Director, Corporate Development

Job ID: 42968

Location: London, GB

Area of interest: Audit, Accounting & Finance

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 31 Oct 2025

JOB SUMMARY

• Team is responsible for the acquisition and disposal of businesses, new investments and management of portfolio of strategic equity investments.
• Executing transactions in line with the enterprise risk framework including (a) evaluation and preliminary assessment; (b) process/project management; (c) negotiation, signing and internal approval.
• Managing approvals in line with the Group Delegated Authorities Manual, which specifies, based on a value threshold, whether a corporate investment can be approved by an executive, by the Court of Standard Chartered Bank or by the Board of Standard Chartered PLC.
• Work closely with Global Business

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review transaction opportunities aligned with the strategic agenda of the Group:

• Deep understanding of the strategic ambitions and challenges of the Group and each Business.

• Establish a vision: proactively seek opportunities to pursue the growth agenda of the Group.

• Engage in an active dialogue to anticipate solutions to the growth agenda and challenges the bank faces in its various markets.

• External focus: maintain close relationships with potential partners and competitors to understand best practice and strategic aspirations

• Oversee the analysis and presentation of the evaluation of transaction opportunities:

• Strong corporate finance skill-set in financial modelling, structuring, deal negotiation and project management.

• To lead, inspire and motivate the team ensuring that each individual achieves their potential and that the team delivers its collective agenda.

• Responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating operational risks to the Group relevant to Corporate Development
• Responsible for delivering 'effective governance'; capability to challenge fellow executives effectively; and willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Understanding of banking sector corporate finance principles (M&A, investments, strategic alliances, joint ventures, etc)
• High numeracy with experience of designing and interpreting complex financial models and valuation analyses.
• Ability to motivate and develop junior team-members.
• Conscientiousness with high attention to detail.
• Positive contributor to team in terms of ideas and knowledge.
• Proven experience on similar position will be an asset

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.