Market Risk Manager (m/f/d)

With around US$3 trillion in assets and operations in 62 countries, HSBC Group is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organisations. With more than 226,000 colleagues, we support 39 million customers every day. In Europe, our ambition is to become the leading international bank, and we need talent like you to help us achieve our goals. Looking for a new professional adventure that will help you grow to your full potential? Explore our job opportunities today.

Here in Europe, you’ll help grow our business.

Are you curious, detail-oriented, and do you enjoy working in a dynamic, international environment?
Do you have an entrepreneurial mindset and excellent communication skills?
Are you interested in financial markets, ready to work in a fast-changing environment, and keen to collaborate across functions?

What you’ll do

The successful candidate will work as the second line of defence for market risk across Continental Europe.

In practice, you will:

• Set risk limits aligned with the bank’s strategy and risk appetite.
• Monitor activity with Front Office teams across rates, credit, and equity markets; perform detailed risk analysis and challenge the business on positions.
• Review new products and non-standard transactions to ensure risks are appropriately controlled.
• Identify and analyse significant positions and communicate to senior management to support effective decision-making.
• Define stress test scenarios that could lead to significant losses and calculate impacts.
• Contribute to implementing changes related to regulatory capital topics.

Apply if you match these skills

• Master’s degree (Bac +5) – Engineering school or equivalent university degree, with strong theoretical skills in quantitative finance.
• First significant experience in market risk management.
• Dynamic, autonomous, curious, and proactive.
• Ability to work as part of a team in a fast-changing environment, with proven ability to manage multiple deliverables at once.
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills.

Even if you don’t meet 100% of the criteria, we encourage you to apply if you believe the role is right for you.

Why join HSBC?

HSBC is recognised for its working environment and also offers other opportunities and benefits.

HSBC has been certified “Top Employer 2024” in Europe. This recognition from the Top Employers Institute rewards our HR practices and recognises us as an HR leader in France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, and Spain. HSBC in France has also been certified LinkedIn Top Employer 2024 (banking and finance sector), recognising the quality of our working environment in France.

Creating an inclusive environment for our colleagues also means supporting a healthy work–life balance:

• Autonomy and flexibility, including through our remote working agreement
• A dynamic career development policy through development programmes, mentoring, coaching, and a high-quality training offer delivered by our HSBC University, including dedicated leadership development pathways for managers
• Access to initiatives supporting your physical and psychological wellbeing (yoga sessions, sophrology, mindfulness, etc.)
• International opportunities, as this role can be a starting point enabling you to potentially move anywhere we have offices
• A working environment that promotes Diversity & Inclusion and enables you to be yourself in a supportive atmosphere

Our financial benefits may include:

• A company savings plan and a collective retirement savings plan, with significant employer contribution
• Meal vouchers card or access to a company restaurant depending on your location
• A time savings account (Compte Épargne Temps)

We also offer benefits that support your family, such as:

• Partial reimbursement of childcare costs
• A birth bonus
• An allowance for parents of children with disabilities

Your personal data, collected by HSBC as part of processing your application, will be used in accordance with our Privacy Statement (available on our website).

More information about our opportunities and career prospects is available at www.hsbc.com/careers.