Relationship management

You’ll play a major part in delivering advice and success for customers across the world – that could be for a major business looking to expand globally or an individual seeking to grow their money.

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Deliver success for customers of all types


Your interpersonal skills and interest in people and business will be key to you developing deep relationships with organisations of all sizes, or individuals from all walks of life. Their success will be your success – and that’ll drive you on.

Skills you’ll develop

Sales prospecting and pitching

Finding and reaching out to new potential customers.

Financial analysis of individuals and businesses

Looking at numbers to check on the financial ‘performance’ of a person or company.

Strategic credit planning

Planning long-term strategies to support key clients.

Credit analysis

Assessing if someone or a business can repay a loan.

Sustainable financing

Making financial choices that consider the impact on environment and society.

Data visualisation

Turning data into charts and visuals.

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Working environment

You are our clients’ eyes and ears within the financial services industry. Because you’re part of their businesses or lives, you’ll spot the trends that will interest them and the opportunities that will benefit them. You’ll collaborate with colleagues and industry contacts, connecting your clients to their expertise. The pressure can be high and there may be sales targets to meet, but your in-depth client knowledge, networking skills, drive and resilience will prepare you to succeed.

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Our teams

There’s always something new to learn – from getting to grips with a new industry segment or client, to the details of new HSBC products and services that could help them achieve their ambitions. Whatever you need to get up to speed on, there’s a global network of colleagues ready to help and pass on their expertise.

Muna

Role: Digital Sales Manager Joined: 2023 Location: Dubai, UAE Studied: Visual Communications

I graduated with a Visual Communications Degree. HSBC taught me how to take my academic skills and apply them to my work.

Frequently asked questions

No, we encourage applications from students from all backgrounds who are passionate about this area and willing to learn the technical skills needed to succeed. The learning curve is steep, so having a real interest in this area is important, but we’ll provide all the support you need as long as you’re willing to put the work in. 

Relationship management roles exist across the bank. You can choose to work with companies, governments and/or financial institutions in our corporate/investment banking function, or individuals and families in our retail banking and wealth management businesses. Your work-life balance will alter based on the type of client and work you’re involved in. In all cases, when it comes to your work life, you’ll often put the needs of the clients ahead of your own and you need to enjoy this level of responsibility.

This will depend on the role and team. The work pattern for the training programme is included on the detailed programme description which is viewable when applications open.

Once a programme is open for applications, you will find it listed on the  Find a programme page. Application opening dates vary for different programmes and markets. To be emailed when programmes open, join our Talent Community (opens in new window).

We don’t offer all programmes in all markets, and in several locations our graduate programme places are filled via our internships. In locations where internships are available, they are the best route to securing a graduate opportunity. Our insight programmes (where they are offered) are also a great way to fast-track to an internship programme.

The best way to know when we open applications is to join our  Talent Community (opens in new window). You will receive a monthly email which will advise you which programmes we are actively recruiting for.

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