Job Summary

Work with the Region Head of Sustainable Finance to drive origination, develop strong client relationships and be seen as expert in SF by internal and external stakeholders. 

The individual will need to be able to identify SF transactions, be a centre of excellence understanding financing structures and industry trends. The candidate will further have to support the regional head develop and roll out regional and global strategic initiatives 

Our Sustainable Finance team serves as a centre of expertise on a broad set of ESG topics, providing thought leadership, strategic advice and transaction support for SCB’s clients. The group sits within the Commercial, Corporate and Institutional Bank and works with sales and coverage teams to identify and deliver on ESG-related advisory and product opportunities. 

The Role described below is for an experienced and self-driven individual who will be responsible for the regional business growth and development.   

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Work on the development and implementation of client strategies for Sustainable Finance products
• Work closely with the Regional Head of Sustainable Finance to develop and execute a plan that would make SC the Bank best known for Sustainable Finance by our clients and other stakeholders. Works closely with the wider SF team, coverage and product leaders to develop and understanding of the competitive landscape and identify prospective partners who can address customer needs and accelerate growth 
• Work closely with group corporate affairs to build a regional internal / external stake strategy promoting sustainability. Ensuring a consistent messaging to the internally and to the wider market 

Business

• Drive new sustainable finance transactions and origination across all products, loans, bonds, trade derivatives and deposits 
• Have a good understanding of the client base and proactively build pipeline, identifying core industries 
• Be able to work with relationship teams to develop client transition plans that encourage decarbonisation 
• Proactively keeping abreast of regional global, and industry developments, assess implications and align and develop Bank relevant initiatives across businesses in response to regulatory and industry development in sustainable finance
• ESG rating and benchmarking analysis for corporates 
• Developing Sector thematic that describe sustainable finance structure alternatives 
• Develop opportunities through attendance at key Industry events as necessary.

Processes

• Proactively manage the designated Sustainable Finance client and product portfolio to ensure, risks are appropriately identified and managed.
• Maintain Close ties exist with key stakeholders e.g. Financial Markets, Transaction Banking, Corporate Finance, Risk, Country CEOs, Service Delivery, etc.

People and Talent 

• Training and capacity building of the regional origination, and risk teams 

Risk Management

• Build and maintain an understand on environmental and social risks across industry classes 
• Safeguard the bank against reputation risk damage but proactively developing sustainable finance structures that are in line with global industry best practices 
• Encourage good and proactive management environmental, social, regulatory, reputational and ethical risks governance across by all areas of the business 
• Take the initiative regarding regulatory, reputational and ethical matters, taking the initiative for providing proactive advice to clients. 

Governance 

• Ensure compliance with the sustainable finance governance structure and environmental and social risk management policies. Challenge improvement of these
• 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.
• Lead 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

• Regional management, product, and client teams 
• Global and regional heads of Sustainable Finance
• Global Head of Environmental Social Risk Management
• Global Sustainable Finance Team 
• CCIB, GB, FM, TB, CF 
• External: The Bank’s customers, competitors, regulators, investors and partners 

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in China SF team. Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; 

Skills and Experience

• Industry (ESG) Knowledge
• Banking Product Knowledge    
• Client Relationship Management    
• Analytical skills     
• Presentation creation    

Qualifications

• Degree (BA or equivalent)
• 2-3 years of banking experience 
• Knowledge and experience across multiple products (preferred)
• Knowledge of environmental and socials risks and ESRM policies of the bank 
• Ability to promote good teamwork, collaboration and management of conflict across stakeholders  
• Language preference: Ability to speak, read and write in Mandarin and fluent in English 
• Ability to independently drive initiatives with minimum hands-on supervision
• Client focused with ability to establish and leveraging high impact relationships and presenting creative solutions 
• Strong communication skills and stakeholder management skills
• Delivery and execution focused
• Ability to work with lots of moving parts and complexity
• Highly skilled in creation of briefing materials, report writing and preparation of presentations

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.