Senior Manager, Deal Advisory & Research COE

Standard Chartered; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Competitive salary & benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

Standard Chartered in Bangalore seeks a Senior Manager for Deal Advisory & Research COE. The role drives execution for global M&A and capital markets transactions across geographies, requiring strong corporate finance, valuation, and modelling skills to prepare pitchbooks, sector analyses, and transaction documentation.

You will work with M&A Advisory teams across sectors such as Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Metals & Mining, Diversified Industries, Clean Tech & Environment, in origination and execution

Qualifications

• MBA or equivalent with strong finance foundation.
• CA, CFA, FRM or related certifications valued.
• 3+ years in investment banking, M&A advisory, corporate finance, or transaction advisory.

Responsibilities

• Drive execution for global M&A and capital markets transactions across geographies.
• Prepare high-quality financial models, pitchbooks, sector analyses and transaction documentation.
• Lead origination and execution with cross-functional deal teams across multiple markets.
• Coordinate with deal team members across the Bank and manage deadlines.

Skills

Financial Modelling

Corporate Finance

Valuation

Stakeholder management

Excel skills

PowerPoint

Education

MBA

CA

CFA

Masters in Finance

FRM

Tools

Bloomberg

Capital IQ

Mergermarket

Wood Mackenzie

MS Office

Job description

Job Details

Senior Manager, Deal Advisory & Research COE

Requisition Number: 52404

Job Location: Bangalore, IND

Global Grade: Band 6

Work Type: Office

Working Employment Type: Permanent

Posting Start Date: 11/09/2026

Posting End Date: Job Description

Job Summary

• Responsible for driving execution for global M&A and Capital Markets transactions across multiple geographies
• The role requires strong corporate finance, valuation, and execution skills, with the ability to prepare high-quality financial models, pitchbooks, sector analyses, and transaction documentation
• Work in close collaboration with M&A Advisory teams across key sectors such as (Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Metals & Mining, Diversified Industries, Clean Tech & Environment, etc) in origination and execution of transactions.
• This position is critical in enabling seamless execution with deal teams in key markets such as UK, Singapore, UAE, India.
• The role offers full exposure to the investment banking advisory business and the successful candidate will have the opportunity to gain significant expertise on cross-border deals
• Role requires being open to working in shift rotations to support multiple time zones and working days (Singapore, UAE, UK)
• Build detailed financial models (including DCF, LBO etc.) to value companies, evaluate performance under various operating scenarios and to analyse the impacts of different capital structures and potential M&A transactions or capital market transactions;
• Perform industry and market research, covering macro trends, competitive benchmarking, and sector deep dives
• Prepare presentation materials for use in client meetings, covering topics such as strategic alternatives, M&A execution, capital markets activity and general corporate finance;
• Participate in the origination and execution of transactions including due diligence and drafting of documents;
• Lead drafting of marketing and transaction materials together with Directors/Senior leadership;
• Ensure seamless execution and pipeline development across key markets
• Coordinate efforts with deal team members across the Bank; and
• Day to day project management and execution on live transactions
• Ensure delivery excellence under tight deadlines while working across global time zones.

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.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, elevate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• Internal stakeholders

Other Responsibilities

• Excel / Financial Modelling
• Valuation Techniques: Trading comparables, transaction comps, precedent analysis, NAV/SOTP.
• Accounting Knowledge / Financial statement analysis
• Prior M&A / investment banking / Corporate Finance experience
• Stakeholder management

Skills and Experience

• Financial Modelling and Accounting
• MS Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
• Market Data Services (Bloomberg / Capital IQ / Mergermarket)
• Industry Research
• Due Diligence
• Problem Solving

Qualifications

• Education MBA, Chartered Accountants, CFA, Masters in Finance
• Certifications CA, CFA, FRM
• 3+ years of experience in investment banking, M&A advisory, corporate finance, or transaction advisory.
• Strong corporate finance and accounting foundation with hands-on experience in financial modelling and valuation
• Excellent PowerPoint and Excel skills with a proven ability to create client-ready outputs
• Experience with various MDS tools such as Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Market, Wood Mackenzie, etc
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, prioritize under pressure, and deliver within deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication; Attention to detail; capable of working with senior stakeholders across geographies.
• Attention to detail, excellent documentation skills and high level of ownership on deliverables.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to proactively identify opportunities and drive results
• Possession of jurisdiction-specific regulatory certifications (e.g., UK FCA-approved exams, Singapore MAS licensing) would be desirable for cross-border transaction work

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 thingand 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-offincluding 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 workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing supportthrough 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 cultureto 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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