Credit Trading –Securitised Products Trading (SPT) is focused on activities in the Global Structured Finance / Asset Backed Securities markets. The SPT desk is an established industry participant in trading, investing and financing Global ABS products across asset classes and capital structures. The team located in London, Hong Kong and Shanghai creates further synergies across our client network, providing customised securitised solutions for clients (investors and issuers) by leveraging on the credit solutions and origination product base.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the desk in executing the strategic direction and performance of SPT Trading by working with the Global Head, SPT and develop SCB’s SPT franchise globally through the Trading book and expanding our financing agendas for ABS/RMBS/CMBS/CLOs and other asset-backed products
• Help execute Securitised Products Trading specific strategies and ensure that performance objectives and revenue goals are met and RWA targets managed
• Increase SCB's visibility by driving commercial, competitive pricing of securitised products for our clients
• Accountable for setting achievable performance targets relating to business
• To deepen existing client relationships through regular conversations and by giving market colour
• To work with DCM/Sales/RMs to identify new prospects and client opportunities
• Provide sales desks with competitive pricing and product support in our endeavour to out-serve
• To explore new products and structures to increase the breadth and depth of the market
• Providing proactive, comprehensive and timely credit analysis to risk, credit sales and clients
• Spotting opportunities and providing forecasts and challenging views on markets, asset classes and issuers
• Ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations.
• To embed Operational Risk monitoring as an integral part of the business process. Towards this, to effectively carry out the assigned role, if any, under Compliance Risk Management and Operational Risk Management Assurance.
• Ensure that the business meets its obligations in the prevention of money laundering under the Group Policy and Standards and under local laws and regulations.
• Help ensure that there are appropriate and documented internal controls and procedures in place. Help monitor the operation of such procedures and controls and regularly review them to ensure that they reflect any changes in products, systems, policies and regulations
• Accountable for helping establish and maintain frameworks to ensure ABS trading, especially EMEA and Americas processes, are efficient, appropriate and compliant with all internal and external regulations.

Skills and Experience

• A strong technical background, ideally in mathematics, engineering, or a related field
• Previous experience in finance is preferred 
• Coding skills or familiarity with programming languages is considered an asset

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, is 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 includes annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holidays, 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.