Corporate and Institutional Banking Graduate Programme

Be part of the relationship banker team, building trusted client relationships and working alongside our product specialists to deliver innovative solutions for corporate and institutional clients.

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Your HSBC journey will be built upon - and thrive with - your skills.

We know how important it is to have the right skills, both for your future and ours. By building this skillset now, we’ll help you develop the agility to keep learning new skills throughout your career.

Over the course of two years, youll get to:

  • Rotate across the relationship banking teams within Corporate and Institutional Banking and spend time in product teams
  • Work with other teams like Trade Finance, Cash Management, Capital Markets Investment Banking, and Markets and Securities Services, managing client relationships and conducting analysis on profitability, risks and other factors involved in transactions
  • Support relationship bankers and broader coverage teams across products and geographies, and work with product partners and other HSBC functions such as Legal, Credit, and Risk
  • Take responsibility for researching and understanding clients for the purposes of developing business and managing risk
  • Learn how we incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance considerations into our client solutions, ranging from sustainable supply chains to raising green bonds
  • Create client presentations for strategic meetings and pitches, prepare credit papers, analyse client information, support strategic reviews and get involved in client planning
  • Make the most of meaningful development opportunities, focused on skills and tailored to the role you may be interested in when you complete the programme

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For: Final year students or recent graduates
Duration: 18-24 months
Areas: Corporate and Institutional Banking or Investment Banking
Start date: July 2025 onwards
Location: Mainland China
Mainland China - HSBC Bank China - Corporate and Institutional Banking
Requirements:
  • Available to work full time from July 2025 onwards
  • Obtained, or expected to achieve, a 3.0 out of 4.0 GPA if you are studying in mainland China or a 2:1 or equivalent degree if you are studying outside of mainland China (as appears on your official University Transcript or Degree Certificate)
  • Fluent in English and Mandarin
  • Legally permitted to work in mainland China
Additional information:

In person/virtual assessment centres are planned from November - January.
We encourage you to apply early as we review applications on a rolling basis and may close this vacancy before its closing date if all roles are filled.

Applications open: 3 September 2024
Applications close: 31 October 2024
Start date: July 2025 onwards

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