Markets Products Specialist, Credit

Job Summary
- Fixed Income Execution for the Discretionary Portfolio Management Team
- Fixed Income Advisory and Execution to Customers, RMs, Investment Advisors and Investment Counsellors
- Provide efficient &
timely execution for DPM business across time zones with minimal operational errors.
- Manage ALL trade, settlement &
corporate action related issues by working seamlessly with the mid office, the operations team, and the custodians.
- Meticulously maintain the trade blotters
Key Responsibilities
In addition to providing end to end service for the DPM team, the role also requires supporting the Singapore fixed income business. That would include:
Providing fixed income ideation, market, and product information to clients, RMs (across all the client segments like the Private Bank, Commercial Bank, and the Retail Bank - also referred to collectively as the "
Affluent Segment"
), Investment Advisors and CSM's.
Engage and interact closely with the customers, RMs, Investment Advisors and Portfolio Advisors to proactively identify Fixed income solutions that meet customer needs.
Ownership of the execution of cash bond and structured credit lines of business
Responsible for preparation and presentation of trade ideas to the Private Bank and the Retail Bank
Responsible for sending the New Issue announcements &
updates, secondary market &
relative value ideas.
Support the Structured Credit business by working with the external counterparties, Internal Legal and Compliance for getting Documents approved, marketing, book building and trade closure.
Build, nurture, manage lasting and trusted relationships with all Clients, RM's, Investment Advisor's, other colleagues, and Professional Trading counterparties.
Represent the Fixed income business on various client, industry, and other forums.
Assist and work with CMPS business partners across the SCB Network to provide seamless advice and execution for truly world class service.
Work Seamlessly with other Parts of the Bank
Conducting new RM inductions and FI Roadshows / Calls.
Efficient and timely execution of trades and RFQ's
Attend RM and client meetings and participate in RM / Client conference calls.
Provide a high standards of client sales and after sales service.
Minimise operating losses and assist the business in following best industry / business practices to ensure a minimum of satisfactory rating in Business Audit's
Observe and adhere to the SCB's trading procedures, its governance and policy. Timely resolve any trade disputes and keep Management &
the Head of Desk aware of any disputes. Ensure regulatory &
internal compliance.
Ensure all trades are tracked and maintained in the trade blotters and other forms of MIS reporting in a timely and accurate 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.
Key stakeholders
- Private Bank
- Retail Bank
- DMP, CMPS and other Wealth Management Colleagues
- Professional Trading Counterparties
- SCB Financial Markets
Other Responsibilities
- Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in the team and business unit;
Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures;
Multiple functions.
Our Ideal Candidate
- Bachelor / Graduate Degree
- 3 plus years of experience in fixed income execution / trading experience is a MUST.
- Private Banking / Wealth Management / Capital Market Sales experience or Trading experience.
- Basic Microsoft office skills are essential.
- Good Presentation Skills are an added advantage.
- CMFAS 1 A/B, M5, M8, M8A, M6, M6A, FMRP, CACS 1 AND 2
Role Specific Technical Competencies
- Fixed Income Product Sales Skills
- Wealth Management / Private Banking is an added advantage.
- Credit Sales Skills
- Capital Market Product Skills
About Standard Chartered
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 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
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
What we offer
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 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 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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