Regional Fintech Lead ASA

The Role Responsibilities
Strategy

• Provide strategic leadership for the Fintech Client Coverage Relationship Managers or allocated Relationship Managers (RMs) within the Financial Institutions sub-segment for the specific region:
• Set the origination strategy and manage the pipeline for the Fintech sector regionally and coordinate with other Leads and RMs - for client acquisition, strategic transactions, and segment growth.

Business

• Play a leadership role in growing the fintech business across the region (outbound and inbound), building client relationships regionally, and across the banks franchise in close collaboration with product partners and the other Fintech RMs and Regional leads.
• Guide new client acquisition within the region and support inbound Fintech client relationships with appropriate allocation of client coverage resources.
• Drive key transactions in connection with strategic growth, partnership, financing and monetisation events in the sector.

Processes

• Engage with the regional RMs who support the fintech client segment, and advocate for required coverage and support when needed.
• Lead strategic engagement with key clients and proactively manage coverage of the fintech segment with the region to ensure close ties exist with key internal stakeholders, e.g.Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, Transaction Banking, GBMT, Country CEOs and Risk.

People and Talent

• Lead by example to build the appropriate culture and values. Set example in terms of effective client coverage and engagement with players in the fintech industry.
• Act as a mentor, coach and role model for other team members across the fintech portfolio.
• Identify new talent to strengthen strategic client coverage and deal origination in the fintech sector.
• Contribute to the provision of ongoing training and development of people and provide oversight to ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for heir roles and that they have effective supervision in place. Help to identify training needs within the front line and support professional development of team members across the globe, sharing knowledge and skills.
• Contribute to Fintech segment strategy, budget, team structure and capacity plans.
• Contribute to peer review feedback for colleagues.

Risk Management

• Exemplify the Group's values and code of conduct and develop a robust culture to ensure that adherence with the highest standards of ethics, and compliance with relevant policies, processes and regulations among team members.
• Act as a subject matter expert for the fintech segment (including the internal risk processes and controls) and demonstrate a strong understanding of the fintech regulatory landscape as it relates to the region.

Governance

• Work with the Fintech Client Enablement and Advisory team to present regional requirements to the New Payment Method Oversight Committee and ensure proactive good governance within the CCIB fintech client portfolio.
• Ensure that key fintech regulatory risks and concerns are raised into the established governance framework throughout the relevant business teams in the region.
• Deliver effective governance, challenge fellow executives constructively and work willingly with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner.

Regulatory and Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take 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.
• Lead the fintech client segment regionally to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Specific to the Regional Fintech Lead: ASA role

• Support and represent the Global Head of Fintech in the development and implementation of the overall client strategy for the Fintech portfolio:
  • Critically review clients and prospects based on their alignment to SCB risk appetite and control standards, fit with footprint business potential etc..
  • Assist the Global Head of Fintech in the management of specific global client relationships that require connectivity across the Bank (CCIB and CPBB)
• Maintain and disseminate market-leading, up-to-date knowledge of the fintech industry and the implications for effective client coverage, deal activity, governance and growth of the fintech segment in CCIB.
• Lead for FI (in collaboration with second line stakeholders including CLDM FCSO etc.) the development in the Bank's strategy and operating and risk management frameworks for new and emerging sectors such as crypto, gaming, NFC etc..
• Build awareness of all stakeholders in emerging Fintech sectors along with the Bank's approach towards them
• In conjunction with CCIB Marketing, develop and execute a marketing plan to raise the profile of the segment, its leadership and the Bank within the Fintech universe.
• Conduct (including representing the business in) Fintech "Academies" and knowledge sessions for improving business visibility and client outreach
• Represent the Fintech business with other parts of the bank to drive and implement the Fintech client agenda, specifically:
  • CPBB & Wealth for partnerships
  • TB for Product development pipeline (specifically, Cash Product)
  • TBFX (specifically, SCALE)
  • SC Ventures for investments, Banking as a Service

Key Stakeholders
External

• Act as the point of contact for the Fintech segment within the region
• Represent the Bank among peers and other external stakeholders in the fintech industry.

Internal

• Global Head of Fintech
• Head of Fintech Client Advisory
• Product partners across CCIB (TB, FM)
• Regional Fintech Leads
• Global Head of CLDM & CLDM process leads.
• Head of Payments FCC
• Head of Digital Assets COE (CCIB & CPBB)
• SC Ventures
• CPBB (Head of Digital Partnerships)

Our Ideal Candidate

• 12+ years of experience in Banking Industry
• Bachelor degree and advanced degree from a leading accredited university in a relevant field.
• Understanding of the fintech sector, new and evolving areas of innovation, and the implications for SCB, effective client coverage, deal flow and growth of the segment.
• 5+ years experience as a Relationship Manager and/or leading a business line.
• Experience in Cash and Fx products and their solutioning
• Strong relationships and track record with leading financial and strategic players in the fintech ecosystem.
• Risk and AML certified as stipulated by Bank policy.

Role Specific Competencies

• Strategy & Model
• Market Knowledge
• Products & Processes
• Balance Sheet Management
• Prospecting
• Client Pitching
• Relationship Management

About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
• Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks 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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