Director, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance

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Requisition Number: 58302

Job Location: Mumbai, IND

Global Grade: Band 5

Work Type: Office Working

Employment Type: Permanent

Posting Start Date: 16/07/2026

Posting End Date: 21/08/2026

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Key Responsibilities

Strategy

Support the overall LAF strategy providing value-added input to LAF seniors

Analyse opportunities to ensure that transactions are in alignment with the strategy

Business

Assist LAF seniors in opportunity identification, origination and execution of all LAF transactions.

Assist in up-tiering SCB’s market presence in the region

Prepare and present of information memoranda and BCAs as required

Carry out commercial due diligence

Manage and review the work of third-party due diligence providers (e.g. financial and legal)

Lead/ manage smaller transactions independently

Processes

Manage business and risk management process issues by interacting (where required) with representatives on various risk, governance and control committees

Assume responsibility as the first line of defence in Compliance with regards to deal execution

Actively support origination in the region working in conjunction with client coverage teams to generate ideas and pitch to clients

Build effective working relationships with key internal stakeholders

People & Talent

Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values

Risk Management

Ensure compliance with country-level Portfolio Standards, Underwriting Standards, PPGs

Proactively advise and monitor all major risk issues and concentrations. Where appropriate, direct remedial action and/ or ensure adequate escalation and reporting to the Board and its Risk Committees

Governance

Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.

Take individual responsibility to ensure risk-taking is disciplined.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.

Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Lead the India LAF Team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles

Key Stakeholders

Clients of the Bank

Client Coverage teams

Managing Directors / Executive Directors LAF

Regional Head LAF and Global Head LAF

Other product teams within GCM

Key infrastructure functions: Credit, Legal and Compliance

Other Responsibilities

Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in India LAF Team

Management of Internal and external stakeholders

Sourcing and executing transactions

Skills and Experience

Attributes

Strong market / product knowledge

Strong inter-personal skills

Self-starter & ability to think laterally

Market presence both with clients & competitors

Judgement / Complexity

Analytical ability

Lateral thinking

Negotiating skills

Communication skills

Relationship building

Spot Opportunities and prospecting

Solve Problems

Take the Lead

Collaborate

Communicate

Achieve Results

Risk Management and internal controls including Conduct

People Management

Business – product and market knowledge

Business – financial modelling

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or master’s degree

Professional Qualification:

Training Product knowledge, communication skills, analytical skills

Languages English

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, 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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