Job Summary

•    To systematically provide fixed income ideation, market and product information to clients, RMs, Investment Advisors and MCS’s (across all the client segments like the Private Bank, Commercial Bank and the Retail Bank - also referred to collectively as the “CPPB”),

•    Engage and Interact closely with the customers, Relationship Managers, Investment Advisors and Portfolio Advisors to proactively identify Fixed income solutions that meet customer needs

Key Responsibilities 

Strategy

• To work towards meeting and exceeding the fixed income budget for the relevant year.
•  The incumbent is expected to create synergies and develop relationships with the RM/IA/TSOs and Counterparties, to scale up the FI business. 
• The incumbent is also responsible for product and trade ideation and the delivery of these ideas to the segment (across presentation, training, emails and client friendly materials).
• Efficient and timely execution of trades and RFQs.
• To incumbent is required to collaboarate and work seamlessly with other parts and departments of the bank.
• Observe and adhere to the SCB’s trading procedures, its governance and policy.
• Timely resolving any trade disputes and keeping the management & the head of desk informed of any client disputes.
•  Ensure regulatory & internal compliance.

Business
•    Engage and Interact closely with the customers, Relationship Managers, Investment Advisors and Portfolio Advisors to proactively identify Fixed income solutions to meet customer needs.
•    End to end ownership of the cash bond and structured credit lines of business.
•    Analyse client portfolios to generate relative value switch idea.
•    Responsible for preparation and presentation of trade ideas to the Private Bank and the Retail Bank Business. 
•    Coordinate marketing effort for the New Issue announcements and updates, secondary market and relative value Ideas across the CPPB.
•    Drive the Structured Credit Line of business End to End by working with the external counterparties, Internal Legal and Compliance in getting Documents approved, marketing / bookbuilding and trade closure.
•    Build and manage lasting and trusted relationships with all Clients, RM’s, Investment Advisor’s, other colleagues and Professional Trading counterparties.
•    Represent the Fixed income business on various client, industry and other forums.
•    Continuously shares expertise/knowledge with the team to empower the FI team as a whole.
•    Promotes & supports other initiatives for more traction to the business.
•    Responsible for preparation and presentation of trade ideas to the Private Bank and the Retail Bank Business. 

Processes
•    Assist CMPS business partners in other geographical regions to provide seamless advise and execution for truly world class services across geographies and time zones.
•    Conducting new RM inductions and FI Roadshows / Calls.

People & Talent

•    Work seamlessly with fellow teammates and stakeholders
•    Strong team player

Risk Management

• To proactively manage risk for both bank and clients

Governance

•    Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group’s arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas
•    Maintain awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
•    Responsible for delivering ‘effective governance’; capability to challenge fellow 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

•    CPBB Stakeholders
•    Risk, Compliance, Operational Risk, Legal, COO
•    Employees, Shareholders and Clients
•    Function Heads and dedicated functional partners
•    External regulatory bodies and commercial/third-party entities

Our Ideal Candidate

•    Bachelor’s degree with 5 plus years of strong credit product sales (Sell Side) or Wealth / Asset Management Fixed income (Buy Side) experience is required.
•    Important pre-requisites for the role include an in-depth knowledge of the FI business. 
•    CACS holder and CMFAS qualifications are required for this role. Paper 1A or 1B, 5, 6, 6A, 8, 8A (or RES12B, RES5, CM-EIP, CM-SIP, M8, M8A) as well as CACS 1, CACS 2 and FMRP
•    Good communication, negotiation, sales and presentation skills with the ability to influence outcomes

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Market Knowledge.
• Products and Processes.
• Understand FI as an asset class
• Understand FI delta margin trading
• Fixed Income advisory and execution

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.

Recruitment Assessments

Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers