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Associate Director
Job Description
Requisition Number:  51841
Job Location:  Shanghai, CHN
Global Grade:  Band 6
Work Type:  Office Working
Employment Type:  Permanent
Posting Start Date:  03/04/2026
Posting End Date: 
Job Description: 

RESPONSIBILITIES

Business
•    Work in conjunction with coverage and sales team, to support activity trade product targets for China team’s portfolio (based on client account planning) and support calling effort actively call to ensure client trade relationship strategies are implemented.
•    Manage transfer of best practices between markets, in order to leverage Transaction Banking capabilities with the client portfolio.
•    Responsible for maintaining sustainable growth of trade revenue.
•    Support Sales officer on Revenue and sales monitoring for Trade from Bank clients (non-TB FI sales revenue for direct TB FI Sales covered clients)
•    Monitor revenue for trade products (directly covered relationships) 

Processes
•    Support the Transaction Banking relationship on trade products.
•    Streamline trade execution process within sales team and responsible for transaction execution and ensure smooth deal implementation and adherence to high levels of service quality.
•    Be trade transaction ID issue solver, responsible for LTP approval and Business approval, and coordinator with trade operation team.
•    Undertake and coordinate with sales signing trade related documents with clients.
•    provide feedback to Product Management on customer needs, trends, and market intelligence, and providing direction on proposed project programme initiatives to central product management teams. 

•    Lead regular pricing reviews, including impact of waivers or non-standard pricing and implement appropriate local pricing at a product level.
•    Ensure that the service team does regular reviews with clients to validate their service levels and implement client feedback wherever possible.
•    Ensure that the business meets its obligation vis-à-vis prevention of Money Laundering under group policy and standards and under the local laws and regulations.
•    Ensure that trade deals are serviced promptly and quickly by the service team.
•    Conduct Market events to share best practices standards and raise SCB visibility.

People & Talent
•    Work towards team building and their education.  Ensure all e-learnings/trainings for the team are duly completed.
•    Implement succession strategy and develop future leaders.
•    Strengthen partner relationships.
•    Network with other countries, region, and group.
•    No failed audits and full cooperation with internal/external auditors.
•    Promote and perform community activities.

Risk Management
•    Ensure adherence to risk management framework in identifying, controlling, monitoring, and reporting of risk.
•    Ensure sufficient actions are undertaken to mitigate, reduce and contain the identified operational risks.
•    Undertake and/ or coordinate periodic business monitoring activities, escalating issues to the segment head.
•    Work in conjunction with TBSMs and FI to engage the client for successful closure of all RFIs.
•    Ensure adherence to all FCC policies.
•    While ownership rests with Coverage team, facilitate the obtain documentation for any escalation cases.
•    Ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations to embed compliance risk monitoring as an integral part of the Business process for example quarterly reviews, e-learning, leave plans etc.

Governance

•    Adherence to laws and regulations, internal risk and compliance policies and the Group Code of Conduct.

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

•    Global Head of TB FI Sales 
•    Global Account Managers and Relationship Managers 
•    TB Product
•    TB Implementation
•    TB Service Managers (TBSM)
•    Credit, Risk, Operation & Compliance team in the region / country as appropriate 

Other Responsibilities
Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in China TB FI team; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats)

Qualifications

•    University degree holder; CDCS certificate holder is preferred. 
•    Minimum 5 years of relevant Transaction Banking trade sales experience, ideally in the international/regional environment preferably with a good understanding of the market competitive landscape.  Experience in handling all international trade business for financial institutions would be an added advantage 
•    Expertise in the trade environment, infrastructure and emerging trends in the trade space particularly international trade is a prerequisite
•    Strong communication and influencing skills, proven track record to work in a collaborative cross-border team environment with multi-cultural stakeholders. 
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Role Specific Technical Competencies
•    Good Understanding trade products
•    Coordination Skill
•    Presentation Skill
•    Project Management
•    Client Relationship Management
•    Deal Execution Efficiency

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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