Associate Director, Advisory & Dealing, FX, Wealth Solutions

Standard Chartered; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 800,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual leave

Flexible working

Wellbeing support

Learning culture

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Standard Chartered in Hong Kong seeks a high-energy FX advisory and dealing professional to execute daily FX activities and provide high-level market insights for internal and external stakeholders.

You will interact with sales, traders, analysts and economists to capture opportunities and support growth across private banking and client relationships. Fluency in English, Cantonese and Mandarin is required.

Qualifications

• University graduate; CFA/FRM/CPA qualifications are a plus.
• 6-8 years of experience in Finance/Sales/Dealing, FX dealing a plus.
• Solid understanding of Wealth Management, Private Banking or Retail Banking.
• Fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute long-term strategic and tactical plans to capture FX business opportunities across the Bank’s Hong Kong footprint.
• Expand the FX client base by delivering professional advisory, distribution, and execution services to Private Banking clients and Relationship Managers.
• Provide timely financial market updates, FX insights, and investment or trading strategies to stakeholders.
• Drive achievement of CMPS FX Hong Kong revenue targets through proactive client engagement and execution support.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with Front Office, Relationship Managers, Investment Advisors, DAC, and internal partners.
• Lead FX product ideation, structuring, and service improvement initiatives to strengthen competitiveness.
• Monitor performance, competitors and KPIs to identify growth opportunities.
• Ensure FX activities comply with policies, regulations, and best execution standards.

Education

Bachelor's degree

CFA/FRM/CPA beneficial

Tools

Excel Macro

Job description

We are looking for energetic talents with to-win mindset and strong aspiration to grow career in FX advisory and dealing field. With good understanding of financial market and knowledge in FX asset class, the role would need to perform daily FX execution and high-level advisory services to both internal and external stakeholders. Moreover, this is also an ideal opportunity to get in touch to a wider investment community as the role would involve interaction and communication with sales, traders, analysts, strategists, and economists in the market.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute long-term strategic and tactical plans to capture FX business opportunities across the Bank’s Hong Kong footprint.
• Expand the FX client base by delivering professional advisory, distribution, and execution services to Private Banking clients and Relationship Managers.
• Provide timely financial market updates, FX insights, and investment or trading strategies to Relationship Managers, Investment Advisors, DAC, and clients.
• Drive achievement of CMPS FX Hong Kong revenue targets through proactive client engagement, product advisory, and execution support.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with Front Office, Relationship Managers, Investment Advisors, DAC, and key internal business partners.
• Lead FX product ideation, structuring, feature enhancement, service improvement, and operational upgrade initiatives to strengthen product competitiveness.
• Monitor business performance, market competitors, and key KPIs to identify opportunities and take actions that support business growth.
• Ensure all FX activities, execution practices, controls, and advisory services comply with internal policies, external regulatory requirements, and best execution standards.

Qualifications

• University graduate, professional qualification including CFA/FRM/CPA would be a plus
• 6-8 years of experience in Finance/Sales/Dealing field, FX Dealing experience would be a plus
• Solid understanding of Wealth Management Industry, either in Private Banking or Retail Banking
• Fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin

Skills And Experience

• Portfolio Theory
• Asset Allocation
• Products and Processes
• Retail and Private Banking Credit Risk
• Relationship Management
• Good Computer Skills, Excel Macro knowledge would be a plus
• Regulatory Framework and Requirements (SIF)

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.