Financial Engineer

at  HSBC

Finance is integral to HSBC’s purpose and strategy, playing a valued role in managing costs and deploying capital in the most effective way. Our team of finance professionals partner with the business to provide trusted insights and forward looking analysis; accuracy; efficiency and control to frame and influence business decisions.
We currently have a new opportunity to join us as a Financial Engineer in Birmingham
Analytics, Digital & Architecture (ADA), Global Finance is a global team and Centre of Excellence in Finance responsible for shaping the future of financial analytics and engineering, driving innovation, and delivering unparalleled insights that empower strategic decision making within Global Finance.
The ADA team supports Global Finance by developing sophisticated, high-quality models, analytics capabilities, and innovative analytics, providing seamless development through to deployment pipelines, and implementing best practices in Model Governance and ongoing monitoring. The team is also driving the business architecture and helping IT with the technical architecture.

In this role you will:

• Work closely with our modelling teams to understand in detail these models, ensuring these are efficient and scalable.
• Support modelling in delivering these models within our software engineering best practice standards.
• Support the testing and BAU support as required throughout model deliveries.
• Utilise programming skills to automate and streamline software development processes related to global finance, optimising efficiency and minimising risks.
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders across business units, IT, and data science to translate requirements into technical solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Maintain a strong understanding of current software engineering best practices, cloud technologies (if applicable), and financial markets to keep systems innovative and efficient.
• Provide strong analytical and problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges within the software financial engineering domain.

Qualifications

• To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:
• Proven experience in designing, developing, and deploying software applications.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies.
• Experience in data manipulation and analysis techniques.
• The ability to identify technical challenges, troubleshoot issues, and develop effective solutions is crucial.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with Python is essential including frameworks for web development.
• This role is based in Birmingham, Hybrid.

Opening a world of opportunity
Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces. Our recruitment processes are accessible to everyone - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.
We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
If you’d like to apply for one of our roles and need adjustments made, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk:
Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com
Telephone: +44 207 832 8500

• Work closely with our modelling teams to understand in detail these models, ensuring these are efficient and scalable.
• Support modelling in delivering these models within our software engineering best practice standards.
• Support the testing and BAU support as required throughout model deliveries.
• Utilise programming skills to automate and streamline software development processes related to global finance, optimising efficiency and minimising risks.
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders across business units, IT, and data science to translate requirements into technical solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Maintain a strong understanding of current software engineering best practices, cloud technologies (if applicable), and financial markets to keep systems innovative and efficient.
• Provide strong analytical and problem-solving skills to troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges within the software financial engineering domain