Job Summary

•    The Bank operates across a wide network of markets and this global network offers significant competitive advantage by creating opportunities for cross border booking activities, particularly in providing booking location options where it is most optimal to do so, from a broad set of considerations that include client, regulatory, capital and liquidity, legal, tax and operational support perspectives. 
•    The offshore booking locations were setup in several footprints to support the Group’s overall strategy of remaining core to our clients and meeting their needs by optimising liquidity and capital resources. The Hong Kong International Booking Desk (HK IBD) is an important team within the Group set up to support this strategy 

Responsibilities

Business
•    Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) 
Processes
•    Collaborate and liaise with Originating units, IBSM team, CPM, HK Business and Functions Heads for deals booked in HK IBD:
•    Prepare comprehensive and clearly written applications to seek local booking approvals from HK Credit on a timely and effective basis and with key risk being identified and all Hong Kong specific requirements completed
•    Engage in the whole process by working with relevant internal departments including Credit, Credit Documentation Unit, Legal and Compliance for approval, documentation and compliance requirements.
•    Work with relevant operations departments including Credit Risk Control and Loan Processing Unit on execution, drawdown and monitoring.
•    Ensure full compliance with relevant internal policies and procedures. 
•    Ongoing monitoring and management of the deals with OU RM/relevant product partners.
•    Arrange periodical review to ensure controls continue to be effective and the Key Control Indicators and Key Risk Indicators are reported correctly and remain appropriate.
•    Responsible for returns in relation to the portfolio.
Risk Management
•    Arrange periodical review of all processes under own responsibility to ensure that all material risks and potential failure points are identified, assessed, mitigated, monitored and reported as required by the Offshore Booking – Governance and Roles & Responsibilities Policy, HK International Desk Offshore Country Addendum, Operational Risk Framework and supporting procedures, documents, etc.

Governance
•    Arrange periodical review to confirm that applicable external laws and regulations and internal policies, procedures, limits and other risk control requirements are implemented.
•    Prepare MIS pack for regular governance meetings and portfolio management.
•    Prepare the monthly Governance Management Group meeting pack, facilitate the discussion and follow up action items
•    Follow the protocol and ensure HK regulatory and governance requirements are adhered to; make escalation to HK Business and/or Function heads on potential risks
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 HK IBD team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles 
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
•    Originating Units for Deals booked in HK IBD; IBSM team; CPM; HK Business and Function Heads (Risk, Credit, Finance, Legal, Tax)

Requirements

•    Bachelor degree in Banking or Finance preferred.  
•    Ideally 5+ years experience in banking or other relevant sectors
•    Languages: English and/or local language skills as relevant to country requirements 

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.