Job Summary

Manage and deliver the TB end-to-end product objectives within the country for Trade in alignment with global objectives for the product line , including financial and non-financial performance, enhancement of capabilities, product and client access future strategies, and oversight of risk and governance in alignment with the Product Head for Trade.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial Performance and profitability
• Responsible for the Doc trade product P&L within the country and region including responsibility over pricing for the assigned trade products.
• Work with the Country TB head in the management of the country CAs.
• Determine standard product pricing for the product line.
• Develop jointly with the Sales team a strategy to meet country and regional objectives, in line with the overall Transaction Banking strategy.
• Drive end to end product performance, improving efficiency through the e-agenda, straight through processing, ensuring scalability to grow

Key Responsibilities

Product Management and Development
• Work closely with ASEAN and South Asia Regional Head as a market performance manager to establish a trade strategy, business case, track P&L and execute initiatives.
• Support launches of product enhancements, new products/variations, as required for Trade.
• Work jointly with Relationship Managers / Sales to improve product offerings, understand customer needs and develop the client value propositions that will address them across client segments.
• Conduct product training across segments for sales (RMs/CMs/Trade Sales) and other stakeholders (CSG/Trade Ops).
• For the trade products assigned, improve processes for better customer experience resulting in growth in trade revenue in line with the Country Addendum and Product Program Guidelines
Commercialisation
• Define detailed scope, success KPIs, system/ process/ people requirements & work the Region leads and front line teams to deliver commercial outcomes
• Understand the needs of customers and prospects, and implement structures and solutions to meet these needs ensuring delivery of Trade.
• Provide ongoing support and training to Trade Sales, Client Managers, & Relationship Managers to provide assistance to facilitate the closure of large or complex deals.
• Ensure all assigned product initiatives are closed within the agreed timeline.
Leadership
• Be a lead market advocate for Trade Products in Asia and South Asia Cluster
• Establish excellent working relationships with external business partners as an ambassador to Standard Chartered's brand
• Act as an advocate for all Trade Products by driving continuous product and roadmap improvements to address changing customer needs.
• Participate in external engagements and initiatives to promote our Trade thought leadership.

Risk & Governance
• Keep abreast of regulatory or internal policy changes related to the products and the business and assess the implications and impact to the business of such changes
• Partner with key control functions (e.g. Operational, Credit, Legal, Compliance) to mitigate operational and conduct risks related to the product line.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Standard Chartered's clients and assets by adhering to policies and apply sound ethical judgement regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices.
• Work with operations to improve overall service standards and to ensure that quality of service to customers. remains superior to competition
• Engage and escalate material red flags that arise in the transaction flow
• Monitor and manage the risks arising from the delivery of the Trade product within your [region/product/portfolio]

Skills and Experience

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.
• Lead the [country / business unit / function/[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.] *

Key stakeholders

External

• Customers via Trade Sales or Vendors
• Infrastructure providers
• Trade and industry journals
• Competitors (industry initiatives)
• Regulators and Government agencies

Internal

• Trade Sales/Segment Heads
• TB Head
• Regional / Central Product and Client Access management
• Operations - CSG, CIO
• Credit - CRC
• Finance - CFO
• Legal and compliance

Our Ideal Candidate

• 3 + years of experience in trade finance
• Trade finance experience is preferred.
• Well versed with Microsoft Excel, VBA & Powerpoint

ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• UNDERGRADUATE
• MICROSOFT EXCEL/POWER POINT
• TRADE FINANCE

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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