Sr. Manager - Global Markets Middle office

Standard Chartered; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Annual leave & holidays

Wellbeing programs

Learning & development

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Standard Chartered Bangalore is seeking a Sr. Manager - Global Markets Middle Office to oversee trade capture, lifecycle management, and controls across the middle office. You will drive operational readiness, partner with Front Office and Trading desks, and ensure timely risk mitigation and regulatory compliance.

You will lead continuous improvement initiatives, collaborate with technology for transformation, and act as a trusted advisor for efficient operations across hubs and onshore teams.

Qualifications

• Formal degree required; MBA preferred for senior role.
• Demonstrated ability to manage stakeholders across Trading and Front Office.
• Experience with risk/regulatory reporting and compliance processes.

Responsibilities

• Trade capture, booking amendments and lifecycle management for vanilla/structured products.
• Manage query remediation and day-to-day processing with timely escalation to minimise risk.
• Collaborate with Technology to deliver transformation and improve booking models.

Skills

MS Excel

Power BI

VBA Macro

Stakeholder management

Education

University degree / MBA

Tools

MS Word

Regulatory reporting tools

Job description

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Job Details

Sr. Manager - Global Markets Middle office Job Description Requisition Number: 63811 Job Location: Bangalore, IND Global Grade: Band 6 Work Type: Office Working Employment Type: Permanent Posting Start Date: 07/10/2026 Posting End Date: 22/10/2026 Job Description:

Job Summary

• Trade capture, booking amendments, Trade life cycle, Novations/Assignments, reconciliation and Control / Reporting activities of the business.
• Manage query remediation and other day-to-day processing, ensuring timely escalation to minimise risk exposure.
• New business enablement and solutions, partner to deliver strategic FM initiatives:
• Drive Operational readiness
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to achieve seamless follow the sun model and constantly seek opportunities to achieve process consistency.
• Face of Operations to Trading and Sales Desks – primary point of contact:
• Insulate FM from post execution processing / queries, represent Operations functions
• Build team profile with the Front Office
• Stakeholder engagement, 2-way flow of information – “Trusted Advisor”
• Build strong relationship with internal teams to facilitate efficient communications and speedy resolutions of issues:
• Identify and close knowledge gaps within the Hubs through hands on training
• Drive continuous improvement and innovate:
• Partner with Technology to deliver transformation
• Work with FO to identify booking model improvements and drive efficiency
• Be up to date and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
• Adherence to Ops Risk Framework standards of implementation and process management.
• Constantly seek opportunities to improve global consistency, work closely with the onshore and other regions to close gaps and standardise processes.

• Build strong relationship with Onshore Middle-Office to facilitate efficient communications and speedy resolutions of issues:
• Identify and close knowledge gaps through hands on training
• Be the subject matter expert for MIS, cost-per-trade, touch points per trade – drive their evolution and identify areas to proactively add value through improved data
• Operations representation for external/internal and regulator scheduled audits:
• Ensure Audit points are addressed within timelines
• Achieve regulatory compliance and future proof the Middle Office model through a strong understanding of current rules and anticipation of upcoming regulations
• Adherence to Ops Risk Framework standards of implementation and process management:
• Continuous review of procedures and booking model
• Local Management of:
• Hubs: Drive global alignment and consistency, Follow The Sun support
• Local market: standardize where applicable, tailored processes/controls
• Team management experience

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Business alignment / Product expertise: Product specialists who understand business priorities and strategy, define optimal solutions leveraging industry leading facilities and influence behaviour through countenance
• Connect: Build bridges across the bank to simplify current operating model, create efficiencies and identify new opportunities
• Leadership and Market presence: Own your domain and influence product evolution, define internal standards and shape future utilities through selective industry positioning. Risk Manager: Define the standard to effectively control the T-0 business day; understand regulations, key trends, and external incidents; voice opinions and concerns; protect the bank
• Risk Manager: Define the standard to effectively control the T-0 business day; understand regulations, key trends, and external incidents; voice opinions and concerns; protect the bank

Business

• Financial Markets Middle Office was set up in 2016 to deliver first class trade support, business enablement and accurate /timely trade representation to meet obligations to clients, counterparties, and regulators. We are product and process subject matter experts aligned to the Global Financial Markets business providing follow the sun support, a continuous improvement mindset and industry connectivity

Processes & Responsibilities

• Trade capture and life cycling of vanilla and structured products – FX, Rates, Credit, Repo and Treasury Markets
• Stakeholder management: Collaborate with internal stakeholders to achieve seamless follow the sun model and constantly seek opportunities to achieve process consistency.
• Understanding and learn to manage query remediation, trade life-cycling and other day-to-day processing, ensuring timely escalation, in order to minimise risk
• New business enablement and solutions, partner to deliver strategic FM initiatives
• Drive operational readiness
• Operational representation for external/internal audits:
• Ensure audit points are addressed within timelines
• Drive continuous improvement and innovative:
• Partner with technology team to deliver transformation
• Work with FO to identify booking model improvements and drive efficiency
• Be up to date and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements

• Help embed a culture of openness, trust and risk awareness, where ethical, legal, regulatory and policy compliant conduct is the norm
• Overall client satisfaction and meeting service expectations
• Quick turnaround for queries & priority items
• Should be a Team player- flexible
• Adhere to the instruction of the Mangers.
• Being active part of team discussions to come up with process improvements
• Actively participate in Sustainability (CSR) initiatives, staff engagement programmes

• Always ensure 100% compliance to the group’s risk management framework as applicable
• Compliance with all applicable Rules/ Regulations of Company and Group Policies
• Comply with Group Money Laundering Prevention Policy and Procedures to the extent applicable and report all suspicious transactions to the Unit
• Timely escalations and resolutions on confirmation outstanding etc as per Escalation policy

• Comply with all the group standards, policies, procedures, and guidelines as applicable and values of the Bank at all times
• Always adhere to Group Code of Conduct
• In the event of serious regulatory breaches, or where risk tolerances have been breached, ensure senior management are informed and that actions are taken quickly to remediate and/or activities are ceased

• 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, advance, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

• FMO – COE (Centre of Excellence) involved in different processes catering internal & external clients from various financial sectors, representative in group and country not limited to Front office Desk

• Embed “Here for good” and Group’s brand and values in Financial Market Operations.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
• Teamwork with other Hubs, and Downstream teams
• Involvement in Process/Project Initiatives / Automation / process Improvement

Skills and Experience

• MS Excel
• MS Word
• Power BI
• VBA Macro

Qualifications

• University degree / MBA (or equitant qualification)

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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