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Associate Director/Director Loan Syndicate, Africa

London
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Associate Director/Director Loan Syndicate, Africa

Loan Syndication & Portfolio Management Role

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

  • Ensure awareness and understanding of:
    • CIB’s and FM’s global strategy and objectives
    • Specific objectives and strategic priorities of Loan Syndicate and Syndicate & Portfolio Management
  • Independently lead syndication and structuring thoughts alongside origination teams.
  • Bookrunning of transactions while ensuring stakeholders are updated on the primary syndication process.

Business

  • Revenue: Help deliver Regional and Global TPI budget targets

  • Distribution:

    • Develop relationships with loan investor universe
    • Achieve primary and secondary distribution volume targets while maximizing skim income

  • Risk: Assist in reducing stick positions via sales and distribution across footprints

  • Compliance: Ensure no breaches of compliance standards

  • Assist senior directors in:

    • Reviewing structure, timing, pricing to market
    • Executing distribution strategies for syndicated loans

  • Provide pricing feedback to Global Banking teams as requested

  • Supply loan market intelligence to:

    • Contribute to underwriting decisions
    • Monitor underwriting risk

  • Manage team’s:

    • Market comps and transactional database with analytical outputs
    • Internal reporting presentations and loan market updates
    • External deal reporting for league tables

Processes

  • CAF Submissions: Provide syndication support to product partners
  • Secondary Spelldown:
    • Draft Term & Condition offer sheets (TA) per transaction specifics
    • Ensure accuracy with marketing info from Legal & Compliance
  • Underwriting Applications:
    • Assist with accurate, timely syndication strategy inputs
    • Adhere to Global Head, Financing Risk standard/formats (avoid delays)
  • Deal Ticket Submissions:
    • Timely, accurate input of secondary sales into deal ticket system
  • Client Presentations:
    • Assist origination teams with client pitchbooks or RFP responses
  • Internal Presentations:
    • Support preparation of performance review presentations
  • Investor Feedback Capturing:
    • Log response data in designated Excel sheets

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People & Talent

  • Culture & Values:
    • Set expectations and promote collaboration with risk/control partners
  • Process Improvement:
    • Champion shared best practices
  • Collaboration:
    • Work with Financing Risk team
    • Engage with internal RM/product teams

Risk Management

  • Oversee underwriting, syndication & distribution of loans
  • Limit stick positions
  • Ensure transactions comply with:
    • Group’s risk appetite
    • Reputational/credit risk standards (in conjunction with stakeholders)

Governance

  • Understand regulatory requirements for role and function
  • Ensure "effective governance" through:
    • Stakeholder collaboration
    • Willingness to interact openly with regulators
  • Responsible for escalating matters to:
    • Syndicate & Portfolio Committees
    • Senior risk/control/original stakeholders

Regulatory & Business Conduct

  • Exemplify Group Values & Code of Conduct
  • Embed ethics & compliance across the bank:
    • Adherence to laws, Group regulatory expectations
    • Support the Four Conduct Principles:
      • Fair Outcomes for Clients
      • Effective Financial Markets
      • Financial Crime Compliance
      • The Right Environment
  • Address, escalate, mitigate, resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters

Key Stakeholders

  • CIB Syndicate & Portfolio Management
  • Markets Sales, Structuring & Trading (Global)
  • Credit Portfolio Management
  • Client Coverage
  • Risk & Compliance
  • Bank & Institutional Investors
  • Clients/Borrowers

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Additional Responsibilities

  • Embed Standard Chartered’s brand & values in Global Credit Markets & CRE team
  • Perform tasks per Group/Country/Business/Function Policies

Technical & Professional Requirements

Skills & Experience

  • Client Experience & Preferences
  • Loan Underwriting
  • Industry Knowledge
  • Debt Origination
  • Partnership Management & Sales

Qualifications

  • Education: Degree level or equivalent professional qualification
  • Training: Mandatory risk/conduct compliance certification
  • Languages: Business-level English

About Standard Chartered

Our bank thrives by championing innovation, diversity and purpose, enabling others to build for prosperity. Employees are encouraged to:

  • Challenge the status quo while sharing responsibility
  • Foster an inclusive, values-driven culture where talent is celebrated

Recognised Behaviours

  • "Do the Right Thing": Clients, integrity and responsibility
  • "Never Settle": Continuous improvement
  • "Together We": Differentiation, collaboration and impact

Benefits & Support

Remuneration

  • Salary aligning with Fair Pay Charter
  • Structured benefits addressing:
    • Mental & physical wellbeing (digital wellness platforms, EAP support)
    • Financial security (retirement savings, voluntary schemes)
    • Personal growth (sabbaticals, volunteering leave, learning journeys)

Flexibility

  • Global minimum standards for annual leave plus Telecommuting arrangements
  • Wellbeing via:
    • Unmind (digital tool for resilience)
    • Resilience courses, Mental Health First-Aiders
  • Continuous learning investments:
    • Skills development (upskilling/reskilling)
    • Flexible, modular training
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Skills

Client Experience
Loan Underwriting
Debt Origination
Partnership Management
Sales

Location

London, England, United Kingdom

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