Job Description

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Assistant Relationship Banker (ARB) to support our Senior Bankers in managing a portfolio of Italian and French corporate clients. This is a fantastic opportunity to build a career in corporate banking, with a focus on client relationship management, financial analysis, and business origination. You will play a key role in research, client support, and deal execution, helping to grow our Italian franchise while learning from our established presence in France.

Key Responsibilities

Client & Business Support

• Partner with Senior Bankers to support business origination, including client research, pitch book preparation, and industry analysis.
• Assist in client meeting preparation, briefing notes, and coordination of presentations.
• Support the execution of new transactions, including documentation, deal structuring, and revenue tracking.
• Work closely with Product Partners and Client Management teams to ensure seamless deal execution.

Portfolio & Risk Management

• Proactively monitor client portfolios, ensuring accurate revenue and return tracking.
• Identify potential credit risks and collaborate with Credit Analysts to assess client financial health.
• Support the credit review process by gathering necessary client information.

Process & Governance

• Maintain account plans, client strategy documents, and deal pipelines.
• Ensure all client interactions and transactions adhere to regulatory and compliance standards.
• Engage with internal stakeholders to maximize cross-sell opportunities across different banking products.

Learning & Development

• Gain exposure to corporate banking operations by supporting large French corporate clients, while building expertise in the Italian market.
• Collaborate with senior team members to develop strong technical and client management skills.

Support and mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of learning and excellence.

Skills and Qualifications

Skills & Expertise

• Fluency in Italian and French (both written and spoken) is essential.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling skills with experience in Excel and PowerPoint.
• Excellent research, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Knowledge of corporate banking products, risk management, and financial markets.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and adapt to a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience in corporate banking, financial analysis, or a related field.
• Exposure to Italian corporate markets, with a willingness to gain expertise in the French market.

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.