Intern DCM

Standard Chartered are a leading international banking group, with more than 80,000 employees and a 150-year history in some of the world’s most dynamic markets. We bank the people and companies driving investment, trade and the creation of wealth across Asia, Africa and the Middle East, where we earn around 90 per cent of our income and profits. Our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise, Here for good. We provide a wide range of products and services for personal and business clients across 68 markets.

As our Debt Capital Market (DCM) team is expanding, we are looking for an Intern to join us in our Paris office. The internship lasts 6 months and is likely to start in June/July 2025.
The main tasks will include:

1. Help support the continued growth of the SSA, European Financial Institutions and corporate DCM business by supporting both teams with their day-to-day activities. These include: understanding how the team operates and what the requirements are of these clients, staying abreast of market and regulatory developments with a focus on EU countries as well as the US and Asia where one of SCB’s key investor bases is based, helping the team with the production of pitch materials and client presentations and helping generate trade ideas.
2. Understand and contribute proactively to the bank’s business strategy of servicing clients by leveraging our footprint and building franchise with a focus on EU-based banks, insurance companies and corporations as well as supra-nationals.
3. Ensure communication with other teams within capital markets as well as coverage, Financial Markets sales and the legal and compliance teams.
4. Regular production of pricing indications, market updates and pitch materials.
5. Provide continuously best in class service to our clients through the materials we produce to help build further the financial markets franchise particularly with EU clients.
6. Proactive engagement and timely delivery of relevant market intelligence. Always respond to requests in a timely and efficient manner.
7. Drive/follow current macro-economic and fiscal themes, developments in currency and financial markets, understand implications for our business and for our clients.
8. Become familiar with the bank’s risk profile and appetite and understand DCM processes as well as the steps the team required to undertake from a legal and compliance perspective before undertaking a DCM transaction.

This internship is open for students, BAC+4/5 from French “Ecole de Commerce” or University who:

1. are enrolled in a Finance, Economics, Business or Engineering degree programme (or similar) from a business or engineering school in France.
2. have strong financial background combined with analytical capabilities.
3. have good communication skills in French and English, oral and written.
4. bring team spirit, enthusiasm, curiosity, flexibility as well as strong attention to detail.
5. are able to take initiative leading progressively to autonomy on some specific tasks including market updates and putting together presentations for clients.
6. are familiar with MS office tools (Word, Excel, Power Point).

During the 6-month internship at Standard Chartered you will be able to:

1. work in an international team within the multicultural environment.
2. learn about Capital Markets in practice.
3. gain a valuable experience in Finance combined with the on-the-job training.
4. get an exhaustive overview of our products.
5. receive the support and guidance from your managers.
6. benefit from the competitive salary and allowances.

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 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.
• Are 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 leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months 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.