Graduate Analyst

HSBC
New York - United States
S: Competitive

WHO WE ARE

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. In 72 countries and territories serving around 48 million customers, our ambition is to be where the growth is, connecting customers to opportunities, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper.

OUR STRUCTURE

Our network covers both established and emerging markets across North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and North Africa. Our unrivalled global presence gives us access to more than 85 percent of global trade and capital flows. Within these markets, we serve our customers through our global businesses: Global Banking and Markets, Commercial Banking, Global Private Banking, and Retail Banking and Wealth Management.

HSBC AND YOU

We are looking for forward-thinking, driven and perceptive graduates who will become the future leaders of HSBC.

We have graduate opportunities in the following area:

Advisory – these teams originate, develop and execute corporate transactions and capital raising projects for global customers in most major industry sectors. Activities include mergers and acquisitions, divestures, joint ventures and financial restructurings.

You'll be part of a two-year program to help you understand the range of products and services within our international network and how we tailor these to provide bespoke client solutions. You'll also gain a thorough understanding of risk, which is vital to protecting the interests of our clients.

Wherever you join us, we will support, guide and develop you, while our leaders will help you to be the best you can be, reflecting your interests and capabilities.

We're looking for the future leaders of Banking. We want forward-thinking, driven, perceptive students and graduates who enjoy being part of a team and are excited by new ideas. People who are dependable and open to different cultures.

We'll provide the support, tools and opportunities for you to drive your own career development. As you progress through the program, you'll learn from specialized research analysts and economists, gaining a detailed insight into HSBC's strengths in the financial services industry. Your training will be carefully structured, with events and other opportunities to build your wider HSBC and banking knowledge. You'll have regular access to business leaders for coaching and advice, while constructive feedback will enable you to measure your performance. You'll be assigned a mentor and buddy, who can offer guidance and support.

The Banking Global Graduate Program is the beginning of an exciting, long-term international career. On completion of the program, you'll be hired into a challenging role in advisory and start progressing towards a senior role.

To be considered for the program, you will be a student or graduate who:
Demonstrates our values – open, dependable and connected – in your daily work
Is commercially aware and curious about how business works
Has a global outlook
Is familiar with investment banking, its products and services
Has enthusiasm for developing a long-term career within the advisory team
Is a strategic thinker, both numerate and analytical
Is proactive and innovative
Is a clear communicator
Has the highest standards of behavior
Is fluent in business English

Qualifications

The ideal candidate for this role will:
Bachelor's degree with graduation on or before June 2016
Have a minimum of a 3.2 cumulative GPA
Be available to undertake the travel required for this role, i.e. relocate based upon placement opportunities
Have consistently achieved objectives set for you and taken action to improve your own performance
Have self-awareness with the confidence to work independently and take responsibility for your own development
Have worked collaboratively with other colleagues, supporting them when possible
In addition to the details listed above, the ideal candidate will be proactive, forward-thinking, ready to challenge the status quo, with strong drive and determination, keen to learn and develop at all times, have a natural ability to build relationships with colleagues and a willingness to deliver on difficult assignments, possess an aptitude for understanding the underlying strategy which underpins the bank direction, be skilled at project management and have a keen interest in business development.

Please be advised that you should apply for one HSBC Graduate Program only. Candidates with multiple applications will be progressed on one application.

Please make sure that you will have the right to work in the US at least until the end of the program.

The base location for this role is New York, NY, US.

At HSBC we are open to different ideas and cultures, connected to our customers, communities and each other, and dependable, we do the right thing. These are the values that guide us every day. We seek to recruit people who share these values and will help us to sustain them.

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