Associate, Macro Strategy; Hong Kong

Job Summary

This role could be based in Hong Kong and China. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.

The role holder’s primary responsibility is to facilitate the team’s coverage of Greater China (Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan) exchange rate and interest rate markets. The candidate’s responsibilities include information and data collection, monitoring regulatory changes and market developments, facilitating the building and maintenance of data models, contributing to the team’s analysis of FX and rates markets, and contributing to report publications and answering client inquiries.

At a later stage, we expect the candidate to be more actively involved in conversations with both internal stakeholders (sales, trading, relationship managers, capital markets, securities services, and other teams) and the bank’s external clients globally.

• Demonstrate awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates to ensure that Greater China Macro Strategy research coverage is aligned with the bank’s footprint.
• Contribute to the Greater China Macro Strategy research team to help deliver world class content in Greater China macro strategy (FX, rates) research materials.
• Work with the team to build models, track developments, and follow other factors that have an impact on Greater China FX and rates markets, to provide timely analysis and updates to both internal stakeholders and external clients, conduct strategy research to provide trade ideas, conduct client meetings and present at external events to discuss SCB house views.
• Maintain and update models related to the Greater China exchange and interest rate markets, and facilitate data and information collection, and analysis of related markets.
• Provide regular data and other information updates to the Greater China strategy team, the broader research team, internal stakeholders, and external clients.
• Contribute to the team’s market analysis, preparation of presentation materials, report production, and other matters related to the coverage of these markets.

• Be responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks to the Group.
• Demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them.
• Ensure a full understanding of the risk and control environment in Global Research.

• Ensure adherence to product governance both individually and within the global team.
• Demonstrate awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework in which the Group operates and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• Be responsible for delivering effective governance; capability to challenge fellow executives effectively; and willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner.

• 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 all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, elevate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
• Work with the China Macro Strategy team to achieve outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles:
  Fair Outcomes for Clients;
  Effective Financial Markets;
  Financial Crime Compliance;
  The Right Environment.

• Analytical Thinking
• Communicating Complex Concepts
• Derivatives
• Effective Presentations
• Global Economic Analysis (GEA)
• Mathematics of Financial Instruments
• Oral Communications
• Written Communications

• Ideally a degree holder of relevant subjects, and experience of Investment Research, including emerging markets.
• Advanced Product Knowledge
• Advanced Financial Analysis
• Advanced Client relationships
• Advanced Business and People…