engagement.
•    Develop a deep understanding of clients’ business models, ecosystems and working capital cycles to create well researched Customer Value Propositions (CVPs) that increase wallet share and Transaction Banking revenues.
Market Intelligence & Competitiveness
•    Continuously gather customer feedback, market trends and competitive intelligence to remain abreast of developments impacting Transaction Banking in Kenya.

Key Responsibilities

•    Use market insights to identify growth opportunities, emerging risks and competitive threats, supporting proactive actions to protect and grow Transaction Banking revenues.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
•    Work closely with Coverage, Product, Financial Markets, Operations, Finance, Risk and Compliance teams to ensure effective delivery, maintenance and growth of the CIB Cash and Trade business.
•    Coordinate internal stakeholders to ensure seamless execution of client solutions, strong client experience and disciplined post deal management.

Risk, Governance & Conduct
•    Conduct all sales and client activities in full compliance with Group policies, local regulatory requirements and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Proactively identify, escalate and mitigate risks, maintaining strong controls and a robust risk and compliance culture across all client engagements.

Strategy
•    Develop long term strategic and tactical client level plans, including client engagements and stakeholder mapping, integrated into the overall account plan and in alignment with the coverage partners.
•    Define digitization agenda in the assigned portfolio that would drive client loyalty, wallet share growth, and share of mind.
•    Partner with specialized team (in Cash, Trade and SC Prism FX) as appropriate to create additional capacity to deliver on client requirements.
•    Identify Cash and Trade business opportunities, structuring and pitching appropriate solutions, making effective pitches, and delivering client mandates seamlessly.
•    Collaborate with implementation, client management and service teams to ensure consistent and superior client experience.
•    Develop jointly with the Product teams an operating plan to meet country revenue targets for Cash and Trade in line with the overall Transaction Banking sales strategy. 

Business, Financial Targets & Processes
•    Deep understanding of clients’ operating environment including day to day transactional flows, cash investment needs, trading cycles, and operational banking requirements.
•    Cash: Drive OPAC balances and liabilities to agreed levels as per scorecard.
•    Trade: Drive utilization on Trade Assets and Contingents to agreed levels as per scorecards.
•    Drive healthy sales pipeline and closures through business origination activity.
•    Execute activities in line with TB sales pipeline and deal review policies.
•    Support in RFP responses, client pitches and ensure successful conversions, seek feedback and corrective actions for unsuccessful bids.
•    Provide pricing in line with Cash and Trade pricing policy for flow opportunities (e.g. OPAC, bank guarantees, additional accounts, etc.)
•    Manage deal execution, maintain oversight on implementation, and ensure revenue realization.
•    Identify SC Prism FX cross-sell opportunities (as appropriate) and pass on the lead to the relevant teams.

Risk Management
•    Take the initiative regarding regulatory, reputational, and ethical matters, taking the initiative for providing proactive advice to clients.
•    Ensure adherence with the highest standards of ethics, and compliance with relevant policies, processes, and regulations.
•    Ensure appropriate TB inputs are incorporated in BCA / Term sheet / Pre-Screening review / Credit.
•    Effectively identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk and compliance matters.
•    Ensure there are appropriate frameworks in place so that the Cash and Trade Sales business is carried out within the Group’s risk appetite and risks are appropriately managed in conjunction with Head CIB Client Coverage, TB product partners, direct reports, and other stakeholders.
•    Embed the Group’s values and code of conduct and develop a robust culture to ensure that adherence with the highest standards of ethics, and compliance with relevant policies, processes, and regulations among employees.
•    Ensure that Risk Management matters that are brought to the job holder’s attention are subject to direct remedial action and/or ensure adequate escalation to Group/governance committees, as appropriate. 

Client Centricity
•    Understanding of the client business model, industry, and overall ecosystem. 
•    Understand the client’s needs and challenges and create solutions to address accordingly.
•    Work in cohesion with RMs and CMs as relationship Management team.

Client team
•    Pro-actively lead cash and trade opportunity development with coverage partners and product teams.
•    Execute activities in line with sales pipeline policy and apply sales discipline.
•    Collaborate with other specialized teams on identified cross-sell opportunities.
•    Collaborate with implementation, client management and service teams to ensure consistent and superior client experience.

Ideation/Pitches
•    Take the lead in identifying explicit and implied client needs, engaging key influencers and decision makers, developing solutions and leading proposals and pitches to clients.
•    Leverage Structured Solutions team / Treasury solutions and TB Product expertise for complex solutions.
•    Replicate unique solutions across clients.
•    Provide input to Product Managers on evolving client and competitor landscape.

Execution
•    Manage the execution (as per internal guidelines) through to revenue realization.
•    For complex bespoke deals work along Structured solutions team both in respect to cash & trade
•    Monitor Cash and Trade driver growth.
•    Monitor usage of channels.
•    Ensure that any post sales service issues identified are managed appropriately by Client Service Group or Premier Service Management. 

Governance
•    Build strong & deep relationships with regulatory authorities and local industry bodies, and ensure the business is ahead of the regulatory change agenda.
•    In conjunction with CEO, CIO & Compliance, proactively engage local and global business & functional partners and stakeholders to drive the TB Transactional Sales agenda and ensure alignment.
•    Promote the SC brand and Group Code of Conduct - exemplify the values of the Group in all undertakings.

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.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters. 

Key stakeholders
Internal
•    Country Head of CIB/CEO and Coverage Team (RMs, CMs and CAs)
•    Country and Regional TB Heads 
•    Country and Regional Heads of Products / Segments
•    Country and Regional Heads of Functions 
•    Specialized teams within TB (SSD, SC PRISM FX, VMT, etc)

External
•    Represent Standard Chartered Bank and Transaction Banking with all stakeholders including Clients and industry players. 

Other Responsibilities
•    Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Kenya/CIB/TB Corporate Sales ; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats)
•    Regional Transaction Banking Sales Executive for assigned clients 

Skills and Experience

•    Strategic Sales Planning, Pipeline discipline
•    Origination and spotting new business
•    Client Relationship Management
•    Disruptive Innovation
•    Knowledge of Cash Product
•    Knowledge of Trade and Working Capital 

Qualifications

Education     Bachelor’s Degree or Advanced Degree (in a business-related discipline preferable)
Training     Certification in advanced trade, working capital / cash
Practitioner with advanced / expert cash and or trade, working capital knowledge.
Membership     Preferably in cash management, trade and working capital
Certifications     Preferably in cash management, trade and working capital
Languages     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.