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If you’re looking for a career with purpose and want to work for a bank making a difference
A bank like no other
We connect markets, clients and ideas. It’s where over 83,000 people come together with ambition and a strong sense of accountability – to take action and make good things happen for each other, our clients and our communities. When you work with us, you can expect to be challenged and supported, while helping to build the new economies in trade, innovation and sustainability that will change the world for good. We’re a truly global bank watch our video to hear some of our colleagues say hello in their native language!
Early careers
Join one of our early careers programmes and you won’t be seen as a number. You’ll be seen as a future leader with the potential to change not just the future of banking, but the future of the world. With the support, autonomy and opportunity to make an impact in international markets, you’ll work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and learn directly from senior leaders.
Experienced professionals
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. And we’re on a journey to innovate and transform, with the employee experience at the heart of our evolution. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better.
To quote our Chairman, we’re a ‘Bank with a soul’.
It’s an attitude that explains our approach to everything we do, from our commitment to sustainable growth, to how we communicate with our clients and colleagues to our rich 170-year heritage.
At Standard Chartered, we’re building a future we can all be proud of
We’re committed to sustainable growth everywhere we operate across our unique footprint. We set long-term ambitions for the places we call home, connecting the world’s most dynamic markets to help people and businesses thrive and grow and we innovate and disrupt with purpose.
We’re driving commerce and prosperity
- We offer banking services that help people and companies to succeed, creating wealth and growth across our markets
- Our heritage spans 170 years in some of the world’s most dynamic regions
- Our 83,000 employees work across 52 markets
- We’re listed on the London and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges, as well as the Bombay and National Stock Exchanges in India.
Our purpose is aspirational but grounded in reality
To have a purpose is not enough, you have to be your purpose. We’re committed to driving prosperity and have big ambitions to support global trade and investment and help companies and customers. To grow and create wealth and play our part in creating a more sustainable world, and provide our customers and communities with the opportunity to grow financially, while also improving their wellbeing and quality of life, across our unique footprint in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
Our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise – here for good.
This means we can offer unrivalled opportunities to work with people from many different cultures and backgrounds, and build relationships and partnerships on a global stage. We believe this diversity sets us apart. It allows us to listen to new ideas, challenge each other’s viewpoints, unlock innovation and help us all to reach our full potential.
To put this in simple terms, our purpose and valued behaviours matter to 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.
They were defined by all of us, they shape our culture and reflect what we expect of ourselves and each other. When you work with us, you’ll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Experienced Professionals
We’re on a journey to innovate and transform, with the employee experience at the heart of our evolution. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow
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