Credit Strat Associate Director

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling business to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and ambitions.

We are looking for an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Credit Strat Associate Director.

The Credit Strat Associate Director. will partner with Product specialists across the regions – especially within CCM and Group Risk Analytics – to ensure models are optimized to serve the CMB franchise and structural market conditions in each region; and lead workstream(s) to drive the build of an industry leading credit platform within the Felis Wholesale Analytics Platform. This will include working in cross-functional teams to implement changes to the technology stack. Furthermore, you will help deliver a global program to build and utilise a set of tools that leverage capital models to optimize our business strategy and understand the risk profile at a deeper level. You will be required to deliver strong thought leadership and best-in-class credit analytics that will support the frontline in delivering ambitious revenue uplift targets, leverage capital models to optimize business strategy, and enable deeper understanding of the credit risk profile.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

Impact on the Business

• Through statistical profiling of disperse datasets representing inputs into the return on equity of the business identify opportunities to optimise one or more aspects of profitability metrics with a focus on product pricing
• Provide commercially driven thought leadership into the design and calibration of the relevant credit framework
• Partner with client facing teams in the design of capital & resource efficient products ensuring the tooling is available to monitor the performance of those products
• Support efforts to drive culture change across the organisation to embed quantitative tooling in to increasingly automated processes in asset classes that are becoming technology driven in the marketplace.

Customers / Stakeholders

• Liaise with relevant stakeholders within CCM, Group Risk Analytics; and wider stakeholders across the Global Businesses and Global Functions (e.g. IT, Wholesale Data, Treasury, Finance etc).
• Act as trusted advisors, partnering with stakeholders and providing constructive challenge.
• Contribute towards the Strats “hub organization” approach – sharing SME expertise / knowledge and connecting disparate teams.

Leadership & Teamwork

• Demonstrate strong communication and influencing skills across peers, management, and
• colleagues, locally and globally; identifying and removing barriers to change.
• Effective time-management and prioritization, with appropriate and timely escalation for support as required.
• Influence priorities of collaborating teams and stakeholders to ensure projects and initiatives are executed on plan.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects HSBC’s brand.
• Comfortable working in an agile environment.

Operational Effectiveness & Control

• Ensure projects adhere to HSBC’s Operational Effectiveness & Controls policies.
• Comply with all required internal policies and external rules or laws, considering all the relevant policies and rules applicable to any given business process.
• Ensure all team members are aware of their obligations regarding internal policies and external rules including those relevant to data access and control, money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions and other reputational risks.

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Broad-based banking experience in financial services with preference for those who have focused on credit, rates or cash management markets.
• Outstanding numeracy skills with hands on knowledge of coding languages e.g. Python, C++; and strong experience of core Quants software development.
• Strong commercial acumen and execution capabilities, with experience in a Strats / quant / analytics / data function.
• Experience with financial data and data analytics.
• Innovative problem-solving skills with the agility to think on their feet.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with experience of preparing and presenting recommendations to senior management and other stakeholders.
• The ability to be a team player, drive results and strong and collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders.

This is a hybrid role based in London.

Opening up a world of opportunity

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our recruitment processes are accessible to everyone - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.

We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

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