Associate, Corporate Banking

at  HSBC

Job description

Your main responsibilities will include assisting the Director/Global Relationship Manager to:

• Engaging with multiple touchpoints within both existing and new clients to build and maintain strong relationships, identify needs, and position the Bank’s solutions accordingly.
• Developing and maintaining an understanding of our clients’ industries and associated markets, including both local and global dynamics.
• Working with a range of global product specialists including Leveraged and Syndicated Finance, Global Markets, Trade & Receivables Finance, Global Payments Solutions, and Private Banking.
• Undertaking credit evaluation (new submissions, annual reviews), including analysis of complex financial information and timely and accurate preparation of high-quality credit applications for general corporate and structured lending scenarios.
• Ensuring strong adherence to credit policies (including ongoing monitoring of clients), financial crime and regulatory compliance.
• Providing support with instruction, negotiation and execution of client facility documentation requirements, working with internal and external legal counsel as required.
• Taking responsibility for day-to-day portfolio requirements, including dealing with client queries and liaison with internal product, administrative support and offshore teams to deliver high customer service levels to our clients

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Experience in a corporate / institutional finance setting (including credit fund, ratings agency, major accountancy firm, or investment bank), with a fundamental understanding of key corporate banking products including bilateral, club and syndicated loans, trade finance, transactional banking and treasury solutions.
• Proven ability to successfully work with corporate customers and their varying banking requirements is highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong and lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven capability in writing comprehensive yet concise credit papers, with a high degree of accuracy under transaction deadlines including strength in financial modelling and sensitivity analysis.
• Strong familiarity with APLMA loan documentation and Australian security structures is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate with people at all levels including clients, peers, product specialists, industry specialists and credit risk personnel.
• High levels of self-motivation, commitment and a desire to succeed.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A natural focus on providing superior customer service with a genuine desire to consistently meet and exceed customer expectations.
• A degree in Finance, Business, Accountancy, Law or related disciplines - related post graduate qualifications such as Master of Finance, CFA, CPA, or similar will be highly regarded.
• Experience in dealing with clients within the Technology Sector is highly desirable