Standard Chartered

Executive Director, Transportation Finance


PayCompetitive
LocationLondon/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: 14221

      Job Summary

      • Focus on fee generation, advisory mandates and new strategies for key segments and client groups
      • Origination, structuring, coverage and execution of Transportation Finance transactions

      Key Responsibilities

      • Segments: In-depth assessment of transportation segments at a global level covering intermodal, offshore wind, railcars and other transition/green projects such as short sea, electric buses, river public transportation systems, etc. Develop a client focused strategy for these segments to generate a stable long-term revenue stream for the business.
      • Clients/ Partners: Create a strategy to collaborate and partner with financial sponsors, funds and private credit institutions. To evaluate and implement solutions such as advisory and financing for sponsors and funds’ clients for transportation assets, and access for our corporate clients to the private credit capital pool with joint commitments on direct lending.
      • Advisory: Originate, lead and execute fee mandates for transportation clients helping them optimise their deals and capital structure by obtaining the most suitable sources of financing and achieving the best structures and terms
      • Effectively use industry expertise, knowledge and professional network to develop and lead the strategies outlined
      • Lead in the preparation and presentation of strategy for support from key internal stakeholders and parallel engagement with clients
      • Complete and independent ownership of all aspects covering development of strategy, deal sourcing, evaluation and execution with a firm view on the constant trade-offs between new business, risk, return and capital deployment
      • Active role in origination, pitching, and execution of strategic/ financial/ debt advisory mandates
      • Client interface at CxO levels and ensuring that the engagement, services and quality of work meets the highest industry standards
      • Generate a consistent flow of high-quality pipeline opportunities across the transportation segment
      • Keeping abreast of key developments in transportation (transition, new fuels, carbon capture, etc) and working closely with internal stakeholders across sustainable finance and financial markets to actively spot and create client opportunities

      Our Ideal Candidate

      • Masters/ MBA/ CPA degree from a top tier university
      • Extensive work experience in a bank or financial institution preferably in corporate finance, shipping finance, aviation finance, structured finance and/or project finance.
      • Expertise on asset finance advisory, debt financing, operating and/or finance lease structures
      • Excellent knowledge of, work experience, and good network, within the Transportation industry is a must-have requirement
      • Good and proven understanding of sustainable finance and ESG trends in the Transportation industry
      • Strong demonstrated credentials in managing and executing large complex well-structured transactions and confidently dealing with C-suite management
      • Superior analytical aptitude, interpersonal/ communication and organisational skills
      • Leadership potential is highly valued and ability to supervise and mentor junior resources within the team
      • Strong work ethic, detail orientation, attention to detail and a passion for excellence
      • Ability to multitask and deliver under time pressure in a highly competitive and dynamic deal driven environment

      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.
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