Head, Investment Advisory

Standard Chartered; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 240,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement savings & Insurance

Generous leave policy

Flexible working

Wellbeing & development

Learning culture

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

Standard Chartered in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a strategic leader to head a team of investment advisors responsible for managing affluent clients’ wealth portfolios across FX, retail bonds, structured investments, unit trusts and bancassurance.

You will drive revenue targets for Wealth Solutions, maintain disciplined asset allocation, coordinate with Investment Products through the Country Advisory Council, and upskill client teams and IA colleagues to deliver compliant, market-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• CFA/ CFP/ CAIA preferable.

Responsibilities

• Build a team of trusted investment advisors that can showcase wealth solutions and asset allocation capabilities and deliver income targets.
• Achieve Wealth Solutions revenue and sales targets.
• Enhance the delivery of the wealth select framework and build wealth portfolios for affluent clients.
• Work with WS Investment Products as part of Country Advisory Council to provide monthly actionable ideas and product solutions.
• Conduct daily morning huddles at branches to brief on market direction and investment solutions.
• Manage clients’ investments through frequent and consistent portfolio reviews and advice.
• Upskill, reskill and train key stakeholders (client relationship teams and IA team).
• Ensure disciplined asset allocation and risk management of clients’ portfolios.
• Ensure all transactions follow regulations and controls set by the Bank and regulators (KYC, documentation, risk profiling).
• Update the sales force on new regulatory requirements and operating procedures.

Skills

Portfolio Theory

Asset Allocation

Market Knowledge (SIF)

Products and Processes

Education

CFA

CFP

CAIA

Job description

Lead a team of investment advisors for effective management of clients’ wealth portfolio across all product solutions including FX, retail bonds, structured investments, unit trust, bancassurance and legacy planning.

Job Summary

Lead a team of investment advisors for effective management of clients’ wealth portfolio across all product solutions including FX, retail bonds, structured investments, unit trust, bancassurance and legacy planning.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Building a team of trusted investment advisors that are capable to showcase our wealth solution and asset allocation capabilities of the bank and deliver income targets of Wealth Solutions
  

Business

• To achieve Wealth Solutions revenue and sales targets
• Enhance the delivery of our wealth select framework and build wealth portfolios for our affluent clients
  

Processes

• Work with WS Investment Products as part of Country Advisory Council to provide monthly actionable ideas and product solutions
• Ensure daily morning huddle at branches to brief current market direction and investment solutions
• Manage clients’ investment through frequent and consistent portfolio review and advice
  

People & Talent

• Constantly upskill, reskill and train key stakeholders (client relationship teams and IA team)
  

Risk Management

• Ensure disciplined asset allocation and risk management of clients’ portfolio
  

Governance

• Ensure all transactions follow all regulations and controls set by the Bank and external regulatory authorities; which includes but not limited to KYC, proper documentation of transactions, risk-profiling, pre-investment forms
• Ensure periodic updates of new regulatory requirements and/or operating procedures to sales force
  

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

• Client Relationship teams, Investment Advisors, WRB Marketing, Operations, Retail Analytics, Client Experience, Affluent Segment Proposition, Wealth Solution teams, external partners
  

Skills And Experience

• Portfolio Theory
• Asset Allocation
• Market Knowledge (SIF)
• Products and Processes
  

Qualifications

• CFA, CFP, CAIA preferable
  

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.