Associate Director, Directed Lending - (2300002109)

Job: Business Efficiency

Primary Location: Asia-Nepal-Kathmandu

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Permanent

Posting Date: 05/Apr/2023, 10:43:22 AM

Unposting Date: 14/Apr/2023, 4:44:00 AM

The Role Responsibilities

Strategy

The role holder will focus on bringing in core expertise in the area of Specified Sector Lending (SSL). Candidate will have to focus on the SSL strategy implementation, working closely with the business segments, risk, compliance and other relevant stakeholders.

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Business

• Implementation of SSL strategy as part of the central SSL team jointly with client segment teams and risk.
• Look for new avenues of SSL business / origination in partnership with client segments and Risk.
• Partner client segments to formulate and execute the SSL business plan.
• Actively engage in identifying business opportunities under DSL and SSL.

Processes

• Partner with Risk in conceptualisation and implementation of policy and monitoring processes.
• Active involvement in development of partnership models with NBFC / MFI / Agri Groups.
• Engage / liaise with external stakeholders including the regulator for advocacy, driving positive outcomes.

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People and Talent

The role requires engagement with a wide set of stakeholders across various levels/ functions in the bank. Hence people management skills including influencing skills would be an important requirement.

Governance

• Managing / directing internal processes related to SSL Management (SSL identification processes / Compliance / Audits, etc). 

Regulatory and 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.
• Be a part of Nepal [Directed Lending business  to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Ongoing guidance to sales team for appropriate SSL origination; monitoring etc. [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment].
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

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Key Stakeholders

• Business segments (product and sales), Compliance, Finance

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Directed Lending team. 

Our Ideal Candidate

• Master’s degree or equivalent in finance, management, and economics

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• MS Office

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About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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:

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• 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
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with 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.

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