Job Summary

Korea Corridor Banker will act as ambassador for Korean Corporate franchise in Americas. Directly manage business development and relationship management for the subsidiaries of Korean corporate clients in North America as Coverage Banker and help oversee the Latam Korean client base. The primary role is to drive profitability from this Corridor by leading the origination and execution effort both from existing clients and through new client acquisition. The Corridor Banker, part of the Global Subsidiaries Americas is the strategic advisor/ value-add partner to the Korea-Americas corporate clients, accountable for the overall Korea-Americas Corridor client group revenues, profitability, and risk acceptance (AML, CDD and Credit).  This role will take full ownership of Korean corporate relationship in all aspects, including sales, marketing, portfolio management and overall risk assessment & management.  

Key Responsibilities

• Map the overall Korea corridor Corporate Banking wallet in US (and relevant wallet in Latam) with granular details of the US business, near/ medium/ long term revenue potential, product overlap and position to maximize wallet share.
• Set, execute and defend the strategy for the Korea-Americas Corridor.
• Work very closely with Korea Global Account Managers, Global Account Managers teams to accomplish the revenue budget and the delivery of other agreed sales objectives, in respect to the selected portfolio.
• Maximize overall customer risk adjusted profitability and share of wallet within portfolio of existing and target Korean clients, through building synergy across all sales staff involved with the clients.
• Along with GS Americas team, build relationship with decision-makers to understand business strategy and customer needs, structure value added solutions aligned to SCB business strategy; own the development and execution of sales plans for existing and new Korean customers relationships.
• Cross -sell products where appropriate
• Maintain portfolio credit quality by ensuring regular credit review are conducted, monitoring risk concentrations and early identification of stress situations.
• Work in partnership with Credit team to perform due diligence and ensure that credit applications for new and existing facilities including renewals are correctly prepared in accordance with Group standards.
• Complete call reports, account plans and sales reports accurately and on time.
• Comply with internal audit in respect of selected corporate portfolio/ activities.
• Maintain proactive relationships in coordination with product partners, credit approvers, marketing and service delivery colleagues to deliver high quality and value accretive customer solutions.
• Co-ordinate with GS Americas team, marketing of products and services to all entities within Korean customer group on a global or regional basis with the objective of maximizing revenue / returns.
• Work to the highest standards in terms of complying with applicable laws, regulations, and ethical standards.
• Act as a champion of the Bank’s brand, culture and conduct standards.

Other Responsibilities

• 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.
• Lead the GS Americas 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.
• Adhere to local regulator in the US prescribed responsibilities.
• Ensure all required learnings and licenses are up to date in accordance with policies.
• Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association 

 Key stakeholders

• Internal (Americas and Korea): CIB Management, Product Partners.
• Key functional partners ie Credit, Middle Office, CRC, LDU, Legal, Compliance, Product Ops (Trade, Cash, FMO etc), Finance, Brand and Marketing, Corporate Affairs, COO, Business Operational Risk Marketing, Compliance, Audit
• External: Clients, Industry bodies, Regulators, Third party platforms, Legal Firms, Auditors, Market Data/ audit service providers

Skills and Experience

• Credit Skills    
• Relationship Management    
• Product Skills      

Qualifications

• 10+ years banking work experience with corporate clients (preferable Large Korean Global Corporations) in a related business area. Strong understanding of credit risk management
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree preferred
• Knowledge of Trade Finance, Global Markets & Fixed Income instruments, and Project Finance desired
• A “get-things-done” mentality – someone with the ability to persuade others, able to learn existing systems as well as to implement new ideas & creative solutions
• Able to work with minimal supervision; Team Player
• Language Skills : English + Korean language fluency 
• FINRA S63, 79 certifications held or to be obtained within 3 months of joining

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

Expected annual base pay range for the role is 210,000 USD to 260,000 USD. The final offer will be determined on an individualised basis using a number of variables, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience and education, internal relativity, and specific work location. At Standard Chartered Bank, Base pay is only part of the total compensation package. Discretionary variable pay and a range of attractive bank sponsored benefit programs are available and designed to foster employee overall health and well-being including, but not limited to, a best in class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers  

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.