MD, ASA Asia Macro Trading. India & Singapore

Job Summary

Senior leadership role accountable for leading and expanding the INR Offshore Rates and SGD Macro franchise. Focus areas include franchise strategy, market leadership, product innovation, risk governance, and mentoring emerging trading talent. The incumbent operates with a high degree of autonomy, strategic foresight, and external market representation.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

1. Define and drive the long-term strategy for the INR Offshore and SGD Macro franchises.
2. Lead cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Structuring, Research, Strategy, and Senior Management.
3. Shape and influence the Bank’s positioning across global trading platforms.
4. Champion automation and digital transformation initiatives.
5. Optimize capital and risk frameworks to deliver superior RoRWA outcomes.

1. Deliver and exceed P&L targets.
2. Strengthen the Bank’s market presence through differentiated liquidity provision.
3. Engage strategically with key clients.
4. Lead origination of strategic client opportunities.

1. Ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations. Embed Operational Risk monitoring as an integral part of the business process. Ensure that the business meets its obligations for the prevention of money laundering under the Group Policy and Standards and under local laws and regulations. Ensure that there are appropriate and documented internal controls and procedures in place. Monitor the operation of such procedures and controls and regularly review them to ensure that they reflect any changes in products, systems, policies and regulations.
2. Oversee robustness of internal controls and process resilience.
3. Lead proactive risk and operational culture across trading activities.

1. Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from my team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
2. Contribute to continuous process improvement and sharing best practices.

1. Responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks to the Group. Awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them.
2. The ability to interpret the Group’s financial information, identify key issues based on this information and put in place appropriate controls and measures.
3. Comply with guidelines as outlined in the annual dealer mandate.

1. Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group’s arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas.
2. Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
3. Willingness to ‘speak up’ in the event of any realized or perceived breach of group conduct rules or laws by colleagues.
4. 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.

1. Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
2. 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.
3. Lead the team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.]
4. Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

1. Manage Conduct
2. Risk Management and Internal Controls
3. Business - Market Knowledge
4. Business - Products and Processes
5. FM – Forwards and Futures – Hedging
6. FM - Products - Foreign Exchange
7. FM - Products - Interest Rates Options - Caps & Floors
8. FM - Products - Interest Rate & Currency Swaps.

1. Extensive proven experience in Rates Trading and franchise leadership.
2. Advanced degree preferred.
3. Recognized market leadership in INR Rates.
4. Expertise in risk management and governance.

About Standard Chartered

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

1. 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.
2. Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well.
3. Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term.

What We Offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

1. Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
2. 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.
3. Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
4. 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.
5. A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
6. 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.