Associate Director, Transaction Management Group

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & benefits

Flexible working options

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd is seeking an Associate Director in Transaction Management Group to oversee loan agency and cash product transactions, ensuring smooth onboarding, strong client relationships, and high service levels across stakeholders.

The role requires substantial experience in cash/loan agency or transaction management, with strong English and Chinese communication, and the ability to mentor junior team members while delivering high-quality deal setup and amendments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Banking or Finance preferred.
• Ideally 5–10 years' experience in FI / Corporate Transaction Banking.
• Substantial cash, loan agency and/or transaction management experience advantageous.
• Experience in facility documentation review and negotiation advantageous.
• Fluency in English and Chinese (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Review and negotiate transaction banking documentation at onboarding and during credit.
• Coordinate onboarding with deal arrangers, lenders and internal parties.
• Ensure operational management via creation/amendment of a Deal Summary.
• Coordinate with Cash Ops for static data setup and deal handover.
• Manage relationships with borrowers, lenders and internal stakeholders to provide excellent client service.

Skills

Transaction management

Loan documentation

Client relationships

English & Chinese

Communication skills

Independent working

Education

Bachelor's degree in Banking or Finance

Job description

Associate Director, Transaction Management Group

We are looking for a motivated Transaction Manager to help build a sustainable and growing loan agency business for our Cash Products and take responsibility for driving exceptional client service and building long lasting client relationships.

• Review and negotiation of transaction banking documentation from an Escrow Agent and Account Bank perspective at the point of onboarding and the duration of the credit.
• Work with deal arrangers, Lender's and internal parties to ensure a smooth onboarding experience for new/amended legal transactions.
• Ensuring all operational aspects of the portfolio are managed effectively via creation/amendment of a Deal Summary.
• Coordinate with Cash Ops for static data set up.
• Participation in deal handover meeting with the Cash Ops team.
• Coordinate waiver/amendment requests between Borrowers and Lenders.
• Provide guidance and support to internal and external business partners, as well as the operations team.
• Collaborate with Lender's counsel for onboarding/Event of Default management.
• Manage relationships within the portfolio (Borrower, Lender, internal) to provide an excellent level of client service.
• Take a key role as a senior SME and have the necessary technical skills to deliver a superior service to, and build relationships with, stakeholders; help manage the workflows across the team, providing guidance, sharing knowledge, and mentoring the less experienced members of the team.
• Perform quality assurance on new deal set up and amendments.
• Includes Syndications, Project Finance, Islamic, Transportation.

Skills and Experience

• Substantial cash, loan agency and/or transaction management experience
• Experience in facility documentation review and negotiation
• Experience in building relationships with clients and internal stakeholders
• Comfort in working independently as well as within a team
• Strong communication, planning and organisational skills
• Excellent and clear communication skills
• Motivated and driven

Role Specific Technical Responsibilities

• Responsibilities of the facility agent, and any legal, regulatory, credit or financial restrictions
• Risks the facility agent is exposed to
• LMA and LSTA Loan documentation
• Common market and business practices
• Commercial aspects of the different types of business
• Roles of other parties to syndicated loan documentation E.g Intercreditor Agent, Security Agent, Account Bank, Collateral Agent
• Debt workout situations
• Industry initiatives and changes
• legal, regulatory, credit or financial restrictions

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Banking or Finance preferred
• Ideally 5-10 years' experience in FI / Corporate Transaction Banking experience
• Substantial cash, loan agency and/or transaction management experience will be advantageous
• Experience in facility documentation review and negotiation will be advantageous
• Fluency in English and Chinese (both written and spoken)

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• 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 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.

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