Head of Liquidity, HSBC Bank Plc (HBEU)

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 57 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.


We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Head of Liquidity, HSBC Bank Plc (HBEU).


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, you will:

• Direct and navigate the liquidity team for the non-ring fenced bank (“HBEU Solo”). This entity includes the non-ring-fenced bank in the UK, together with branches in CIIoM, Luxembourg, South Africa and Israel. It is a large and complex balance sheet; movements in which have a material impact on the Group’s consolidated liquidity metrics. You will also have responsibility for setting the strategy for liquidity management, ensuring the liquidity policy is effectively implemented, owning entity liquidity stress testing, and ultimately steering the entity’s liquidity to ensure safe, yet efficient, management of liquidity from a first line perspective.
• You will collaborate and partner with stakeholders across entities, functions and businesses to manage the end-to-end processes involved in liquidity management. This will include engagement with regulators, driving local forecasting, planning and overall liquidity steering. To enable this, you will need to work with those stakeholders to align existing practices, with a significant global book of work already underway.
• Critically the role will require a good understanding of the drivers of liquidity risk and how these elements relate to each other, constraining businesses in different ways, and in different circumstances. A solid understanding of the drivers of liquidity risk in the markets business is especially important for this role.
• You will direct a team based in London and India, and will require strong communication skills to lead that team, and ensure connectivity with regional and global colleagues. You will need to be able to interact and communicate confidently with senior stakeholders, including the HBEU CFO and members of the HBEU ALCO, Risk Committee and Board.
• Be responsible for executing liquidity optimisation activity taking into account the different liquidity drivers and constraints whilst considering other potential impacts on the balance sheet and business activity. You will be ideally positioned to identify opportunities and share them to other parts of the bank where those ideas can be of additional value.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Experience of working within a large matrix bank at a senior strategic level within liquidity.
• Demonstrable experience of liquidity management and liquidity risk.
• Experience of strategically directing the end-to-end processes involved in liquidity management.
• Varied broad-based banking experience in financial services including a deep understanding of a range of treasury topics, including specific liquidity experience and a solid understanding of drivers of liquidity risk in markets businesses.
• Experience of directing, engaging, motivating and leading a team globally.
• Collaborative, engaging, credible and methodical; being able to bring the numbers, policy, strategy, initiatives and narrative to life (e.g. presenting management information to a wide range of stakeholders/ senior management).
• Experience of building and maintaining strong relationships with senior stakeholders (all levels of seniority, businesses, and geographies).

The base location for this role will be London and with a hybrid working pattern.


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 - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. 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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Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com
Telephone: +44 207 832 8500