Associate, Sustainable Finance West

Work with the Head of Sustainable Finance (“SF”), West, and the Leads for Europe, in addition to other team members to drive origination, develop strong client relationships and be seen as an expert in Sustainable Finance by internal and external stakeholders. The individual will need to be able to identify SF transactions and opportunities, be a centre of excellence, and have an understanding of financing structures and industry trends. The candidate will further have to support the team with developing and rolling out regional and global strategic initiatives and to create relevant partnerships with external organizations that will help further the Sustainable Finance mandate.

Our Sustainable Finance team serves as a centre of expertise on a broad set of ESG topics, providing thought leadership, strategic advice and transaction support for SCB’s clients. The group sits within the Commercial, Corporate and Institutional Bank under a Chief Sustainability Officer team, and works with product and coverage teams to identify and deliver on ESG-related advisory and product opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work on the development and implementation of client strategies for Sustainable Finance products and solutions.
• Work closely with the Leads for Europe and other team members to develop and execute a plan that would make SCB the Bank best known for Sustainable Finance by our clients and other stakeholders.
• Work closely with the wider SF team, coverage and product partners to develop an understanding of the competitive landscape and identify prospective partners who can address customer needs and accelerate growth.
• Work closely with group corporate affairs to build a regional internal / external stakeholder strategy promoting sustainability, ensuring consistent messaging internally and to the wider market.
• Drive new sustainable finance transactions and origination across all products, including loans, bonds, trade, derivatives and deposits.
• Have a good understanding of the client base and proactively build pipeline, identifying core industries and opportunities.
• Be able to work with relationship teams to develop client transition plans that encourage decarbonisation.
• Proactively remain abreast of regional, global, and industry developments, assess implications and align and develop Bank relevant initiatives across businesses in response to regulatory and industry developments in sustainable finance.
• Have an understanding of ESG ratings and benchmarking analysis for corporates.
• Develop Sector thematics that describe sustainable finance structure alternatives.
• Develop opportunities through attendance at key Industry events as necessary.

Skills and Experience:

• Ability to independently drive initiatives with minimum hands-on supervision, including with developing partnership opportunities.
• Support deal teams across other SF locations such as UAE, Americas etc.
• Client-focused with ability to establish and leverage high impact relationships while presenting creative solutions.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, and stakeholder management skills.
• Delivery and execution focused.
• Ability to work with lots of moving parts and complexity.
• Highly skilled in creation of briefing materials, report writing and preparation of presentations.

Qualifications:

• Degree (BA or equivalent).
• Hands-on banking experience.
• Knowledge of and experience across multiple banking products preferred.
• Knowledge of environmental and social risks and ESRM policies of the bank.
• Ability to promote good teamwork, collaboration and management of conflict across stakeholders.

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.

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.