Standard Chartered India | Manager, Deal Advisory & Research COE

Responsibilities

• The role requires strong corporate finance, valuation, and analytical skills, with the ability to prepare high-quality financial models, pitchbooks, sector analyses, and thematic research papers.
• Perform industry and market research, covering macro trends, competitive benchmarking, and sector deep dives.
• Develop sector outlooks, thematic research, company analyses, and market insights that enable informed business and client decisions.
• Provide client intelligence, executive briefing materials, and strategic research to support client engagement and business development activities.
• Build detailed financial models (like DCF etc.) to value companies, evaluate performance under various operating scenarios and to analyse the impacts of different capital structures.
• Prepare executive briefing notes, company profiles, sector updates, and thematic research while maintaining sector knowledge repositories.
• Develop high-quality presentations, sector pitchbooks, thought leadership content, and management reports for senior stakeholders.
• Maintain knowledge repositories and contribute to continuous improvement of research methodologies, reporting standards, and content delivery practices.
• Deliver market intelligence, sector research, and business insights that support strategic decision-making, client engagement, and business development initiatives across Coverage Banking.
• Contribute towards sector-focused research, market analysis, industry outlooks, and competitive intelligence across key sectors and client segments.
• Deliver high-quality analytics, research content, and business insights that enhance stakeholder decision-making and support client engagement.
• Translate complex market, industry, and company information into clear, commercially relevant recommendations and insights.

Requirements

• Knowledge / Financial statement analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Office suite skills; Proficient with Bloomberg, S&P / Capital IQ, LSEG, Mergermarket and/or other platforms/databases.
• Superior analytical aptitude and creative problem-solving abilities.
• Prior research experience within banking, financial services, consulting, or market intelligence environment is preferred.
• Strong corporate finance and accounting foundation, with experience in financial modelling, DCF valuation, and financial statement analysis.
• Experience using market data and research platforms such as Bloomberg, Capital IQ, LSEG Workspace, Wood Mackenzie, and similar tools.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to create client-ready presentations and insights.
• Strong ability to synthesise complex, multi-source data into clear and relevant insights.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to proactively identify opportunities and drive results
• Demonstrated ability to leverage AI-enabled tools responsibly and ethically to enhance research, analysis, and productivity.

Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered is an international banking group headquartered in London, with a strong focus on Asia, Africa and the Middle East. It was formed in 1969 through the merger of Standard Bank and The Chartered Bank.

Its Indian global business services centres hire finance professionals for financial control, stress testing, regulatory reporting, tax and risk roles.

• Industry: Banking and financial services
• Headquarters: London, UK
• In India: Present in India for over 150 years, with global business services centres in Bengaluru and Chennai