Associate

The Role Responsibilities

Project & Export Finance role across Asean, North Asia and Australia covering various infrastructure asset classes across lending and debt financial advisory roles. Focus on delivering the Bank’s sustainability commitments across such markets.

Responsibilities

Support the Project & Export Finance team across origination and execution of infrastructure advisory and financings across Asean, North Asia & Australia. Act as team player on various transactions to meet the team’s overall strategy. As an Associate Director, it is expected to support execution activities for the team, working alongside senior members of the team in the origination of transactions. 

Strategy

• Awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model appropriate to the role.

Business

• Provide support in the origination and execution of Project & Export Finance (PEF) transactions across Asean and Australia;
• Take ownership and / or oversee the building of detailed financial models to evaluate; performance under various operating scenarios to analyze the impacts of different capital structures related to different products;
• Participate primarily in the execution of transactions, from the pitch phase through to closing including due diligence and drafting / reviews of financing and project documentation;
• Prepare presentation materials for use in client meetings, covering topics such as strategic alternatives, capital markets activity and general corporate finance;
• Maintain up to date knowledge on clients and targets;
• Support and/ or oversee research and analysis of markets and industries relevant to Project and Export Finance in the Asean / Australia region;
• Involved in day to day project management and execution, including requisite internal approvals which will also involve developing understanding of several of the bank’s systems and software applications Complete all required regulatory examinations;
• Coordinate efforts with deal team members across the Bank;
• Assist as required with internal management presentations and documents.

Processes

• Responsible for ensuring execution of transactions is in line with Bank’s policy and credit process. 

Risk Management

• Ensure that the Bank’s risk management processes and policies are maintained to high standards. Act as first line of review for transactions under execution. 

Governance

• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role

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

• Relationship Managers
• Credit Risk, Legal, Compliance, Operations
• Global Credit Markets (including Financing Risk)
• Financial Markets
• Transaction Banking
• ESRM
• Sustainable Finance

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Singapore, focusing on Project Finance across Asean & Australia; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats);

Our Ideal Candidate

• 2+ year of experience in infrastructure financing or advisory 
• Highly motivated individual with a strong record of achievement in academics
• Strong analytical and communication skills
• Analytical aptitude, creative problem solving abilities and corporate finance skills
• Proficient in building or maintaining oversight of complex financial models in MS Excel with minimal supervision
• Proficient with other MS applications such as PowerPoint
• Strong work ethic, detail orientation and a passion for excellence
• Attention to detail
• Excellent numerical skills
• Ability to deliver under time pressure
• Track record of working as a team member for at minimum 18 – 24 months
• Any prior experience working on Project & Export Finance transactions, or working with Export Credit Agencies / Multilateral Development Banks a significant plus
• Proficiency in both written and spoken Mandarin is beneficial but not essential as this business supports China corridor clients into ASEAN region

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office

About Standard Chartered 

We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks 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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