Job Summary
Valuation Methodology team is the Subject Matter Expert with respect to the fair valuation of the Bank’s positions and ensuring the (stress) prudent regulatory requirements are met. These assignments are absolutely strategic for the management of the Groupe and its compliance with banking regulations. The main responsibilities are:
• Lead the team to ensure a sound practice in valuation review of the Group’s banking investments which include Private Credit, Project & Export Loans, Venture Capital and Private Equity.
• Ensure justifiable fair valuation assessment in accordance with IFRS, Group financial accounting policy and management reporting principles.
• Perform periodic valuation reviews for the portfolios covered.
• Prepare and review the metrics and commentary for publication of periodic valuation packs and participate in various valuation governance committees and forums.
• Develop and maintain close working relationships with key stakeholders including business heads, deal teams, risk, other finance teams and auditors.
• Provide valuation support including advice on bespoke transactions, new product initiatives, deal pipeline and potential impact on valuations and respond to requests for ad-hoc analysis and reports.
• Support the development and maintenance of a robust control environment and adherence to all group financial control and risk policies.
• 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 the Group. 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 Responsibilities
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.
Our Ideal Candidate
• Bachelor's degree, preferably with a Finance / Business / Accounting background OR Master degree in a quantitative subject (CFA candidate or CFA Charter holder is a plus).
• 15+ years of valuations experience in private equity, private credit, loans and venture capital.
• In-depth knowledge on structured credit and valuation of Level 3 illiquid positions.
• Strong IT skills, in particular Microsoft Excel.
• Ability to work under constant pressure to tight deadlines and deliver high quality output.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels both and verbally.
• Analytical and challenging mindset.
• Team player and demonstrated team management skills.
Role Specific Technical Competencies
- Valuations experience in private equity, private credit, loans and venture capital
- Structured credit
- Valuation of Level 3 illiquid positions
- Effective Communications
- Pricing Models and Analytics
- Financial Analysis
- Team 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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