HSBC - Global Banking Graduate Programme

On our competitively paid two-year graduate programme, you will work towards a successful career in either Corporate Banking, Investment Banking or Global Liquidity and Cash Management.

What you can expect

Our Global Banking business is one of the largest investment banking businesses of its kind. We offer 24-hour coverage of local markets and provide a full range of banking services to our clients. You can expect to work on exciting projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and interact with clients and colleagues from around the world. Whether you choose Corporate Banking, Investment Banking or Global Liquidity and Cash Management you will be able to explore innovative solutions for our clients.

Global Banking manages HSBC’s largest clients and delivers comprehensive solutions to complex strategic and capital market challenges. You will trade ideas and strategies, and interact with a broad range of clients, from multinational corporates to private equity firms. It’s a career choice that requires dedication, but one that will give you many rewards in return.

What you will do

You will stretch your own capabilities, challenge the status quo, strive to take your learning to the next level and improve services for our clients. Over your two-year programme, you will gain a good sense of where your skills fit best in either Corporate Banking, Investment Banking or Global Liquidity and Cash Management and how these businesses collaborate together.

In Corporate Banking, you will gain first-hand experience of how our relationship managers, working closely with our product specialists, create innovative solutions to meet the banking needs of our largest corporate and institutional clients. You will have the opportunity to understand how we build sustainable trusted relationships with our clients, gain a great overview of the breadth of products HSBC can offer and see how we respond to our clients’ need by deploying these products into tailored solutions across multiple countries. You will learn how we can incorporate ESG into our client solutions, ranging from sustainable supply chains to raising green bond. You will also see how we help the Bank manage the risk inherent in our business ranging from credit, reputational to financial crime.

In Investment Banking, you will have the opportunity to work closely with clients to understand their long-term strategic goals and needs. As part of the deal team, you will be delivering tailored financial and advisory solutions designed to meet the specific needs of our client whether it is a corporate, financial institution or a public-sector entity. You could be responsible for financial statement analysis, developing valuation and debt models, preparing client pitches and looking after the execution of our mandates. It’s a fast-paced and dynamic environment that requires a thirst for knowledge, commitment to excellence with an international perspective. You will quickly gain experience and seniority to be able to participate to the commercial objectives of the relevant business lines. You will be fully part of the team and become responsible for various tasks to contribute to the team objectives. You will be able to develop a number of skills, including technical ones but also commercial and client capabilities. You will have the opportunity to get exposure to senior people whilst enjoying the experience of having a class of people in your year supporting you in your everyday job.

Whether you are involved in Capital Markets (Debt Capital Markets, Equity Capital Markets, Leveraged & Acquisition Finance), Lending & Portfolio Management (Real Assets & Structured Finance) or Advisory and Investment Banking Coverage (Corporates, Financial Institutions Group, Financial Sponsors Group, Real Assets Group and M&A), Investment Banking offers you the opportunity to make a real impact.

Within Global Liquidity and Cash Management, you will learn how treasury functions look to optimise capital management, manage their surplus cash, optimise interest earnings, and manage global payables, receivables and everything in between. We will give you responsibility from day one, encouraging you to drive new internal initiatives, present to colleagues and clients, and work with our colleagues across the globe. We enable clients to make payments, receive funds and have visibility of their cash balances across the world, ultimately supporting their growth by helping them make smarter business decisions. You will quickly become a part of the team and will build expertise in product development, business management, risk management, and sales, working alongside senior leaders and peers who are always willing to support you.

Whether you know where you want your career to take you or not, Global Liquidity and Cash Management opens a world of opportunities with exposure to large international clients and dynamic projects. Through our global reach, you will be exposed to how business operates on a worldwide scale. We support colleagues’ ambitions to adapt to new environments and apply skills to global projects.

Our Graduate Programme will help you to develop a broad range of technical and transferable skills through a tailored development plan that supports your individual strengths. After completion of the programme you may have the opportunity for a six-month international assignment to help advance your professional development.