Job description

Some careers have more impact than others.

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be.

Global Strategy helps inform strategic decision-making and acts as a catalyst and driver for strategic change. The team constructively challenges the business with critical thinking and innovative insight to improve the way we do business.

We are currently seeking an ambitious individual to join our team as a Strategy Analyst, working together with colleagues to define, manage and achieve divisional business targets.

Role Purpose

Undertake analysis to support the development and track execution of Group strategy:

• Collate and analyse information from multiple sources – both external and internal – to inform strategy (e.g. Bloomberg, Capital IQ, TM1 internally etc.)
• Develop key insights for Group strategy

Effectively communicate analyses to internal stakeholders – within Group strategy, across strategy colleagues in the bank and across other functions within Group. Undertake development of presentations and quantitative modelling in rapid, accurate, and insightful manner to support these analyses.

Work with relevant stakeholders to track performance of key Group initiatives in line with broader Group strategy.

In this role, you will:

• Participate in Group Strategy projects or Group-wide initiatives assessing structural long term opportunities for HSBC leveraging Group capabilities
• Provide support to Associates, Engagement Managers and Directors, as required on strategic reviews and to improve quality of strategic planning, management information (MI), accountability and governance
• Ensure proper and timely consideration of market, industry and competitor analysis to support planning and performance management activities
• Ensure proper, accurate and timely development of slide presentations and excel models to help support analytical outputs
• Proactively contribute to effective teamwork within Group Strategy
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure that analysis / data is effectively shared and managed
• Facilitate on-boarding of new members in the team  
• Ensure team’s compliance with mandatory / necessary / business critical critical initiatives and requirements
• Deliver fair outcomes for our stakeholders (customers, shareholders etc) and ensure own conduct maintains the orderly and transparent operation of financial markets

Requirements

To be successful in the role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Well developed analytical skills, capacity to process high volumes of complex information and synthesise key themes and issues; proficiency in Excel and Powerpoint
• Knowledge of using external sources such as Bloomberg, Capital IQ etc helpful but not necessary
• Ability to work independently and able to work in a small team with a flat structure to work collaboratively in a team environment

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC. 

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