Director, Head of FXRC Structuring, India

Key Responsibilities

​​​​​​​Strategy

• Work with respective Product Heads, Sales Heads and in-country Heads of Financial Markets to help grow the structured credit business as well as macro derivative business in India in line with SCB's overall strategy
• Provide inputs for the Regional Credit Structuring team and Regional Macro structuring team to drive service excellence via robust product support, bespoke solutions and strategic cross-asset guidance
• Ensure that the Financial Markets structured credit and structured macro 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
• Work with respective FM Product teams and relevant Regional/Country Heads, identify the initiatives needed to grow the Structuring business on a short, medium and long-term basis
• 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 products and services
• Work in partnership with stakeholders to deliver new product capabilities to enhance efficiency and expansion of the business 

Processes

• Manage business and risk process issues by interacting (where required) with representatives on various risk, governance and control committees
• Actively support deal origination in India working in conjunction with sales and coverage teams to generate ideas and pitch to clients 
• Build effective working relationships with key internal stakeholders in CIB.

People & Talent

• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners. 

Risk Management / Risk Governance

• Enforce a culture of risk management and ensure that the teams comply with the risk management processes in place
• Provide impartial guidance of matters of product / client appropriateness and suitability. 
• Discourage transactions with unmanageable market risk profiles. 
• Ensure that adequate and appropriate systems and controls are in place to comply with Group and Business policies, procedures, standards and codes, including those governing all Risk types, Compliance, Technology and Operations, Finance and Reputation 
• Escalate any risk issues and concentrations. Where appropriate, carry out remedial action and/or ensure adequate reporting. 
• Protect the stability, long-term sustainability and reputation of the Bank

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.
• Lead the team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles including but not limited to Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance etc 
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• Sales, Trading, Coverage and Control functions

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values globally across the team; 
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; 

Skills and Experience

• Financial Risk Management
• Quantitative Techniques
• Securities Laws and Regulations (SLR) Compliance
• Portfolio Management
• Market Risk

Qualifications

• Undergraduate Degree + Post graduate qualification such as MBA or CA.
• Experience: Atleast 7 years of structuring / trading / sales.