Job Summary
This role will report directly to the Head of Business Management, Transaction Banking (TB) and matrix to the Global Head of Trade & Working Capital. This role will provide representation for the Global Head of Trade & Working Capital in collectively achieving Transaction Banking goals, and will support delivery around business planning, tracking performance & closure of critical business issues.
The role holder will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the vision of Trade, driving and managing key business requirements, liaising and solutioning alongside the Trade MT, whilst serving as a trusted advisor for the Global Head of Trade and Working Capital.
The role holder will bring knowledge of Trade products and clients, a big picture mindset, strong problem-solving skills and ability to challenge ideas and develop solutions. The role holder must be adaptable, comfortable dealing with ambiguity, detail orientated, able to manage across various priorities, and capable of building strong stakeholder relationships across Trade and TV.
TB Business Management
· Deliver against key priorities for the Trade & Working Capital business, ensuring alignment across Transaction Banking.
· As a member of the BPM team within Transaction Banking, partner with other BPMs to share ideas and best practices for delivering against common goals.
· Support the collective delivery of the Trade & Working Capital, and wider TB agenda, across revenue and cost targets, people initiatives and overall strategic goals.
· Implement TB communication practices and provide relevant inputs to build the Trade & Transaction Banking narrative.
· Act as a key point of contact for the Global Head of Trade & Working Capital, facilitating engagement, communication, challenge, and alignment.
· Work on everyday action items that supports the effectiveness of the Trade & Working Capital business.
Representation for Trade and Working Capital
· Act as a key point of contact for the Global Head of Trade & Working Capital, facilitating engagement, communication, challenge, and alignment.
· Support the Global Head of Trade & Working Capital in understanding the various initiatives and activities underway across the business, keeping them abreast of updates.
· Ensure accuracy of all materials produced for the attention of the Global Head of Trade & Working Capital, providing review, challenge and follow-up.
· Create an environment which rewards forward planning, prioritisation, and deadline management in Trade & Working Capital.
· Provide decision facilitation for the Global Head of Trade & Working Capital, whilst reconciling business challenges in a timely manner.
· Support the Global Head of Trade & Working Capital in overseeing deliverables, challenging outputs where required, and ensuring completion.
· Work closely with the Executive Assistant for the Global Head of Trade & Working Capital to ensure effective use of time.
· Work on everyday action items that supports the effectiveness of the Trade & Working Capital business.
Business Management Responsibilities
· Responsible for preparations for all MT meetings and committees, ensuring materials highlight key matters and enable decisions.
· Act as a catalyst for team motivation and a spirit of openness of trust and idea sharing.
· Coordinate and support business engagements with other teams / partners across TB, CCIB and CPBB.
· Provide inputs to improve effectiveness and efficiency within the Trade & Working Capital business.
· Review MIS from Finance teams and make recommendations to manage business cost and performance accordingly.
· Support budgeting, HC planning and delivery against commitments throughout financial year.
· Provide cost oversight for the Trade & Working Capital business, including tracking of HC movement, business cost centre management, and assistance with hiring approvals.
· Develop and track key measures of performance and success, to drive continuous improvement and alignment to corporate plan for Trade & Working Capital.
Trade People Agenda
· Lead the design and delivery of Trade Management Team meetings, ensuring effective meeting agendas and facilitation.
· Handle sensitive information, ensuring effective response and resolution.
· Coordinate specific people plan projects/ initiatives for the Global Head of Trade & Working Capital, in partnership with the Transaction Banking HR Business Partner.
· Support the delivery of MIS to meet the needs of the business, across talent management, year-end processes, learning/development plans, staff surveys, etc.
Stakeholder Management
· Work closely with management within Trade and TB to ensure a standard approach to issue resolution, handling initiatives and driving change.
· Work closely with the Trade COO, Trade CFO, Trade Strategy Head, Trade Enablement Head and HR BP across activities and performance tracking linked to revenue & cost targets, investment requirements, product & client strategy, risk management, marketing and people priorities.
· Engage with internal & external stakeholders where appropriate to ensure Trade initiatives are fit for purpose in delivering our aspiration.
· Support overall cohesion across the TB businesses, underpinning all activity with a “OneTB” mentality.
Risk Management
· Take responsibility for understanding the risk and compliance requirements of the Global Head of Trade & Working Capital role.
· Effectively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk and compliance matters. Contribute to a culture in which all stakeholders feel safe to raise concerns and where risk and compliance matters are addressed, and misconduct appropriately dealt with.
· Support Risk Management priorities across Trade and Transaction Banking.
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.
· Lead the team 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.
· Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
· Head, Business Management & Enablement, TB
· Global Head of Trade & Working Capital
· TB BPMs
· Trade & Working Capital Management Team
· TB COO
· Trade COO
· Trade Leadership Team, including all functions
Other Responsibilities
· Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in CCIB; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
Our Ideal Candidate
· Education: University degree
· 8 years of corporate banking experience with 3 years as a Business Manager or with related project / portfolio / business management experience
· 3 years of Trade & Working Capital experience, and ideally a level of working knowledge of wider Transaction Banking products
· Stakeholder Management Skills
Role Specific Technical Competencies
· Experience in Trade
· Global Mindset
· Strategic Mindset
· Organisational Skills
· Stakeholder Management
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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