Trade Product Analyst, Business Enablement

Job Summary

Trade & Working Capital is an integral part of the Bank’s DNA, driving franchise value across Corporate & Investment Banking and Wealth & Retail Banking. As a network-driven Trade bank, we support vast international trading networks across a large range of commodities, markets, and specialisms – helping millions of people, clients and businesses achieve their financial aspirations. Our uniqueness is our distinctive network that stretches across core emerging markets with onshore Trade solutions in 42 markets across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and beyond.

This is a product and business enablement analyst role within Transaction Banking COO to support Trade & Working Capital execute on their key business enablement agenda. It reports into the Trade COO and requires commercial‑minded individuals with strong trade product domain expertise, product knowledge in documentary/ supply chain (open account) trade finance and trade lending, a “can‑do” attitude and ability to work independently.

Ability to collaborate and influence global/ regional product heads and other stakeholders such as 2nd line risk partners, operations teams, digital assets team, etc., will be key to delivering on this role. Key objectives will entail working with business stakeholders to formulate business cases and execution plans as well as delivery of business enablement initiatives.

We are looking for individuals who can operate in new (often ambiguous) areas, can provide critical thinking, problem solving and drive execution of the product digital assets initiatives they lead.

• Work closely with global and/ or regional solution heads as the trade product analyst to support business cases, project plan and support execution ofthe agreed scope of initiatives to enable business strategy
• Apply a “client‑first” lens while considering speed to value, time‑to‑market and cost‑benefit trade offs
• Support the detailed scope, success KPIs, system /process/people requirements & work with the lead solutions manager and frontline teams to deliver commercial outcomes.
• Support the authoring of relevant artefacts such as requirements/scope, impacted PPGs, end‑to‑end product & process flows, interface requirements, risk impacts, and clearly articulate these flows and processes to the relevant business and technology teams
• Engage and support relevant 1st line and 2nd line stakeholders to define, seek approvals and deliver, product/process changes for the initiatives they lead.
• Work with Technology & POs to track progress for relevant system changes linked to initiatives they lead.

• Champion and act as a role model of the Group’s values and culture. Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Sets appropriate tone and expectations for their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
• Support a change in mindset, building a culture of client centricity, agility, and accountability through standardised metrics and measurement, ensuring everyone in the Bank are drivers and owners of client outcomes.

• Under Trade Process Universe mappings end-to-end and impact of these initiative led changes to the Trade PU.
• Work with risk teams to seek approvals for any risk related items such as product/TB risk, legal, OR/GRAM risk assessments etc., for said changed driven by the product initiatives they support.

• 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, elevate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

• Global Head, Trade & Working Capital
• Head, Trade Business Development & Strategic Growth
• Head, Trade Product Development & Digital Integration
• Global Trade Solution Heads
• Cluster Trade Product Heads
• Trad…