Job Summary

The Global CIO Office is a key pillar within Wealth Solutions. This function establishes the bank’s investment outlook, generates investment ideas and communicates these ideas effectively to our clients and stakeholders. 

The role of a Senior Investment Strategist within the equity strategy team of the Global CIO Office will involve: (i) co-ordinate the creation and maintenance of high quality views on global equities, including equity regions, sectors, themes and single stocks; (ii) collaborate with colleagues and guide junior members within the CIO Office to effectively formulate the house views in equities and other asset classes; (iii) create publications and write market commentaries related to equities; (iv) support key stakeholders like investment advisors and relationship managers in external client meetings to present the bank’s investment outlook and house views; (v) be a strong advocate of the CIO Office views to both internal stakeholders and external clients; (vi) support the communication of CIO Office views via written, verbal and multi-media communication channels; (vii) maintenance of a high quality governance process.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Co-ordinate the formulation of high-quality equity market views, including a conviction list of single stocks.
•    Demonstrate quality of views via strong performance of views and strong communication to internal stakeholders and external clients. 

Business
•    Drive traction of CIO views across the full range of business stakeholders.

Processes
•    Ensure view formation process adheres to the CIO Office investment process.

People and Talent
•    Help mentor junior team members and help them grow
•    Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.

Risk Management
•    Actively manage the risk of equity house views.

Governance
•    Maintain a high-quality governance process, ensuring all processes are well documented.
•    Collaborate effectively with colleagues from our legal and compliance, and global business manager teams, to design and implement governance processes.

Regulatory and 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.
•    Fulfil and adhere to requirements to be an MAS appointed representative 
•    Lead the Wealth Solutions Global CIO office 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. 
•    MAS prescribed responsibilities
Key stakeholders

•    Investment Advisors, Relationship Managers (Private Bank and Priority Bank)
•    CMPS (Capital Markets Products and Solutions)
•    Discretionary Portfolio Management
•    Global CIO Office
•    Managed Investments

Other Responsibilities
Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Wealth Solutions Global CIO office; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures 

Qualifications

•    Education: Bachelor’s Degree Finance/Economics/Business or equivalent

Our Ideal Candidate

•    8+ years of experience in equity analysis and financial markets

•    Expert understanding of single stock and equity market drivers, including equity regions and equity sectors

•    Strong communication skills, via written publications and oral presentations, to communicate investment views

•    Strong interpersonal skills and diligence to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, stakeholders and clients

•    Analytical mindset with a positive attitude to adapt to changing market conditions and collaborate effectively with the CIO Office to deliver successful client outcomes

•    Maintains a high-quality governance process

Role Specific Technical Competencies 

•    Equity analysis
•    Global economic analysis
•    Use of Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint, Word
•    Written communication
•    Oral communication 

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.

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