Job Description

Job Description

Role Responsibilities
Strategy

• Treasury Markets is driving a tech focus agenda, aiming to improve data integrity and system efficiency to enhance TM’s analytical capabilities. The goal is to develop a global database that allows traders to run on-demand analysis, looking at various risk factors, returns models, multi-scenario simulations etc. This will provide a solid foundation for TM to further enhance efficiency and become shaper and more precise in our decision-making process. This will have profound impact on TM’s performance and improve the bank’s RoTE in the long run.

Key Responsibilities

• We are looking for a talented individual to play a frontline role, who can integrate deep business knowledge, excellent critical thinking and interpersonal skills to drive optimal analytical / forecasting solutions for the bank. A successful candidate will work closely with Treasury Markets dealers to develop a rapid responds team that has the ability to navigate the banks systems, gather the necessary data for analysis, and generate analysis to facilitate TM to make timely decisions.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Reach out to key global Treasury / business stakeholders to understand business intents / pain points, synthesize information to articulate business methodology and intended business benefits.
• Translate business problem statement into user stories, investigate and propose detailed business logic and methodologies (e.g. product scope, forecast model assumptions, FTP calculations, etc.)
• Perform feasibility study / sanity checks to ensure that proposed analytics solution is fit-for-purpose, can generate intended business benefits, and feasible from a data / system standpoint.
• Able to communicate effectively to senior management, working groups, and data / system engineers.
• Provide stakeholders analytics training, and address ad-hoc inquiries as needed.

Agile Project squads

• Actively participate in Agile project squads, clearly communicate business requirements / methodology to data engineers, programmers, etc.
• Perform UAT testing and detailed review of final solution, to ensure it delivers on the agreed business intents / methodology. Clearly articulate issues (if any) to managers / project squads for revision.
• Pre-anticipate how project deliverables might impact BAU, and raise requests / issues during project phase to address those gaps / needs.
• Ensure project deliverable is well-integrated into robust BAU processes. Provide support to BAU team as needed.

Stakeholder communication project experience

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Build trusted relationships with multiple stakeholder groups and project squads.
• Able to summarise details into overall recommendation (balance business vs technical communication).
• Strive optimal balance between quality of delivery and effort/time spent.
• Continuous improvement mindset. Proactively identify opportunities to enhance efficiency.
• Self-starter and independent, ability to perform well with minimal supervision.
• Project team experience is crucial (e.g. business requirement, UAT testing, validate results).

Key Stakeholders:

• Treasury Markets
• Various business teams from FP&A, Treasury Capital and Treasury Liquidity team.
• Liquidity Change
• Liquidity Technology
• Relevant Project Teams / Tribes

Our Ideal Candidate

• Solid business knowledge & analytical skills.
• Python: 2-3 years development experience with familiarity in core and panadas, knowledge in scikit-learn or tensorflow is a plus.
• Proficiency in analytical tools (e.g. Excel, VBA / SQL / Dataiku).
• UI / Data visualization: Experience in building dashboard (e.g. MicroStrategy, Matplotlib etc.) is a plus.
• Familiarity in fixed income market and products is a plus.
• Strong analytical and agile mindset with problem solving skills.
• Willingness to learn, adapt, and keep a tight grasp in technologies development and business areas.
• Degree in Finance / Statistics / Other quantitative fields.

Role Specific Competencies

• Financial data analytics
• Excel, VBA, SQL
• Gather business requirements, perform UAT testing
• Python coding
• Visualization tools (e.g. Dataiku, Tableau)
• LCR / NSFR / RWA modelling skills
• FTP / balance sheet knowledge
• Agile project experience
• Understanding of Bank data / system architecture
• Solution design & Validation

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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, 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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