AddressWe are seeking an Associate to join our Sustainable Finance team at Standard Chartered Bank in New York. The successful candidate will be working with the Executive Director of Sustainable Finance ("SF"), Americas as well as 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 candidate will need to be able to identify SF transactions and opportunities, be a centre of excellence, and have an understanding of sustainability materiality, 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. Such as produce Sustainable Finance Frameworks for clients.
We appreciate self-driven candidates who will be working 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. We believe that a willingness to acquire new skills will contribute to success in this role.
Key Responsibilities- Proactively manage the designated Sustainable Finance client and product portfolio to ensure risks are appropriately identified and managed.
- Conduct Sustainability and Sustainable Finance research to support the Americas' Executive Director.
- Support new Sustainable Finance transactions and origination across all products, including loans, bonds, trade, derivatives and deposit.
- Coordinate and create Sustainable Finance Frameworks for clients.
- Be able to work with relationship teams to develop client transition plans that encourage decarbonisation.
- Coordinate and produce Sustainable Finance Market Updates.
- Develop an understanding of ESG ratings and benchmarking analysis for clients.
- Develop Sector thematic that describe Sustainable Finance structure alternatives.
- Manage, analyze, and track the Americas' Sustainable Finance deal pipeline.
- Produce Sustainable Finance product proposals.
- Provide sustainability materiality, and Sustainable Finance analysis.
- Review deal documentation alignment to Sustainable Finance principles and Banks' policies.
Degree (BA or equivalent in Economics, Finance, Management, or Sustainability).
2- 6 years of Sustainable Finance, sustainability, or banking experience, with a minimum of 2+ years or experience in banking and/or Sustainable Finance.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience in Sustainable Finance Principles and Sustainability materiality.
Knowledge of/ or experience across multiple banking products preferred.
Ability to promote good teamwork, collaboration, and management of conflict across stakeholders.
Ability to independently drive initiatives with minimum hands-on supervision, including with developing partnership opportunities.
Excel, Power Point, and general Microsoft Office proficiency.
Strong Analytical and research skills.
Deep curiosity for learning and ability to teach.
Client-focused with ability to establish and leverage high impact relationships while presenting creative solutions.
Strong communication and presentation skills, and stakeholder management skills.
Project Management Skills. Ability to work with lots of moving parts and complexity with delivery and execution focus.
Highly skilled in creation of briefing materials, report writing and preparation of presentations.
Superior organization skills and time management.
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 thingand 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
Expected annual base pay range for the role is $97,468 - $146,202. The final offer will be determined on an individualised basis using a number of variables, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience and education, internal relativity, and specific work location. At Standard Chartered Bank, Base pay is only part of the total compensation package. Discretionary variable pay and a range of attractive bank sponsored benefit programs are available and designed to foster employee overall health and well-being including, but not limited to, a best in class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations
What we offerIn 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-offincluding 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 workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing supportthrough 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 cultureto 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.
Expected annual base pay range for the role is $97,468 - $146,202. The final offer will be determined on an individualised basis using a number of variables, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience and education, internal relativity, and specific work location. At Standard Chartered Bank, Base pay is only part of the total compensation package. Discretionary variables pay and a range of attractive bank sponsored benefit programs are available and designed to foster employee overall health and well-being including, but not limited to, a best-in-class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations
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