Associate, Official Institutions Group

**Job Summary**
- The Official Institution Groups sits within the Financial Markets Global Research team. The primary function of the team is to provide rating advisory to the Bank’s sovereign and multilateral clients - workstream referred to as Sovereign Ratings Advisory (SRA) for the purpose of this Job Description. The SRA function provides Governments and select Multilateral clients with strategic advice on how to best manage their credit ratings and position their sovereign credit narrative with the three main credit ratings agencies (CRAs): S&P, Moody’s and Fitch. They team acts as a conduit between the sovereign / multilateral clients and the CRAs by facilitating various interactions throughout the year.**Strategy/Business**
- Deliver the SRA mandate across the following areas of engagement:

- Sovereign / Multilateral review meetings and engagements with Credit Rating Agencies (CRA)
- Facilitate dialogue with CRAs at key forums
- Deliver capacity building and rating strategy/ roadmap to clients (as applicable)
- Helping clients devise communication strategy around credit positioning for CRAs and Investors
- Lead interactions with senior government officials and staff at Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) on all matters relating to SRA
- Ensure highest standard of client management and advisory
- Assist and advise clients in obtaining / maintaining ratings from international rating agencies including advising on rating related matters, such as methodologies and processes
- Bring strategic thought and vision as to how the sovereign credit landscape regionally/globally is evolving and where areas of opportunities and challenges lie for the Bank’s sovereign and multilateral clients
- Build and maintain working relationship with Senior Leaders in Rating Agencies, other key official sector stakeholders
- Maintain team’s interaction and visibility with key senior analysts, to deepen understanding on their line of thoughts
- Demonstrate Familiarity with rating agency methodologies. Prepare thematic or industry notes for internal senior management and potentially external clients.
- Provide ratings expertise in strategic banking/ advisory deals with multilateral institution clients
- Provide the bank with global sovereign debt insight and expertise
- Drive efforts to ensure the Bank is up to speed on the latest efforts relating to sovereign debt distress and the related impacts
- Provide technical knowledge around sovereign restructuring and related impacts
- Represent the Bank in various fora such as GSDR, IIF, Paris Club

**Key Responsibilities**

**People & Talent**
- Support all aspects of work of the official institutions group within the research function
- A specific focus on Sovereign Ratings Advisory business and ensuring delivery of highest quality work within timelines.
- Facilitate Sovereign / Multilateral rating review meetings and engagements with Credit Rating Agencies (CRA)
- Deliver capacity building and rating strategy/ roadmap to sovereign and multilateral clients (as applicable)
- Helping clients devise communication strategy around credit positioning for CRAs and Investors
- Support interactions with government officials on all matters relating to the Sovereign Ratings Advisory business

**Risk Management**
- Understand and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, the Groups policies, procedures and the Group Code of Conduct
- Completion of all mandatory risk and compliance training including e-learning

**Skills and Experience**

**Regulatory & 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.
- Achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment, SRA Best Practices Paper

**Key stakeholders**
- Build a broad and effective network within and outside the bank
- Senior leaders and key decision makers at Governments, MDBs, and Official Sector institutions as applicable
- CCIB, Financial Markets and FI coverage partners as applicable
- Senior Stakeholders at Rating Agencies
- Key Competitors
- FM teams on Official Institutions related conversation
- GCM Origination teams on MDB ratings related matters
- Other relevant business stakeholders

**Other Responsibilities**:

- Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Business or Functional policies and procedures
- Provide guidance to fellow colleagues across Banking on SRA related matters- Bachelor degree with 2 years’ experience in banking and/or research
- Risk & AML certified as stipulated by Bank policy
- An interest in geopolitics,