Associate Manager, FXMM Operations

Job Description

*About Standard Chartered We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa and the Middle East.To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. Its about showing how you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good.Were committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture - one where everyone can realise their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organisation. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base. MIDDLE OFFICE OVERVIEW:Financial Markets Middle Office was set up in 2016 to deliver first class trade support, business enablement and accurate / timely trade representation in order to meet obligations to clients, counterparties and regulators. We are product and process subject matter experts aligned to the Global Financial Markets business providing follow the sun support, a continuous improvement mindset and industry connectivity.Key Middle Office principles:

• Business alignment / Product expertise: Product specialists who understand business priorities and strategy, define optimal solutions leveraging industry leading facilities and influence behaviour through countenance
• Connect: Build bridges across the bank to simplify current operating model, create efficiencies and identify new opportunities
• Leadership and Market presence: Own your domain and influence product evolution, define internal standards and shape future utilities through selective industry positioning
• Risk Manager: Define the standard to effectively control the T-0 business day; understand regulations, key trends, and external incidents; voice opinions and concerns; protect the bank

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Learn and own query remediation, trade life-cycling and other day-to-day processing, ensuring timely escalation, in order to minimise risk
• Understand the FXMM trade lifecycle from front to back
• Face of Operations to FXMM Desk locally:

1. Insulate FM from post execution processing / queries, represent Operations functions
2. Build strong relationships with FO individuals through demonstrating ownership of issue resolution

• Quickly learn products and processes and add value to Front Office by taking post execution functions off their hands
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and innovate:

1. Work with Technology and management to deliver transformation
2. Work with FO to identify booking model improvements and drive efficiency

• Understand MIS, cost-per-trade, touch points per trade and identify areas to proactively add value through improved data
• Build a strong understanding of current rules and anticipation of upcoming regulations
• Adherence to Ops Risk Framework standards of implementation and process management:

1. Continuous review of procedures and booking model

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLSMinimum Qualifications:

• University degree preferred / MBA

Required Experience:

• Knowledge of FX and MM products in terms of product characteristics, risk, market data and P&L
• Over all 3 years of experience ideally from a top tier bank
• Understanding of front to back process and systems flows

Required Skills:

• Analytical and process improvement mindset
• Strong inter-personal skills:

1. Confident communicator able to adapt style to Front Office and offshore colleagues
2. Demonstrate strong teamwork and values mindset
3. Approachable individual with ambition and hunger to develop

• Thrive on working in fast paced environment while maintaining attention to detail
• Fast learner with the ability to think out of the box and provide solutions
• Proficient in Excel (pivots, lookups and basic VBA an advantage)

Apply now to join the Bank for those with big career ambitions.To view information on our benefits including our flexible working please visit our career pages . We welcome conversations on flexible working.,

Keyskills :
salesmanagementmiscustomer relationsqualitysubject matter expertsmarket datafront officemiddle officetrade supportfinancial marketsproduct evolution