Job Summary

The Transition Finance and Advisory (TFA), Transition Technologies role is responsible for originating, incubating, and shaping a portfolio of Transition Pure Play clients globally. The role will be focused on identifying next‑generation transition leaders, builds scalable multi‑product relationships, and supports clients through their early growth and expansion phases. This role will work in close partnership with Coverage and Risk teams, brings sector insight, disciplined judgement, and cross‑border connectivity to deliver sustainable growth across the TFA Transition Technologies portfolio. This role focuses on origination, client engagement and content creation with a focus on driving commercial impact.

Key Responsibilities

Support origination and execution of Transition Finance transactions
•    Transition transactions across our markets and provide execution capabilities. Three areas of focus: 1) Capital partnerships: preferred origination partner to large energy-transition funds and sovereign platforms (through partnerships), 2) Platform story: package Energy Transition as a repeatable consolidation as platform creation is becoming more common in this next phase of fragmented energy transition market consolidation (becoming PP), 3) Partner to governments on capital mobilization (incl. Sponsors): decarbonization, energy, and minerals security with increased state co-funding and de-risking.
Support stepping up our Pure Play revenues
•    Identify next Transition Pure Play (e.g. EV, biofuels in India, Wind, Photovoltaic, BESS, data centers, fibers in Europe) and develop account plans >$3m in Y3 based on a diverse source of revenues (Project Finance, Guarantees, Hedging, TB, etc).
•    Onboard new names and start the relationship / incubate in the first 2-3 years, including acting as 1 LoD Risk (work with a CB on all client lifecycle activities). 
Drive thought leadership and proprietary content development
•    Develop understanding of market specific SF developments (incl. emerging E&S risk themes and ‘hot spots’, SF market trends and product uptakes), and how this will impact our clients and client insights.
•    Drive annual Transition Finance flagship reports working closely with CSO Sustainability Insights team (based on proprietary client surveys and annual Sustainability themes).
•    Develop sector-specific content 1) covering ESG thematic / trends / market dynamics, peer benchmarking, product benchmarking / recent transactions / case studies, 2) incorporating Transition tech (e.g. SAF) and Capital Structure considerations, 3) leveraging relevant thematic from CSO Innovation Hubs (e.g. Carbon, Nature).

Strengthen governance, risk discipline, and role clarity: Act as first‑line accountable leader for conduct, reputational, and advisory risks within the mandate. Ensure teams operate within defined frameworks, avoid greenwashing risk, and maintain clear boundaries with Coverage, Products, and regulatory functions.
•    Provides insights, engineering, and industry expertise on Low Carbon technologies (Sector Coverage, Products, Risk, etc) on business trends, client screening, sector portfolio and risk management, carbon management and strategic initiatives, wider bank’s governance of Transition Finance framework development. 
•    Engage with Risk on Pure Play strategy and portfolio management as required.
Adhere to values & conduct expectations (non-negotiable) by role-modelling ethical conduct, risk discipline, client suitability, inclusion, and enterprise first leadership.

Measure of Success
•    Direct contribution to SF & TF transactions: the team will work towards a target direct dollar contribution to SF / TF transactions.  
•    Client income contribution: the team will work towards a dollar client income contribution amount tagged to an agreed list of clients that have been identified as having a strong opportunity for increased share of wallet. 
•    High-quality client engagements: the team will work towards a specified number of target client engagements to complete within an agreed time period. These client engagements will be focused on where there is a real opportunity to drive commercial impact. 
•    Marketing activities: the team will work towards producing an agreed amount of thought leadership pieces of content and participation in key industry forums.

Our Ideal Candidate

•    3 + Years of experience in Energy Transition origination, including identifying and shaping low‑carbon client opportunities, platforms, or capital partnerships
•    Senior client and stakeholder engagement, with experience advising C‑suite executives, sponsors, investors, corporates, or public‑sector counterparts
•    Sector exposure across priority Energy Transition themes, ideally spanning multiple technologies and markets or regions.
•    Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Economics, Engineering, Sustainability, or related disciplines.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

•    Sustainable and Transition Finance
•    Climate Transition and Decarbonisation
•    Business Development
•    Strategic Advisory
•    Stakeholder Engagement
•    Sector & Transition Technology Insight
•    Client Lifecycle and Portfolio Management
•    Risk Management (Financial and Non‑financial) 

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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