Associate Director, Infrastructure & Development Finance Group (IDFG), MENAP (Saudi Nationals Only)
Standard Chartered
Date: 3 weeks ago
City: Riyadh
Contract type: Full time
Job Summary
We are seeking a driven and analytical professional to join our Infrastructure & Development Finance Group (IDFG) team in Riyadh. The role will support the origination, structuring, and execution of complex infrastructure and project finance transactions across the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP) region, with a particular focus on the Saudi market.
The role holder will play an integral part in delivering advisory and financing solutions, managing end-to-end transaction execution, conducting detailed financial and market analysis, and ensuring compliance with internal and external standards.
Key Responsibilities
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
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
We are seeking a driven and analytical professional to join our Infrastructure & Development Finance Group (IDFG) team in Riyadh. The role will support the origination, structuring, and execution of complex infrastructure and project finance transactions across the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP) region, with a particular focus on the Saudi market.
The role holder will play an integral part in delivering advisory and financing solutions, managing end-to-end transaction execution, conducting detailed financial and market analysis, and ensuring compliance with internal and external standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Transaction Execution and Advisory Support
- Contribute to both origination and execution of IDFG advisory and debt arranging mandates from pitch to closing.
- Conduct detailed financial, credit, and market analysis, including due diligence and review of project documentation.
- Develop and assess financial models under various scenarios to support client decision-making.
- Prepare high-quality presentation materials, business memos, and credit applications for internal and client use.
- Lead on Saudi Arabia–based transactions, ensuring full compliance with local regulatory and market requirements.
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with client teams across Saudi institutions.
- Identify and develop new business opportunities within the Kingdom’s infrastructure and project finance sectors, in coordination with regional coverage teams.
- Serve as a liaison between the regional IDFG team and Saudi clients, ensuring alignment with the Bank’s strategic priorities.
- Support senior management in organizing client meetings, preparing briefings, and tracking follow-up actions.
- Maintain accurate management information on all Saudi-related IDFG activities, including pipeline status, deal flow, and revenue performance.
- Monitor trends and developments within the Saudi infrastructure and financing market.
- Provide timely insights and recommendations to inform origination strategies and client engagement plans.
- Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and relationship management abilities.
- Demonstrated resilience and ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong leadership and collaboration skills across multi-jurisdictional teams.
- Strategic thinking with the ability to identify and pursue new opportunities.
- Bachelor’s degree (minimum four years) from an accredited university in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- Experience in project or infrastructure finance, investment banking, or advisory within financial institutions.
- Proven experience supporting or Managing transactions in the Middle East region, preferably with exposure to the Saudi market.
- Excellent command of English; Arabic language skills are an advantage.
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
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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