Executive Director, Sustainable Finance Ame
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
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Job : Institutional Banking
Primary Location : Africa & Middle East-United Arab Emirates-Dubai
Schedule : Full-time
Employee Status : Permanent
Posting Date : 09/Aug/2023, 1:11:44 AM
Unposting Date : 05/Sep/2023, 5:59:00 PM
JOB SUMMARY
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:
JOB SUMMARY
- Drive the Sustainable Finance business in Africa and the Middle East (\xe2\x80\x9cAME\xe2\x80\x9d) for Standard Chartered Bank, contributing to deep and focused strategic conversations with clients around sustainability and sustainable finance, and ensuring that target sustainable finance revenues for AME are met. The role will also entail engagement with internal and external stakeholders at senior level, including engagement not only with clients, but with peers, players in the market, and government amongst others.
- Work with the Regional Head of Sustainable Finance (\xe2\x80\x9cSF\xe2\x80\x9d), West, and other SF team members to drive origination, develop strong client relationships at senior levels and be seen as an expert in Sustainable Finance by internal and external stakeholders.
- The individual will need to be able to identify and originate SF transactions, be a centre of excellence, and be able to develop and advise on sustainable financing structures in line with industry and local / regional / global trends. The candidate will further have to support the Regional Head with developing and rolling out regional and global strategic initiatives for countries under AME and 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\xe2\x80\x99s clients. The group sits under the Chief Sustainability Officer and works with product, sales and coverage teams to identify and deliver on ESG-related advisory and product opportunities. The role also involves developing strategic relationships with key developmental organizations, to lead the momentum of mobilizing capital to our footprint markets for sustainable projects. The role requires therefore an individual who has extensive experience with banking products, and the ability to structure innovative solutions that can bring together different parties, including the public sector.
- The Role described below is for an experienced and self-driven individual who will be responsible for the regional AME business growth and development and who is capable of operating independently and engaging with senior level management both internally and externally with clients and other stakeholders.
- Work on the development and implementation of client strategies for Sustainable Finance products
- Work closely with the Regional Head of Sustainable Finance to develop and execute a plan that would make SC the bank of choice for Sustainable Finance by our clients and other stakeholders in AME.
- 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 a consistent messaging internally and to the wider market
- Drive new sustainable finance transactions and origination across all products, loans, bonds, trade derivatives and deposits amongst others, and achieve the annual assigned budget for AME
- Have a good understanding of the client base and proactively build pipeline, identifying core industries
- 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
- Be fluent in ESG ratings and benchmarking analysis
- Develop Sector thematics that describe sustainable finance structure alternatives
- Develop opportunities through attendance and speaking at key industry events as necessary.
- Proactively manage the designated Sustainable Finance client and product portfolio to ensure risks are appropriately identified and managed.
- Assist product partners in the structuring of sustainable finance transactions, including in the documentation process
- Maintain close ties with key internal stakeholders e.g. Coverage, Financial Markets, Transaction Banking, Corporate Finance, Risk, Country CEOs, etc.
- Understand and convey / educate key internal stakeholders in AME about various processes, including approval processes for various sustainable finance related transactions, train them on sustainable finance products, and provide updates to senior stakeholders on major developments.
- Ensure revenue tracking and tagging is correctly done across transactions on a monthly basis, and produce a monthly update on revenues and pipeline.
- Maintain an up to date pipeline tracking progress against the various transactions
- Training and capacity building of the regional origination and risk teams, in addition to coverage bankers and product partners
- Remain abreast of industry and market developments through regular upscale and training, attending events and webinars, amongst others
- Develop more junior members of the team reporting to the role, and ensure they are provided with the right opportunities and that they are provided with consistent feedback on their work
- Build and maintain an understanding on environmental and social risks across industry classes
- Safeguard the bank against reputational risk damage but proactively developing sustainable finance structures that are in line with global industry best practices
- Encourage good and proactive management of environmental, social, regulatory, reputational and ethical risks governance across by all areas of the business
- Take the initiative regarding regulatory, reputational and ethical matters, and proactively provide advice to clients.
- Ensure compliance with the sustainable finance governance structure and environmental and social risk management policies. Challenge improvement of these
- Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
- Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s 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 Sustainable Finance AME business to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles
- Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
- Regional management, product, and client teams
- Chief Sustainability Officer Management Team and Leadership Team
- Global and regional heads of Sustainable Finance
- Global Head of Environmental Social Risk Management
- Global Sustainable Finance Team
- CCIB, GB, FM, TB, GCM
- External: The Bank\xe2\x80\x99s customers (including senior level), competitors, regulators, investors, Multilaterals, DFIs, and partners
- Embed Here for good and Group\xe2\x80\x99s brand and values in Sustainable Finance for Europe; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats)
- Ability to independently drive initiatives with minimum hands-on supervision, including with developing partnership opportunities
- 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, preparation of presentations, and understanding of documentation
- Degree (BA or equivalent)
- 10-12 years plus banking experience with a minimum of 5+ years of experience in Origination and deal execution
- Knowledge of and experience across multiple products (preferred)
- Knowledge of environmental and socials risks and ESRM policies of the bank
- Ability to promote good teamwork, collaboration and management of conflict across stakeholders
- Ability to independently drive initiatives with minimum hands-on supervision
- Client focused with ability to establish and leverage high impact relationships while presenting creative solutions
- Ability to interact at a senior level with clients and counterparts at other banks
- Strong communication & 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
- Sustainable Finance
- Banking products understanding
- Documentation experience
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
- Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
- 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 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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Job IdJD1574652
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationDubai, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned