Credit Strats Director

at  HSBC

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We are seeking an inquisitive and analytical person to join our team in the role of Credit Strats Director.
There is an increased focus on using our capital optimally and managing credit risk in a way that both helps improve our business profile and ensures compliance with an increasing complex regulatory environment. The Credit Strats Director will help deliver a global program to build and utilize a set of tools that leverage capital models to optimize our business strategy, and understand the risk profile at a deeper level.
You will partner with Product specialists across the regions - especially within Wholesale Credit and Lending and Group Risk Analytics - to ensure models are optimised to serve the CMB franchise and structural market conditions in each region. This will include working in cross-functional teams to implement changes to the technology stack.
You will be required to deliver strong thought leadership and best-in-class credit analytics that will support the frontline in delivering ambitious revenue uplift targets, leverage capital models to optimize business strategy, and enable deeper understanding of the credit risk profile.

In this role you will:

• Drive a program to build and utilize a set of tools that leverage the capital models to optimize our business strategy and understand the risk profile at deeper level.
• Provide commercially driven thought leadership in the design and calibration of the relevant credit framework
• Act as trusted advisors, partnering with main business heads / functions and providing constructive challenge.
• Undertake statistical profiling of disperse datasets representing inputs into the return on equity of the business identify opportunities to optimise one or more aspects of profitability metrics with a focus on product pricing
• Partner with client facing teams in the design of capital & resource efficient products ensuring the tooling is available to monitor the performance of those products
• Contribute towards the Strats “hub organization” approach – sharing SME expertise/knowledge, and connecting disparate teams
• Comply with all required internal policies and external rules or laws, taking into account all of the relevant policies and rules applicable to any given business process
• Ensure all team members are aware of their obligations in regard to internal policies and external rules including those relevant to data access and control, money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions and other reputational risks

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Broad-based banking experience in financial services with preference for those who have focused on credit, rates or cash management markets
• Strong knowledge of and relevant experience in credit, credit risk, correlation modelling, portfolio management modelling
• Knowledge and experience of capital regulations and stress testing
• Outstanding numeracy skills with hands on knowledge of coding languages e.g. Python, C++; and strong experience with software development
• Strong commercial acumen and execution capabilities, with experience in a Strats / quant / analytics / data function
• Experience with financial data and data analytics
• Innovative problem-solving skills with the agility to think on their feet
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with experience of preparing and presenting recommendations to senior management and other stakeholders
• The ability to be a team player, drive results and strong and collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders

THIS IS A HYBRID ROLE BASED IN LONDON.

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Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com
Telephone: +44 207 832 850

In this role you will:

• Drive a program to build and utilize a set of tools that leverage the capital models to optimize our business strategy and understand the risk profile at deeper level.
• Provide commercially driven thought leadership in the design and calibration of the relevant credit framework
• Act as trusted advisors, partnering with main business heads / functions and providing constructive challenge.
• Undertake statistical profiling of disperse datasets representing inputs into the return on equity of the business identify opportunities to optimise one or more aspects of profitability metrics with a focus on product pricing
• Partner with client facing teams in the design of capital & resource efficient products ensuring the tooling is available to monitor the performance of those products
• Contribute towards the Strats “hub organization” approach – sharing SME expertise/knowledge, and connecting disparate teams
• Comply with all required internal policies and external rules or laws, taking into account all of the relevant policies and rules applicable to any given business process
• Ensure all team members are aware of their obligations in regard to internal policies and external rules including those relevant to data access and control, money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions and other reputational risk

To be successful in this role you should have:

• Broad-based banking experience in financial services with preference for those who have focused on credit, rates or cash management markets
• Strong knowledge of and relevant experience in credit, credit risk, correlation modelling, portfolio management modelling
• Knowledge and experience of capital regulations and stress testing
• Outstanding numeracy skills with hands on knowledge of coding languages e.g. Python, C++; and strong experience with software development
• Strong commercial acumen and execution capabilities, with experience in a Strats / quant / analytics / data function
• Experience with financial data and data analytics
• Innovative problem-solving skills with the agility to think on their feet
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with experience of preparing and presenting recommendations to senior management and other stakeholders
• The ability to be a team player, drive results and strong and collaborative partnerships with key stakeholder