Associate Director, Structuring

Job Summary

• Macro Structuring is part of the Global Structuring team in SCB’s Markets division, providing global coverage of the full spectrum of Interest Rate and FX products (from vanilla to exotic), through our network of product specialists located across markets
• The Africa and Middle East (“AME”) Markets Structuring team is responsible for delivering structured products and solutions across our client base in the region across structured hedging, investments and financing
• This role is an Associate or Associate Director (depending on experience) within the AME Macro Structuring team

Job Responsibilities

• Support senior members of the AME Macro Structuring team in delivering structured macro business across both Africa and the Middle East
• Identifying, pricing and pitching suitable FX and Interest Rate solutions addressing clients’ needs
• Develop and deliver product expertise and collaborate with global structuring team toward delivering FX/Rates solutions, including cross-border transactions
• Coordinating with business partners within the bank, including Sales, Trading, Legal, Quants and Lending teams both regionally and globally
• Responsible for driving and facilitating macro derivative trades in the Bank from ideas generation through to pricing, negotiation and execution
• Adhering to the bank’s Markets transaction processes, policies, and regulatory approvals

Skills and Experience

Skills

• Outstanding product knowledge and technical expertise across structured products, derivatives pricing and pay-offs
• Experience of Markets structured business in Africa and/or Middle East is preferred, with some experience in credit structuring a positive
• Understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks required, in particular ISDA as well as bespoke documentation and margining arrangement

Qualifications and Experience 

• Experience, preferably within a Markets Structuring or related role
• Bachelors or Master’s Degree (preferably Mathematics, Science or Engineering-based)
• General understanding and ability to price structured products/derivatives and think analytically.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and team ethic
• Self-motivated, innovative and adaptable
• Ability to run multiple projects in parallel, excellent organizational skills
• Strong attention to details and good markets knowledge
• Quick learner and ability to self-teach
• Role is based in Dubai

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.