Associate, Capital Structure

**JOB SUMMARY**
- The purpose of the role is to work closely with the senior members of Capital Structure & Rating Advisory (CSRA) team and partner with Relationship Managers and Product Partners to engage priority corporate clients on capital structure insights to further origination efforts. Scope of this engagement can include covering tactical positioning with debt investors to minimise cost of capital raise, funding and liquidity considerations and managing volatility through mitigating regional risk exposure and quantifying inefficiencies amongst others.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**

**Strategy**
- The Associate is responsible for supporting the implementation of the Capital Structure & Rating Advisory team’s origination, coverage and execution strategy in the Asia region where there is an Indian-linked component.

**Business**
- The CSRA team provides thought leadership, best practice insight, corporate finance and rating advice to corporate and FI clients. Content is driven by deep understanding of client needs,sector trends and market themes to help the origination efforts.
- Form a good understanding of the bank’s products and offerings
- Support seniors in the preparation of client facing materials
- Develop a basic understanding of ratings methodologies
- Support pitching and execution of key rating advisory mandates
- Prepare financial models to simulate specific client situations and scenarios
- Maintain financial databases for sectors and clients
- Conduct detailed research on specific sectors, clients, and key financial and strategic themes

**Processes**
- WIP file and COOL list kept up to date
- Help to maintain ratings advisory pipeline and deal team
- Ensure Conflict of Interest register remains updated

**People & Talent**
- Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values

**Risk Management**
- Take the initiative regarding regulatory, reputational and ethical matters, not only responding to requests for advice, but where appropriate taking the initiative in volunteering advice the need for which may not have been appreciated.

**Governance**
- Maintain a current catalogue of work in progress and completed work, using team-agreed tools and approaches.

**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

**INTERNAL**
- 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**
**Internal**
- Global Account Managers and Relationship Managers
- Product Partners - Global Credit Markets, Financial Markets, Transaction Banking
- Industries teams
- Economists
- Risk Officers

**External**
- Corporate & Institutional clients
- Rating agencies
- Other conference and media providers
- Other Responsibilities
- Embed Here for Good and Group’s brand and values in CSRA; Perform other responsibilities assigned under
- Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures

**Qualification**
- Previous experience of a similar role, in a leading commercial and/or investment banking environment. To include: experience of addressing capital structure and rating relevant topics with corporate clients from both a practical and a theoretical standpoint
- Understanding of investment and commercial banking organisational design and a demonstrated ability to ‘navigate’ to achieve client delivery in a safe and sound manner
- Familiarity with rating agency methodologies
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with proven ability to work across cultures and within a dynamic environment
- Strong interpersonal skills, particularly the ability to appropriately ‘manage’ demands from peers and superiors
- Genuine team-based approach to making the organisation work for the business.
- Comfortable with an advisory/structuring role with significant client contact

**Role Specific Technical Competencies**
- Origination GB - Business Markets
- Origination GB - Cross-Selling
- Origination GB - Financial Statement Analysis
- Origination GB - Knowledge of Customers
- Origination GB - Knowledge of Product Line
- Origination GB - Communicating Complex Concepts
- Origination GB - Understanding Customer Needs
- Origination GB - Analytical Thinking
- Sales - Client relationship management

**About Standard Chartered**
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