Associate Director, International Clients

Standard Chartered; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Wellbeing support (Unmind)

Learning and development

Inclusive culture and diversity

Volunteer leave

Job summary

Standard Chartered in Singapore is seeking an Associate Director, International Clients to maximize new business opportunities and deepen relationships within the Priority Clients segment.

You will conduct professional financial analyses, provide market insights on global products, and partner with PB/branch leadership to plan monthly sales targets. The role includes marketing activities, prospecting, and ensuring AML/regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Understanding of Wealth Management concepts and banking
• CMFAS exams completed
• Experience managing Greater China & Hong Kong markets
• Good command of Mandarin or Cantonese
• At least 3 years of Retail Banking experience

Responsibilities

• Conduct professional financial analysis and profiling sessions with customers.
• Provide regular market information updates and trend analysis on local and international financial products.
• Draw monthly plans with PB team to achieve/exceed sales targets for new business and acquisitions.
• Participate in marketing and promotional activities for customer acquisition.
• Source and call on individual prospects.
• Provide quality after-sales services.
• Manage anti-attrition and retention of clients.
• Organise and conduct sales presentations to groups and organisations.
• Solicit referrals from other parts of the bank.
• Comply with anti-money laundering procedures and report any suspicious activity.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and internal controls.

Skills

Wealth Mgmt knowledge

CMFAS Exams

Greater China & HK markets experience

Mandarin/Cantonese fluency

Retail Banking experience

Job description

Associate Director, International Clients

• Maximize new business/acquisition/referral opportunities and deepening existing customer relationships to the specified service standards for the Priority Clients segment

Key Responsibilities

Implementation and oversight of the below individual responsibilities:

• To conduct a professional, consultative financial analysis and profiling session with customers to meet their financial needs/objectives.
• To foster and deepen customer relationships by providing regular market information updates and trend analysis on local and international financial products.
• In consultation with the PB team manager/ branch manager/ PTL, draw up monthly plans for achieving/exceeding sales targets to meet new business and customer acquisition goals
• To participate in marketing and promotional activities for customer acquisition.
• To source and call on individual prospects
• To provide quality, efficient after-sales services
• To manage anti-attrition and retention of clients
• To organise and conduct sales presentations to groups, clubs, associations, companies and other organisations.
• To solicit referrals from other parts of SCB eg. RMs from C&I, staff, etc.
• To comply with all applicable money laundering prevention procedures and in particular, report any suspicious activity to the Transaction Monitoring Unit.
• To ensure compliance with all regulations and controls as set by the Bank and external regulatory authorities.

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.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Understands the core concepts, principles, processes or procedures of Wealth Management and Banking
• CMFAS Exams
• Experience in Managing Greater China and Hong Kong Markets
• Good understanding and command of Mandarin or Cantonese as the incumbent will be supporting Chinese market
• 3 years of experience in Retail Banking.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Agreed individual sales target
• Agreed service standards to customers
• Operation control and sales compliance
• Client Acquisition Experience
• Account Management (of HNW Individuals) Experience
• Technical knowledge and expertise in consumer banking products (i.e. Treasury, Equities, Funds, Insurance, etc)

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.

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