Intern, Credit Structuring

Job Summary

The Role holder will be an individual contributor.

• Support Credit Structuring business in Europe and work in close collaboration with regional Structuring/Trading/Sales teams.
• Develop sufficient product knowledge about Credit Structuring offerings that helps with business development with FI clients
• Contribute to continuous innovations and review of Credit Structuring brand and offering as an integral part of Markets within Sales and Structuring in Europe.
• Demonstrate excellent soft skills including deal communications and strong team play
• The intern will put into practice the theoretical knowledge acquired during studies and strengthen his/her capabilities in the field he/she will work on. This practical training period in a professional setting will allow the intern to acquire professional skills and apply the knowledge gained from their training in order to obtain a diploma or certification and to facilitate their professional integration. The intern will be assigned tasks in accordance with the educational plan defined by their educational institution and approved by SCB. The intern will be tutored by a designated employee of SCB throughout the whole internship period.
  
  

Responsibilities

Strategy

• Work with respective regional Structuring, Trading and Sales teams to help grow the structured credit business in line with SCB’s overall strategy. Provide inputs for the Credit Structuring team to drive service excellence via robust product support, bespoke solutions and strategic cross-asset guidance. Ensure that the Financial Markets structured credit product suite is delivered regionally with demonstrable Client focus in support of our objective to become core bank to our clients
  
  

Business

• Help build Product and Client Structuring business regionally and ensure the continuing growth and stability of the business. Help to build good working partnerships between CIB teams, Product teams and FM sales teams in the region in order to provide a seamless and coordinated interface to our Clients in delivering our structured credit products and services. Work in partnership with stakeholders to deliver new product capabilities to enhance efficiency and expansion of the business.
  
  

Processes

• Structuring is not responsible under the ORF (Operational Risk Framework) as 1st & 2nd line; for executing / completing, and for supervising any of the FM processes
  
  

People & Talent

• Ensure great team work across different hubs and efficient execution and delivery of new products and replicable ideas; Share replicable themes plus participation in regular team meetings and calls; Continuous collaboration with internal stakeholders to ensure delivery of the best solutions to clients in a timely manner.
  
  

Risk Management

• Responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks to the Group. Also, an awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them; Deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business, challenge fellow executives.
  
  

Governance

• Bound by Code of Conduct of the Bank and ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations. Identify and escalate issues in a timely manner to properly manage conflicts.
  
  

Qualifications

• Degree in Financial Engineering
• A combination of technical (derivatives pricing, Quant Finance, programming, CFA, FRM) and business/finance qualifications is advantageous.
• Basic understanding of Credit, Rates and Commodity markets
• Education - Academic or Professional Education/Qualifications; degree holder
• Training - Bank training; complete all required mandatory & developmental training - role specific, and regulatory/compliance bank wide
• Languages - English (mandatory), French/German (preferred)
  
  

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Financial Risk Management
• Knowledge of Product Line
• Financial Engineering
• Relationship Management
• Sales Proposals and Presentations
• Understanding Customer Needs
  
  

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.