Standard Chartered—Senior Analyst - GLS

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Description: Job Summary Our Technology & Operations (T&O) team is the powerhouse for the Bank. We aim to go further, faster, to ensure we're agile and ready for tomorrow, today. Our diverse network enables us to innovate and build banking solutions that support communities to prosper. We're a place where talented people are encouraged to grow, learn, and thrive, to drive their own career journeys, to reach their full potential.  When you work with us, you’re protecting the reputation and legacy of a 170-year organisation and building on it. We’re driven by progress and continuously evolving to ensure we’re agile and ready for tomorrow, today. ​  Our Operations team is responsible for ensuring that the Bank operates with seamless execution, settles a variety of complex financial transactions through data driven decisions, process simplification and automation and by ensuring our internal and external stakeholders needs are met. You will be supported as you begin or continue building your career through a structured, hands-on development experience. During this journey, you will have opportunities to connect with peers, business stakeholders and senior leaders across the Group, helping you build meaningful networks that can support your career growth. Our learning approach is designed to help you develop the technical, business and interpersonal skills needed to succeed in Operations. Through real-world exposure, structured training and on-the-job learning, you will gain practical experience while building a strong foundation for a career in financial services operations. Future skills development is a key priority for the Bank. By investing in early-career talent, we are committed to developing professionals who can contribute to better ways of working and support the future of banking. Successful candidates will go through a learning and development journey before being placed into operational roles. During this time, we will invest in helping you build the skills, capabilities and confidence needed to succeed in a career in Operations. In this supportive learning environment, we will: - Provide you with domain knowledge of our products, processes and key technical skills relevant to becoming a successful Operations professional. - Support your development through structured training, business orientation and hands-on experience. - Provide opportunities for you to engage with senior leaders, share ideas and demonstrate your problem-solving skills. - Assign a mentor or support network to guide you and act as a sounding board throughout your journey. - Help you build relationships across teams, as we recognise that a strong professional network is an important asset throughout your career. Over a period of 12 months, you’ll experience an incredible and varied global learning experience, which will include: - - 2 team rotations (Fund Accounting, Transfer Agency & Fiduciaries) - Comprehensive induction programme - Future skills development workshops - Senior leadership networking opportunities - Global team projects and innovations - Real-life business case studies problem solving and more. Preferred skills and experience We welcome candidates who are early in their career journey and have a genuine interest in banking operations, securities services, fund services, custody, fiduciary services or financial markets. - Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, economics or any related disciplines is preferred. - Candidates with internship, project or working exposure in banking, financial institutions, fund accounting, operations, reconciliation, settlements, corporate actions or related finance functions will have an added advantage - Exhibits curiosity, resilience and commitment to continuous improvement. - Demonstrate analytical and critical skills with a structured approach to problem-solving. - Effective communication skills in English (both written & verbal). - Ability to build effective relationships and collaborate across diverse teams. - ⁠Results oriented, attention to detail, and good research abilities. - Team players who are agile, flexible, able to multi-task and are passionate about the world of finance. - ⁠Proficient use of MS Office including MS Excel, PowerPoint & Word. - Candidates with basic understanding of banking operation (custody & fund services) will be an added advantage. - Proactive in community engagement, (e.g volunteering) is preferable. Key Competencies • Multifonds Accounting System • Fund Accounting knowledge/experiences • Banking/Finance/Audit • MS Office Tools 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.