Associate Credit Structuring - Markets

Standard Chartered

Job Summary

• Credit Structuring is part of the Global Structuring team in SCB s Markets division, providing global coverage of the full spectrum of Credit and Interest Rates Derivatives, through our network of product specialists located across markets
• The Africa and Middle East ( AME ) Markets Structuring team is responsible for delivering structured products and solutions across our client base in the region across structured hedging, investments and financing
• This role is an Associate or Associate Director (depending on experience) within the AME Credit Structuring team
• As an Associate you will work closely with Sales, Trading, Legal and other control functions to structure and execute bespoke credit transactions in a variety of formats such as Total Return Swaps (TRS), Credit Derivative Solutions (CDS), Repos, cross currency swaps and margin loans.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Provide support to senior structurers in delivering structured Credit business across both Africa and the Middle East
• Work closely with Sales to design and execute financing transactions typically serving as an alternative to traditional capital markets
• Work closely with Trading teams in Macro Trading, Structured Credit Trading, Equity Financing & Derivatives to deliver financing and investment solutions that meet SCB s capital, legal and return requirements.
• Cover a variety of clients, including Banks, Central Banks, Corporates and Sovereigns and understand their financing and liquidity needs.
• Draft transaction documents for various products and derivatives, such as CDS, TRS, Repo, structured cross currency swaps, Special Pupose Vehicle (SPV) notes based on master agreements.
  
  

Business

• Help build Product and Client Structuring business regionally and ensure the continuing growth and stability of the business
• Work with respective FM Product teams and relevant Regional/Country Heads, identify the initiatives needed to grow the Credit Structuring business on a short, medium and long-term basis
• Help to build good working partnerships between CIB teams, Product teams and FM sales teams in the region in order to provide a seamless and coordinated interface to our Clients in delivering our structured credit products and services
• Work in partnership with stakeholders to deliver new product capabilities to enhance efficiency and expansion of the business
  
  

Risk Management

• Enforce a culture of risk management and ensure that the teams comply with the risk management processes in place
• Provide impartial guidance of matters of product / client appropriateness and suitability.
• Discourage transactions with unmanageable market risk profiles.
• Ensure that adequate and appropriate systems and controls are in place to comply with Group and Business policies, procedures, standards and codes, including those governing all Risk types, Compliance, Technology and Operations, Finance and Reputation
• Escalate any risk issues and concentrations. Where appropriate, carry out remedial action and/or ensure adequate reporting.
• Protect the stability, long-term sustainability and reputation of the Bank
  
  

Skills And Experience

• Financial Risk Management
• Quantitative Techniques
• Securities Laws and Regulations (SLR) Compliance
• Portfolio Management
• Market Risk
  
  

Qualifications

• Years of experience, preferably within a Markets Structuring or related role
• Bachelors or Master s Degree (preferably Mathematics, Science or Engineering-based)
• Understanding and ability to price structured products/derivatives and think analytically.
• Experience in emerging markets, understanding of local markets and/or local law / regulatory nuances is a plus
• Confident and articulate communication
• Role is based in Dubai
  
  

About Standard Chartered

Were an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, weve 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 youre 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 cant 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, youll 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.