Job Summary

Primary Location for the role to be based from PARIS. We will also consider Frankfurt.

As senior banker, the role focuses on the origination of ECA and MDB/DFIs supported transactions in the borrowers (corporate / financial institutions) in the Continent Europe (with particular emphasis on Eastern Europe such as Poland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and opportunistically in Western Europe). The deliverables are to win mandates from borrower clients through proactive marketing exercises (proposals, pitches, response to RfPs, tracking the opportunities / constant follow ups). 

Strategy
•    DAF team originate and execute ECAs and MDB/DFIs supported transactions globally. DAF Europe team is currently accelerating their efforts to originate more transactions in Europe. The role is to focus on the origination of the transactions as per the Job Summary. Execution of the transactions will be supported more from London and Frankfurt / Paris office colleagues. 

Business
•    DAF team structures and arranges a long-term lending by leveraging credit cover from ECAs and MDB/DFIs. The business is conducted through DAF Underwriting Standard as well as other internal policies in compliance with the regulatory requirements. 

Processes
•    As per internal policies as specified by the DAF Underwriting Standard and other internal policies in compliance with the regulatory requirements. 

People & Talent
•    The role requires a wide collaboration with the DAF team colleagues as well as other stakeholders, such as the relationship managers (GAMs), Risk, Legal, Compliance, Agency team, Operations team.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Management
•    Build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations and work in collaboration with risk and control partners. Contribute to continuous process improvement and sharing best practice. 
•    The role requires to engage risk, legal and compliance teams as appropriate to escalate items relating to Risk Management. This is to ensure that origination is carried out within the Group’s risk appetite and reputational and credit risks are appropriately managed in conjunction with other stakeholders.

Governance
•    Adherence to all SCB Group policies and relevant legislation covering credit risk, operational risk, and reputational risk among others. 
•    Commitment to Group code of conduct 
•    Ensure individual, and team as appropriate, have timely completion of all e-Learning, attestations and requests for information. 
•    Resolves any audit issues are resolved in a timely manner 
•    Responsible for delivering ‘effective governance’; 
•    Capability to challenge executives effectively; and willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner.

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
•    Borrower clients
•    ECAs and MDB/DFIs
•    CIB Colleagues (GAM/RMs, Legal, Syndication, Compliance, Risks, Agency/Operation). 

Other Responsibilities
•    Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in France / DAF Europe

Skills and Experience

•    Client first mindset
•    Spot Opportunities
•    Solve Problems
•    Take the Lead
•    Build Resilience
•    Collaborate
•    Communicate

Qualifications

Education     BA OR Master Degree
Languages     English and French or English and German

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.