Job Summary

What do SACS team cover?

• Sub-Advisor and Customised Solutions (SACS) team is part of the Group Advisory and Managed Investments team (Wealth Solutions) within SCB. Group Advisory and Managed Investments team covers Funds, Alternative Investments and ETFs and owns the approval process for these products across the retail and private bank segments. 
• SACS team covers two key Managed Investments product ranges: 1) Signature Securities Portfolios (SSP) - a set of portfolios of individual securities, actively managed based on model portfolios by select third-party sub-advisors; 2) SC Funds umbrella – a range of white label mutual funds managed by third-party sub-investment managers and distributed exclusively by Standard Chartered Bank. Besides, our team also support the development of a competitive private market co-investment platform, with the aim to give our ultra high net worth private bank clients access to single private deals globally. 

What would this role cover?

• Lead the onboarding process of new third-party sub-investment managers, particularly on preparing and collaging documents for internal governance committee approvals. 
• Lead the ongoing reviews and approval process of all third-party sub-investment managers, at both global and local governance forums. 
• Support production and regular updating of marketing collaterals, including but not limited to pitchbooks, brochures, factsheets, internal communication emails. 
• Support the preparation of materials for internal engagements and presentations, as well as various internal fiduciary reporting forums. 
• Support the team on various day-to-day activities, for example coordinating with internal and external stakeholders, responding to frontline’s questions and requests, organizing virtual events, record keeping, etc.  

Key Responsibilities

Risk Management

• Embed a risk culture that support the Bank’s strategy and philosophy for the management of risk and may be called upon to define risk policy within scope of responsibility
• Ensure that effective arrangements are in place within WS in the region for the prevention of money laundering in line with the Group Policy and Standards, respective country regulatory guidelines and local legal requirements. In particular, ensure that the obligations on reporting suspicious activities are met.
• Ensure that Risk Management matters that are brought to the job holder’s attention are subject to direct remedial action and/or ensure adequate reporting to the relevant Risk Committees.

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.
• Lead 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.]  

Key stakeholders

• Affluent and Wealth management leadership
• Risk, Compliance, Operations, Legal teams
• Function Heads and dedicated functional partners
• External regulatory bodies and commercial/third-party entities

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values 
• Management/Group Managed Investments; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; 

Our Ideal Candidate

• Education
  • Undergraduate degree, preferably with an Economics/Finance background
• Training
  • Detail oriented, organized, problem-solving skills, quick learner, able to work under tight timelines. 
  • 3years experience in Morningstar and Bloomberg skills preferred. 

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Morningstar
• Bloomberg

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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