Job Description

The Role Responsibilities

• This position is for an Associate Director with an advanced degree in a quantitative discipline; requires experience and proficiency in areas of statistics, applied mathematics, SAS programming language and a good understanding of retail banking / small business lending businesses.
• The individual will use these skills in the development of IRB, IFRS9, Stress Testing, Credit Scoring and other risk models for Retail / Small Business.
• In addition, the individual might be required to support other risk analytics related to Retail / Small business.

Our Ideal Candidate

• Bachelors / Advanced (Masters or higher) Degree in Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Economics, Engineering or other quantitative discipline.
• Good understanding of retail banking / small business / consumer finance products and business life cycles (e.g., sales, underwriting, portfolio management, marketing, collections...)
• Experience in quantitative analysis & statistical modeling in credit risk / marketing /portfolio strategy for retail banking / small business / consumer finance portfolios
• Proficient statistical programming skills in SAS (preferred) or similar, strong analytical skills and understanding of quantitative and statistical analysis.
• Hands-on experience in mining data and understanding data patterns.
• Demonstrated proficiency in scorecard development is a plus.
• Experience in directly interacting with Business and exposure to international markets will be a plus.

Competencies

• Analytical / Strategic / Conceptual thinking
• Ability multi-task between executing a project hands-on along with guiding/overseeing Associate Managers
• Attention to detail.
• Problem solving
• Verbal/Written communication
• Presentation skills
• Self-driven, highly motivated, organized and methodical

Role Specific Competencies

• Modelling
• SAS
• Communication

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.
• Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you\'ve applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.

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