Associate Strategist-(2300003065)

Job
:Retail Banking

Primary Location
:Asia-India-Mumbai

Schedule
:Full-time

Employee Status
:Permanent

Posting Date
:16/Feb/2024, 12:08:45 AM

Unposting Date
:Ongoing

Roles and Responsibility
Strategy
• Generating calls around Derivatives strategy (futures and options) across various time frames.
• The focus should be on giving spread strategies like Bull/Bear/Straddle/Strangle, covered calls and expiry strategies like out of the money options with at least 60% strike rates and positive yields.
• Study and understand the derivatives data and discuss the same in morning calls.
• Preparing market commentaries/strategy reports and take complete ownership for preparing and delivering the reports to end users.
• Identifying Trade Ideas for medium term.

Business
• Derivatives (Future and Options)– Ownership of all activities related to the Derivatives study like open positions, put call ratio, spreads etc. Strategizing future and option Index/stock recommendations, strategies around the option for different time frames clearly identifying the stop loss.
• Preparing market commentaries/reports – Preparing various market commentaries; Collating data for morning calls, morning note, post market dossier and weekly report; Participating in various calls; the morning memo is prepared and sent within the stipulated time; Lead the Morning Conference call on the Derivatives research part and ensure all the derivatives strategy reports are prepared and disseminated to end user.
• Trade Ideas –Making strategy and high conviction list based on secondary analysis along with writing strategy notes; Identify medium term momentum.

Processes
• Ensure service standards are met and maintained on a consistent basis throughout the year.
• Dissemination of relevant information up to the end users
• Ensure adherence to "Dos & Don'ts" norms
• Ensure adherence to statutory / regulatory and internal norms
• Adherence to all KYC, AML and other procedural requirements
• Adhere to Group Code of Conduct & other Company Policies
• Adhere to other Company Policies
• Ensure all legal matters are addressed / escalated appropriately to relevant authorities
• Adherence to Health and Safety guidelines
• Ensure Adherence to Branding Norms

People and Talent
• Knowledge of fundamental analytical tools.
• Prior experience in equity research and knowledge of multiple sectors.
• Good with excel and report writing skills

Risk Management
• Monitor all major risk issues and concentrations as far as portfolios are concerned.

Governance
• Promote an environment where compliance with internal control functions and the external regulatory framework is a central priority of the business

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 Greater China Credit Flow team 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.

Key Stakeholders
Internal
• Frontline of SCSI

External
• Clients onboarded by SCSI

Other Responsibilities
• N/A

Our Ideal Candidate
• Experience in the equity market preferably on Research, fund management and good writing skills like writing reports.
• Must possess knowledge on the risk-reward factor of the fundamental research and identifying the stocks accordingly.
• At least 3-5 years of experience in Equity Markets

Role Specific Technical Competencies
• Business – Market Knowledge
• Business – Products and Processes
• FM – Products – Bonds and Loans

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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