Job Summary
Role Purpose
The Business Manager for Markets business will support the Markets Business Heads and Markets Country Business Manager in executing India strategy, implementing business initiatives, helping ensure adherence to regulations and policies and provide risk & governance related support
Key Responsibilities
- Be the "connector" between global and local and export best practices.
- Support the Markets Country Head in running of the Business Risk Forums (BRFs);
- Operate effective supervision of Markets, Treasury Markets and Wealth Management Product Sales (WMPS) staff in the dealing room, where applicable
- Identify, assess, and mitigate operational risks in-country.
- Support the Markets Country Head in supervising and coordinating in-country audits.
- Continuously seek out process simplification and re-engineering opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
- Keep up to date with local regulations to assess impact / business opportunities and manage any changes to business processes and infrastructure.
- Provide business support on dealing room management, e.g., capacity planning, business continuity, access controls, Service Level Agreements, licensing, etc.
- Business budgeting and forecasting where required.
- Driving and management of a prudent cost culture.
- Collaborate with relevant stakeholders including GBS and ensure submissions are made on a timely basis
- Ensure that the submissions are accurate, complete, reconciled (where relevant) and specific to the requirements
- Execute controls, monitor, report and escalate operational risks where appropriate in-country
- Ensure dealing room staff adhere to internal and external processes and procedures, and governance practices set out by the Governance Committees
Skills and Experience
Must-have Skills
• Knowledge of Markets Business / Operations / Regulatory Landscape
• Strong Excel, Communication skills, and PowerPoint skills
Other Skills
- Action Oriented
- Able to Manage Ambiguity
- Collboration
Motivations
• The role serves as a bridge between the business and risk, compliance, and support functions, ensuring that business objectives are delivered in a controlled, compliant, and efficient manner
• Enjoying continuous learning to being trusted by senior leadership
Qualifications
• Key Experiences: At least 4 years of Financial Markets domain knowledge
• Certifications / Qualifications (only where mandatory): Professional Qualification (e.g. CA, MBA, CIMA, CFA) preferred
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.