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Get Access To All JobsRequisition Number: 55575
Job Location: New York, USA
Global Grade: Band 4
Work Type: Hybrid Working
Employment Type: Permanent
Posting Start Date: 15/06/2026
Posting End Date: 16/08/2026
Key Responsibilities
Business:
- Lead transactor in the origination, structuring and execution of customized solutions for clients in the Americas region; identify cross-selling opportunities for other product partners.
- Formulate and prepare financial models, credit memos to support contemplated transactions primarily related to CRE, Data Centers and corporate/investment grade acquisitions and syndicated facilities.
- Support wider CRE team, regional/global head, in the execution of transactions through working closely with Client Coverage and various support function such as Specialised Financing Risk, Credit, Operations, LDU (Loan Documentation Unit), LPU (Loan Processing Unit), CRC (Credit Risk Control), Legal and Compliance etc.
- Assume accountability for credit risk of clients and ensuring a continuous dialogue with relationship bankers (GAMs & FAMs), and relevant support areas to ensure that they are monitored and controlled.
- Ensure that business conforms to the relevant product Credit Underwriting Standards (“CRE CUP”), Product Program Governance (“PPG”), and all other bank policies and procedures.
Processes:
- Ensure deals are properly screened and selected in line with the Bank’s strategy and risk appetite.
- Provide oversight of portfolio risks through the account monitoring and escalate to line manager where necessary.
- Manage internal processes (e.g., RCAF, PSR, BCA, Deal Check List and among others).
People & Talent:
- Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values.
- Set appropriate tone and expectations from the team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
- Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people and ensure that holders of all staff are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.
Risk Management:
- Comply with the risk management processes in place. This includes (but not limited to) compliance with country-level Portfolio Standards, Underwriting Standards, Credit Underwriting Principles (‘CUP’), PPGs.
- Monitor client activity (internally and externally through media) for any adverse news.
- Communicate and escalate (where necessary) of gaps in systems, control, and procedures are in place to relevant functions or line manager.
Governance:
- Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
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.
Skills and Experience
- Business: Market knowledge
- Origination: Financial risk management
- Origination: Prospecting
- Origination: Understanding customer needs
- Risk management & internal controls
Qualifications
Education:
- Degree or post graduate qualified
Training:
- 7-10+ years of prior relevant experience in investment bank with track record is desirable.
- Strong analytical and communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure in team environment and on self-directed basis.
- Strong work ethic and attention to details.
Certifications:
- Strong Excel skills required.
Languages:
- Proficiency in English, written and spoken.
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.
Recruitment Assessments
Expected annual base pay range for the role is 275,000 USD to 380,000 USD. The final offer will be determined on an individualised basis using a number of variables, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience and education, internal relativity, and specific work location. At Standard Chartered Bank, Base pay is only part of the total compensation package. Discretionary variable pay and a range of attractive bank sponsored benefit programs are available and designed to foster employee overall health and well-being including, but not limited to, a best in class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations.
Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.
Requisition Number: 55575
Job Location: New York, USA
Global Grade: Band 4
Work Type: Hybrid Working
Employment Type: Permanent
Posting Start Date: 15/06/2026
Posting End Date: 16/08/2026
Key Responsibilities
Business:
- Lead transactor in the origination, structuring and execution of customized solutions for clients in the Americas region; identify cross-selling opportunities for other product partners.
- Formulate and prepare financial models, credit memos to support contemplated transactions primarily related to CRE, Data Centers and corporate/investment grade acquisitions and syndicated facilities.
- Support wider CRE team, regional/global head, in the execution of transactions through working closely with Client Coverage and various support function such as Specialised Financing Risk, Credit, Operations, LDU (Loan Documentation Unit), LPU (Loan Processing Unit), CRC (Credit Risk Control), Legal and Compliance etc.
- Assume accountability for credit risk of clients and ensuring a continuous dialogue with relationship bankers (GAMs & FAMs), and relevant support areas to ensure that they are monitored and controlled.
- Ensure that business conforms to the relevant product Credit Underwriting Standards (“CRE CUP”), Product Program Governance (“PPG”), and all other bank policies and procedures.
Processes:
- Ensure deals are properly screened and selected in line with the Bank’s strategy and risk appetite.
- Provide oversight of portfolio risks through the account monitoring and escalate to line manager where necessary.
- Manage internal processes (e.g., RCAF, PSR, BCA, Deal Check List and among others).
People & Talent:
- Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values.
- Set appropriate tone and expectations from the team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
- Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people and ensure that holders of all staff are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.
Risk Management:
- Comply with the risk management processes in place. This includes (but not limited to) compliance with country-level Portfolio Standards, Underwriting Standards, Credit Underwriting Principles (‘CUP’), PPGs.
- Monitor client activity (internally and externally through media) for any adverse news.
- Communicate and escalate (where necessary) of gaps in systems, control, and procedures are in place to relevant functions or line manager.
Governance:
- Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
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.
Skills and Experience
- Business: Market knowledge
- Origination: Financial risk management
- Origination: Prospecting
- Origination: Understanding customer needs
- Risk management & internal controls
Qualifications
Education:
- Degree or post graduate qualified
Training:
- 7-10+ years of prior relevant experience in investment bank with track record is desirable.
- Strong analytical and communication skills.
- Ability to work under pressure in team environment and on self-directed basis.
- Strong work ethic and attention to details.
Certifications:
- Strong Excel skills required.
Languages:
- Proficiency in English, written and spoken.
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.
Recruitment Assessments
Expected annual base pay range for the role is 275,000 USD to 380,000 USD. The final offer will be determined on an individualised basis using a number of variables, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience and education, internal relativity, and specific work location. At Standard Chartered Bank, Base pay is only part of the total compensation package. Discretionary variable pay and a range of attractive bank sponsored benefit programs are available and designed to foster employee overall health and well-being including, but not limited to, a best in class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations.
Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Commercial Real Estate Jobs
Target firms with a CBRE, JLL, or Cushman & Wakefield footprint
Large institutional brokerages and REITs file H-1B petitions consistently. Their in-house immigration teams make the process faster and less uncertain than smaller regional firms that may be sponsoring for the first time.
Position your role as analytically specialized, not generalist
USCIS scrutinizes commercial real estate roles for specialty occupation status. Framing your position around financial modeling, market analysis, or portfolio valuation strengthens the case that a specific degree is theoretically and practically required.
A finance or real estate degree matters more here than in most fields
Because CRE roles sit in a gray zone for specialty occupation, your degree field is under closer review. A bachelor's in real estate, finance, or economics gives USCIS a cleaner connection between your qualifications and the job duties.
Start the H-1B conversation before you receive a written offer
Ask about sponsorship willingness during later interview rounds, not after you have the offer. Some firms sponsor selectively by role level or business line, and knowing early prevents wasted time on both sides.
Firms with active foreign investment arms sponsor more reliably
Companies managing cross-border capital, overseas investors, or international clients have structural reasons to hire internationally. They're more likely to view sponsorship as routine rather than a one-off exception requiring internal approval.
Browse Migrate Mate to identify which employers are actively open to sponsoring
Migrate Mate filters commercial real estate roles by sponsorship willingness, saving hours of guesswork. Applying directly to firms already listed there puts you in front of employers who have signaled openness to visa support.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does commercial real estate qualify as a specialty occupation for the H-1B?
It can, but it requires careful framing. USCIS has issued RFEs on CRE roles where the job description is broad or where the employer can't show a degree is routinely required for the position. Roles centered on financial analysis, valuation, or investment underwriting hold up better than generalist brokerage or leasing positions. Your employer's attorney will need to build a strong specialty occupation argument.
What degree do I need to get sponsored for a commercial real estate role?
A bachelor's degree in real estate, finance, economics, or business is the most defensible foundation. Some employers have successfully sponsored candidates with accounting or urban planning degrees when the job duties aligned closely. A general business degree with no clear connection to the specific role can trigger additional scrutiny. The tighter the match between your degree field and your day-to-day responsibilities, the stronger the petition.
Which types of commercial real estate employers sponsor H-1B visas most often?
Large institutional players, including REITs, private equity real estate firms, and global brokerage houses, sponsor most frequently. Asset management divisions that handle pension fund or sovereign wealth capital are especially active. Smaller regional brokerages rarely sponsor because they lack the legal infrastructure and internal precedent. Development companies with active foreign capital partnerships are another reliable segment. Browse Migrate Mate to find employers already open to sponsorship in this space.
How does the H-1B lottery affect commercial real estate job seekers?
The annual H-1B lottery selects roughly 20 to 25 percent of registrations. For CRE candidates, the lottery risk means some employers prefer to wait until after selection before extending offers, which compresses the hiring timeline significantly. Australian citizens can sidestep the lottery entirely through the E-3 visa. Candidates already in the U.S. on OPT or STEM OPT can work while waiting for lottery results, which makes them more attractive to sponsoring employers.
Can I get sponsored for a commercial real estate role at the analyst level, or only senior positions?
Analyst-level sponsorship is possible, but less common. Some large firms routinely sponsor junior analysts hired from MBA programs at target schools. The specialty occupation threshold doesn't require seniority, but the role description must still show that a specific degree is required. Entry-level roles framed around data analysis, financial modeling, or market research are stronger candidates for approval than roles described primarily around relationship management or deal sourcing.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Commercial Real Estate jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.