Investment Manager

at  HSBC

Job description
The primary purpose of the Investment Manager role is to provide financial support to achieve HBUK (CTB) investment initiatives. The role holder will identify opportunity to maximise the benefit delivered from Tech and Change investment across the whole of UK HSBC UK portfolio.
The scope of the role is across including HSBC UK including WPB’s multiple brands (HSBC, first direct, M&S) CMB, DBS Technology and functions change.

Responsibilities include:

• Reviewing business case proposals impacting HSBC UK to ensure they align with the strategic priorities of the business and achieve acceptable rates of return.
• Providing challenge to support the effective prioritisation of investment spend impacting HSBC UK
• Tracking monthly investment spend and benefit delivery in alignment with Global and HSBC UK guidance and highlighting areas that are off track so corrective action can be taken in a timely manner.
• Monitor financial, customer and business outcomes and KPI’s to provide an early indication of benefit delivery.
• Active and regular Cost Allocation Model challenges on global charges to ensure value for money for the UK market.
• Bringing teams together across HSBC to support efficient decision-making processes.
• The role holder will balance delivery of investment business cases with commercial, customer, regulatory requirements and other stakeholder priorities to support a balanced performance across all strategic priorities.
• Assisting in the review and continuous improvement of Business Risk Controls Plan for the Cost Management team
• Effective senior executive stakeholder management
• Being able to re-prioritise own deliverables as required in an agile fashion.
• Deputise for the Senior Strategic Investment Manager as appropriate.

Requirements

• Experience working in relevant environment/s, i.e. Knowledge of HSBC UK, processes, and strategies and engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Experience working in relevant context, i.e. Organisational, financial planning, strategic, interpersonal, management, negotiation, consultative.
• Past working experience in a relevant cost or investment management role with experience of leading benefit realisation desirable but not essential
• Financial accounting qualification is preferable (ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc)
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills; an ability to communicate with impact, ensuring complex information is articulated in a clear way to wide and senior audiences.

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• Reviewing business case proposals impacting HSBC UK to ensure they align with the strategic priorities of the business and achieve acceptable rates of return.
• Providing challenge to support the effective prioritisation of investment spend impacting HSBC UK
• Tracking monthly investment spend and benefit delivery in alignment with Global and HSBC UK guidance and highlighting areas that are off track so corrective action can be taken in a timely manner.
• Monitor financial, customer and business outcomes and KPI’s to provide an early indication of benefit delivery.
• Active and regular Cost Allocation Model challenges on global charges to ensure value for money for the UK market.
• Bringing teams together across HSBC to support efficient decision-making processes.
• The role holder will balance delivery of investment business cases with commercial, customer, regulatory requirements and other stakeholder priorities to support a balanced performance across all strategic priorities.
• Assisting in the review and continuous improvement of Business Risk Controls Plan for the Cost Management team
• Effective senior executive stakeholder management
• Being able to re-prioritise own deliverables as required in an agile fashion.
• Deputise for the Senior Strategic Investment Manager as appropriate