Associate Director, em Rates Trading

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Strategy**
- Aid in the development and implementation of our trading strategy in Asia Rates Markets
- Contribute towards the automation and improvement of product offering to Clients
- Contribute to the Asia Rates Franchise development in New York, United States
- Construct trade ideas and communicate to the wider Macro Trading teams
- Interacting with clients to build rapport, increase communication channels and encourage flows
- Support the trading group in many of the day-to-day processes, which take the group away from the primary objective of trading financial markets and delivering the firm to our clients

**Business**
- Achieve the full year budget as described in the P3 objectives
- Demonstrate awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates
- Deliver on assigned tasks and projects
- Contribute towards identifying opportunities for the desks across geographies and client segments

**Processes**
- Develop a strong understanding of all key in-house systems and processes
- Ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations
- Ensure adherence with the obligations to prevent money laundering under the Group Policy and Standards and under local laws and regulations
- Contribute towards highlighting any need to update procedures and controls because of changes in products, systems, policy or regulations

**People & Talent**
- Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations amongst colleagues and work in collaboration with risk and control partners
- Ensure active communication of priorities and progress to the business to foster engagement, awareness, and motivation
- Contribute to continuous process improvement and sharing best practice

**Risk Management**
- Adherence to all Group Policies and relevant legislation covering credit, operational, reputational risk among others
- Commitment to Group Code of Conduct
- Timely completion of all e-leaning, attestations, and requests for information

**Governance**
- Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role
- Willingness to 'speak up' in the event of any realised or perceived breach of group conduct rules or laws by colleagues
- Willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner

**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
- Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters
- Achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients Effective Financial Markets Financial Crime Compliance The Right Environment
- Adherence to code of conduct prescribed by the relevant regulators
- Lead the market making for India offshore products under the ASA business in Singapore to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles

**Key Stakeholders**
- FM Regional Heads
- Trading & FM Sales
- Product Partners
- Clients
- Relevant Regulators
- Technology, Finance, Control & Risk Functions
- Legal and Compliance
- Credit and Market Risk Officers

**Other Responsibilities**
- Demonstrate Here for good and Group's brand and values in daily behaviour Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures- 2+ years of experience in Financial Markets & Trading. Emerging Markets experience would be beneficial
- Master in Business Administration (MBA) or higher educational qualification.
- Well versed with Python programming language
- Well versed with financial platforms used for developing analytical tools - Bloomberg, Reuters Eikon etc
- A strong interest in the drivers of financial markets and grasp of both micro & macro economics and how they shape our asset class (Fixed Income & FX) and should be able to build strong hypothesis around monetary and fiscal policy cycles.

**Role Specific Technical Competencies**
- Macroeconomics
- Market Making
- Business Development
- Strategy and Planning
- Operations

**About Standard Chartered**
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