Client Service Manager, Trade Operations & Service

Standard Chartered; Manama; On-site; BHD 14,000 - 17,500; Full time

Job summary

A global banking institution seeks a Client Service Manager for Trade Operations in Manama. You will ensure outstanding client service, handle transactional inquiries, and proactively resolve service-related issues. Key skills include problem-solving, teamwork, and effective communication, with a strong focus on maintaining service standards. This role offers competitive salary and flexible working options in line with our Fair Pay Charter.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working options

Core bank funding for retirement savings

Proactive wellbeing support

Continuous learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Demonstrate ownership across the service delivery lifecycle within trade operations.
• Deliver client-centric solutions in complex environments.
• Foster constructive dialogue and mutual respect.

Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact for clients and resolve service issues.
• Deliver client service that meets or exceeds service level agreements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to resolve client issues.
• Manage transactional errors and discrepancies effectively.
• Lead the service recovery process and log complaints.
• Engage with clients to assess service performance and gather feedback.
• Establish and maintain trusted partnerships with clients.
• Identify and escalate compliance concerns in a timely manner.

Skills

Detail-oriented approach

Strong teamwork abilities

Exceptional communication skills

Proven track record in client interaction

Positive attitude

Analytical skills

Effective time management

Proficiency in English

Job description

Overview

As Client Service Manager for Trade Operations & Service at Standard Chartered, you will be pivotal in delivering outstanding client service and expert advice to our Corporate Institutional Banking and Commercial Banking clients. Your role encompasses managing transactional inquiries, resolving complaints, and addressing service-related issues swiftly and efficiently within the trade operations realm. This position involves close collaboration with diverse internal teams and engagement with clients to ensure seamless transactional experiences while fostering trust and satisfaction.

In this dynamic role, you will receive assignments from the Head of Trade Operations and Service, where your contributions will include handling trade transactions, responding to risk-related queries, and driving process improvement initiatives. Your ability to balance meticulous operational tasks with proactive client engagement will be key to enhancing service quality and operational resilience.

This role requires a solutions-oriented mindset and a commitment to maintaining high service standards within a regulated banking environment.

Your work will significantly impact client relationships and operational excellence, supporting Standard Chartered's mission to be a trusted partner for our clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the main point of contact for clients and internal staff regarding advice, inquiries, complaints, and various service issues related to trade operations, ensuring swift and professional responses.
• Consistently deliver client service that meets or exceeds established service level agreements, maintaining high standards of accuracy and responsiveness.
• Collaborate closely with Relationship Managers, Product Sales, Operations, and other stakeholders to collaboratively resolve client issues and identify opportunities to enhance the overall client experience.
• Manage complex transactional errors and discrepancies by liaising effectively with clients and internal teams to ensure timely and satisfactory resolution.
• Lead the service recovery process by accurately logging complaints, investigating root causes, and implementing corrective actions to restore client confidence.
• Engage with clients proactively to assess service performance, gather feedback, and develop continuous improvement plans to elevate service delivery standards.
• Establish and maintain trusted partnerships with clients through regular communication and operational support at the transaction level.
• Identify, escalate, and mitigate any risks, compliance concerns, or conduct issues in a timely and collaborative manner to uphold the integrity of trade operations.

Skills And Experience

• A detail-oriented approach, demonstrating ownership across the end-to-end service delivery lifecycle within trade operations.
• Strong teamwork abilities, with a collaborative mindset that values effective relationship-building with peers, clients, and business partners.
• Exceptional communication skills encompassing verbal, written, and interpersonal abilities, enabling effective influence and negotiation with diverse stakeholders.
• Proven track record of managing direct client interactions with confidence and professionalism, delivering client-centric solutions in complex environments.
• A positive attitude coupled with excellent interpersonal skills, fostering constructive dialogue and mutual respect.
• Highly developed analytical and problem-solving skills, allowing for the timely identification of operational issues and implementation of solutions.
• Effective time management talents to balance multiple priorities and meet demanding deadlines in a fast-paced setting.
• Proficiency in English is essential, underscoring the ability to communicate clearly and concisely within an international banking environment.

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

• 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

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.

• 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.