Associate Director, FM Middle Office Credit
Standard Chartered Bank

Job Info

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Job Summary:

We are looking for an Associate Director, FM Middle Office Credit to join our team. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering first-class trade support, business enablement, and accurate/timely trade representation. They will be a subject matter expert in Repo and Collateral Markets, Financing products, and Credit Products. The candidate should have a comprehensive understanding of product characteristics, risk, market data, and P&L. They should also have strong analytical and process improvement skills, as well as excellent interpersonal and communication abilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide support for Repo and Collateral desk, including Fixed Income Prime Brokerage (FIPB) and Agency Securities Lending (ASL) businesses.

Own query remediation, trade life-cycling, and day-to-day processing to minimize risk.

Drive continuous improvement and innovation, partnering with Technology to deliver transformation.

Act as the face of Operations to Sales and Trading Desks, representing Operations functions and building a strong team profile with the Front Office.

Foster stakeholder engagement with a two-way flow of information, acting as a "Trusted Advisor."

Enable new business and solutions, partnering to deliver strategic FM initiatives.

Seek opportunities to improve global consistency, working closely with other regions to standardize processes.

Communicate with clients to solve immediate issues and shape business decisions in Operations.

Build a strong relationship with Hub teams to facilitate efficient communication and resolutions of issues.

Ensure regulatory compliance and future-proof the Middle Office model through a strong understanding of current rules and anticipation of upcoming regulations.

Key Criteria:

Subject matter expert in Repo and Collateral Markets, Financing products, and Credit Products.

Minimum 4 years of Financial Markets experience, ideally from a top-tier bank.

Understanding of front-to-back processes and systems flows.

Essential Competencies:

Analytical and process improvement mindset.

Strong interpersonal skills, confident communicator, and ability to influence demanding individuals.

Impact and gravitas to drive meetings with senior Operations and Front Office management.

Demonstrates strong teamwork and values mindset.

Thrives in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail.

Fast learner with the ability to think out of the box and provide solutions.

Additional Assets:

Knowledge of Bloomberg, APEX, Murex v2.11 and v3.1.

Proficient in Excel (pivots, lookups, and basic VBA an advantage).

Additional knowledge of Flow and Structured Credit Products.

Expected annual base pay range for the role is 95,570 USD to 143,354 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

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