Jobs at Standard Chartered Bank

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategy:

• Help develop and implement strategy for the M&A business in Africa.

Business:

• Originate and execute M&A advisory transactions to deliver against the Africa M&A team's budget.
• Help deepen key client relationships and selectively acquire new relationships to assist in M&A origination efforts.
• Leverage the Africa M&A platform to the promote the Bank, including cross selling other related banking products.

M&A Deal Origination:

• Lead on origination of M&A mandates by leveraging on existing client relationships, contributing to idea generation and engaging in high quality pitches to the bank's clients.
• Work in close coordination with senior bankers, client coverage, Industry coverage and other M&A teams to originate M&A transactions.

M&A Transaction Execution:

• Work as deal team leader and ensure M&A transactions are marketed and executed appropriately.
• Lead in the preparation of high-quality marketing and other materials such as Information Memorandums, Fairness Opinions and Board Papers.
• Develop and control the overall process and timeline for the transactions in coordination with the clients and other advisers such as legal, accounting, tax, etc. to provide overall project management.
• Advise the Client on valuation, transaction strategy and participate in negotiation of definitive documents, as required.

Client and Deal Team Management:

• Communicate with senior management of clients and ensure that advisory services and quality of work meet the highest industry standards.
• Efficiently manage several projects at once and work effectively as an individual and as a leader of various deal teams.
• Effectively manage deal teams and encourage a culture of collaboration in the team.

Processes:

• Understanding of and adherence to the standard procedures and policies required for the role.
• Responsibility is the First line of defence - Deal Team members (execution) and M&A Management (supervisory).
• Drive continuous improvement of the operational efficiency and effectiveness of processes to increase the consistency of global systems and processes.

People & Talent:

• Lead by example and build the appropriate culture and values.

Risk Management:

• Maintain a culture of risk management, control and governance, and ensure deal teams comply with the risk management processes in place. 
• Group and Business policies, procedures, standards and codes, including those governing all Risk types, compliance, Technology and Operations, Finance and Reputation.
• Proactively advise and monitor all major risk issues. Where appropriate, direct remedial action and / or ensure adequate escalation and reporting to line manager, compliance and risk management.

Governance:

• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• Take individual responsibility to ensure risk-taking is disciplined and focused.

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.
• Lead the Africa M&A Business to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders:

• Global & Regional Head of M&A
• M&A Management Team
• Industry Coverage teams
• Client Coverage teams
• Legal & Compliance

Other Responsibilities:

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Africa M&A Team. 

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE:

• Education:  Degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accountancy or equivalent

 Professional Qualifications:

• 10 years or more of relevant work experience in M&A or related business
• Client connectivity and prior transaction experience in Africa 

Key Skills:

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact with clients and all levels in the organisation 
• Strong technical and quantitative skills; superior understanding of and ability to guide and evaluate financial analysis 
• Strong work ethic, with ability to multi-task and work independently with minimal supervision 
• Sector expertise in Metals & Mining and/or Cleantech with prior experience with clients in Africa would be considered a plus

Role Specific Technical Competencies:

• Compliance – Governance, Oversight and Control
• Risk Management - Operational Business – Strategy and Model
• Business – Market Knowledge
• Strategy – Defining Strategy
• Strategy – Mergers and Acquisitions Management

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JOB SUMMARY

• Reporting to the Head of Resourcing, EMEA & America, the Head of Resourcing for Africa is accountable for managing the delivery of the end-to-end Resourcing process for all 15 countries across Africa, covering both operational and strategic Resourcing support for all employed workers (internal and external), local and cross border hires and transfers, ensuring all Resourcing activity is aligned to and effectively communicates the employer brand.
• Ensure the team is talent focused, cost effective, efficient and aligned to business needs.
• The role focus is split between the Operational Delivery team – the role holder will lead a team Resourcing Specialists - encouraging high performance behaviours to ensure delivery of recruitment targets at the right time, the right quality and the right price – whilst also assisting the relevant teams with Senior Hiring for the clusters. The role holder will also partner with the Country/Cluster Management Teams & HR Leadership Teams, providing insight and strategic input across the Resourcing spectrum.

Strategy

• Provide strategic, consultative Resourcing advice to Country/Cluster Management Teams & HR Leadership Teams, challenging their thinking and coaching them to consider their Resourcing needs from a broader and more future focused perspective (as well as short to medium term), facilitating the creation of high-level Resourcing plans and priorities.
• Translate Country/Cluster business objectives into high level Resourcing plans and strategies, closely aligning them to the broader group Resourcing and Talent agenda.
• Collaborate with other Resourcing Heads/Leads across the function (and as part of the management team for the region), to facilitate issue resolution, international moves and sharing of knowledge and expertise.
• Develop capacity plans in line with global models, monitoring workloads and managing internal and external overflow capacity within the country to achieve optimal deployment of internal resources and external vendors.

Business

• Pathological and infectious collaboration to build / develop strong, sustainable relationships with internal stakeholders, influencing key business managers to increase the profile of the Resourcing team / function, delivering a high degree of sponsorship, engagement and buy-in/understanding between the business and Resourcing, increasing awareness of Resourcing total service offering and hiring managers’ responsibilities, optimizing frontline delivery.
• Manage change to facilitate business readiness for new product implementation.
• Lead/Drive regional and actively participate in global resourcing initiatives and forums, as required.
• Build and develop strong, sustainable relationships with external stakeholders, promoting the Bank as an employer of choice to drive performance and recruitment of the right person, at the right time, at the right price.
• Senior point of escalation for all Africa countries. Working with the teams to identify and address the root cause of issues, providing advice and ensuring queries and issues are managed and resolved in a timely fashion.

People & Talent

• Build and manage a high performing team (currently 9 Resourcing Specialists) which benchmarks strongly in the internal and external market; attracting, developing, engaging, deploying and retaining the best talent, encouraging high performance behaviours.
• Champion team development, ensuring all team members are coached and achieve certification in the Resourcing Curriculum. Operate as a key subject matter expert in the development and delivery of curriculum material, as required.
• Build robust succession plans and move high potentials into larger, specialist, management or cross border development roles.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Proven experience of managing multi jurisdiction hiring across Africa and understanding how to support a team to navigate different local requirements.
• Ability to manage performance using data to drive results in driving positive outcomes for Resourcing metrics.
• Experience of managing, coaching and mentoring a remote team.
• Ideally would have been accountable for overseeing / managing process, risk, governance and audit activity across African countries.
• Ability to navigate a complex, global organisation and manage both local and global stakeholders.
• An advantage would be a track record of driving successful Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) hiring initiatives.
• Fantastic stakeholder management, the ability to understand business issues and partner with them to provide commercially focused outcomes.
• Ability to take ownership and work autonomously to make decisions