Senior Manager, Deal Advisory & Research COE

Job Summary

•    Accountable for driving execution for global M&A and Capital Markets transactions over multiple geographies 
•    The post requires solid corporate finance, valuation, and execution competencies, with the capability to prepare high-quality financial models, pitchbooks, sector analyses, and transaction documentation
•    Work in close collaboration with M&A Advisory teams throughout core sectors such as (Oil, Gas & Chemicals, Metals & Mining, Diversified Industries, Clean Tech & Environment, etc) in origination and execution of transactions.
•    This position is critical in equipping seamless execution with deal teams in main markets such as UK, Singapore, UAE, India.
•    The job offers full exposure to the investment banking advisory business and the successful person will have the chance to gain significant expertise on cross-border deals
•    Job requires being open to working in shift rotations to support multiple time zones and working days (Singapore, UAE, UK)

Key Responsibilities

•    Develop detailed financial models (covering DCF, LBO etc.) to value companies, evaluate performance under different operating scenarios and to analyse the impacts of different capital structures and potential M&A transactions or capital market transactions;
•    Carry out industry and market research, covering macro trends, competitive benchmarking, and sector deep dives
•    Prepare presentation materials for use in client meetings, covering topics such as strategic alternatives, M&A execution, capital markets activity and general corporate finance;
•    Participate in the origination and execution of transactions among them due diligence and drafting of documents;
•    Lead drafting of marketing and transaction materials together with Directors/Senior leadership;
•    Guarantee seamless execution and pipeline development over key markets
•    Collaborate efforts with deal team members over the Bank; and
•    Day to day project management and execution on live transactions
•    Ensure delivery excellence under tight deadlines while working throughout global time zones.

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, covering regulatory and business conduct, spanning Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and guaranteeing compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Successfully and collaboratively recognise, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Main stakeholders
Internal stakeholders

Other Responsibilities

•    Excel / Financial Modelling
•    Valuation Techniques: Trading comparables, transaction comps, precedent analysis, NAV/SOTP.
•    Accounting Know-how / Financial statement analysis
•    Prior M&A / investment banking / Corporate Finance experience
•    Stakeholder management

Abilities and Experience

•    3+ years of background in investment banking, M&A advisory, corporate finance, or transaction advisory.
•    Robust corporate finance and accounting foundation with hands-on track record in financial modelling and valuation
•    Strong PowerPoint and Excel competencies with a proven capability to create customer-ready outputs
•    Experience with a range of MDS tools such as Bloomberg, Capital IQ, Market, Wood Mackenzie, etc
•    Capability to oversee multiple workstreams, prioritize under pressure, and produce within deadlines.
•    Sound written and verbal communication; Attention to detail; capable of partnering with senior stakeholders over geographies.
•    Attention to detail, first-rate documentation capabilities and high level of ownership on deliverables.
•    Robust problem-solving abilities and capacity to proactively pinpoint prospects and drive results
•    Possession of jurisdiction-specific regulatory certifications (e.g., UK FCA-approved exams, Singapore MAS licensing) would be desirable for cross-border transaction work

Qualifications

•    EDUCATION: MBA, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, CFA, MASTERS IN FINANCE
•    CERTIFICATIONS: CA, CFA, FRM 

Position Specific Technical Competencies

•    Financial Modelling and Accounting
•    MS Office (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
•    Market Data Services (Bloomberg / Capital IQ / Mergermarket)
•    Industry Research
•    Due Diligence
•    Problem Solving 

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 prospects 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 partner 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 upgrade 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 develop 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 covering 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 abilities, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your expansion, with openings 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, spanning our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.