Role Responsibilities
Role is a Research Analyst, focusing on ESG research.
The role holder will be part of Standard Chartered’s Global ESG Research Team and will be working closely with the firm’s in house economists and analysts. Key areas of focus for the role holder include ESG regulation and reporting, monitoring ESG performance and asset flows, identifying emerging ESG trends and supporting the global head of ESG research in developing thematic ESG research. The role will involve producing and communicating the teams’ views on ESG research for clients globally and will require engagements with the Bank’s internal and external customers.

Business / Strategy
The individual will be responsible for:

• Delivering a range of client-led research approaches for content, content delivery and client engagement across ESG research.
• Undertake in depth research on economies and markets for publications and presentations.
• Construct and manage data bases and prepare charts for research publications.
• Respond to management requests for data, information and analysis as required. Prepare ad-hoc reports and summaries based on in depth knowledge of the latest global research forecasts, insights and publications.
• Develop relationships within the Global Research team, senior management, Risk and Corporate affairs. Externally with clients, economists, researchers and policy-makers around the world in institutes, government, academia, media and the private sector.

Processes

• Ensure adherence to all internal and external regulations
• Ensure compliance with procedures and controls as a result of changes in products, systems, policy or regulations

Risk Management

• 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

Governance

• Ensure adherence to the 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.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• 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.
• Work with the Economics team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; The Right Environment.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders
Internal

• CCIB Relationship managers
• FM Sales and trading
• Legal, Compliance and Risk
• Corporate and Public Affairs
• Support functions incl. Operations, Finance and Technology

External

• Key clients and potential new clients
• Government agencies and policy-makers

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in the Global Research team; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Strong knowledge of key ESG regulatory and reporting frameworks including EU Taxonomy, SFDR, GRI, TCFD and TNFD
• Knowledge of workings of mandatory and voluntary carbon markets
• Highly experienced in large scale database construction and management
• Highly experienced in Excel with coding/programming skills
• Experienced in the use of external information databases including Bloomberg
• Good Client relationships
• Good Business and People management
• The candidate would require a degree in economics or closely related subject and experience of Investment Research, including emerging markets.
• The ability to write to a high standard and have excellent communications skills is essential.

Role Specific Competencies

• Analytical Thinking
• Investment Bank Research Analysis
• Effective Presentations
• Global Economic Analysis (GEA)
• Oral Communications
• Written Communications

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
• Be 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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks 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.

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