2017 Commercial Banking Intern Program - Global Trade Receivables Finance

Job description

Commercial Banking Summer Internship

WHO WE ARE

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. In 72 countries and territories serving around 48 million customers, our ambition is to be where the growth is, connecting customers to opportunities, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper.

OUR STRUCTURE

Our network covers both established and emerging markets across Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, North America and Latin America. Our unrivalled global presence gives us access to more than 85 percent of global trade and capital flows. Within these markets, we serve our customers through our global businesses: Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, Global Private Banking, and Retails Banking and Wealth Management.

HSBC AND YOU

We are looking for forward-thinking, driven and perceptive graduates to join our Summer Internships and ultimately our global Graduate Program.

During this ten-week Summer Internship you'll get first-hand experience of serving our commercial clients. As well as gaining an understanding of the range and complexity of our Commercial Banking business, you'll see how your skills match the rigours of the job – allowing you to make a sound decision as to whether this sector is for you.

Supported throughout by a line manager and a buddy, you'll also have the opportunity to build your network, be part of a charity project and, on completion, could secure a place on our Commercial Banking Graduate Program.

The role of the Penultimate Year Summer Internship is to provide students in their penultimate year of study with the chance to gain an invaluable insight into banking with a leading global bank. Hands-on experience and on-the-job training will give you a head start. The Internship has three paths; one in a Relationship Management role, where you'll learn how we connect with businesses of all sizes, the other in either:
· a Global Liquidity and Cash Management, were you'll experience how we help clients manage their liquidity to ensure they make their cash work hard for their businesses
or
· a Global Trade and Receivables Finance role, where you'll gain an understanding of how we provide the services and financing our clients need throughout the trade cycle

On successful completion, we'll help you understand which area of the Commercial Banking Graduate Program you might be best suited for.

During your ten-week internship we will provide you with practical training to complement your academic studies and you will be challenged to use your talents and academic knowledge to add value to the bank and improve your professional and personal skills. You will be paid during your internship, but you may find the greatest benefit is the stepping-stone it can provide to a rewarding full-time career at HSBC.

Your responsibilities will include:
· Gaining an understanding of the Commercial Center network and developing an awareness of products, services and processes through customer facing engagement
· Ensuring the fair treatment of our customers is at the heart of everything we do, both personally and as an organisation
· Actively contributing towards activities that have a positive impact on the Commercial Center's financial performance

Desired profile

The ideal candidate for this role will:

·  Bachelor's degree with a GPA of 3.2 or higher (graduation no later than June of the next calendar year). Finance/accounting-related or other quantitative concentration is a plus
·  Consistently achieve objectives set for you and take action to improve your own performance
·  Have self-awareness with the confidence to work independently and take responsibility for your own development
·  Demonstrate working collaboratively with others colleagues, supporting them when possible
·  Have experience of personally complying with business processes, rules and regulations
·  Have experience of building effective customer relationships which create customer advocacy
·  In addition to the details listed above, the ideal candidate will be proactive, forward-thinking, ready to challenge the status quo, with strong drive and determination, keen to learn and develop at all times, have a natural ability to build relationships with colleagues and a willingness to deliver on difficult assignments, possess an aptitude for understanding the underlying strategy which underpins the bank direction, be skilled at project management and have a keen interest in business development.

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS POSITION UNLESS YOU ARE IN YOUR PENULTIMATE YEAR OF STUDY

Please be advised that you should apply for one HSBC Internship Program only. Candidates with multiple applications will be progressed on one application.

Please make sure that you will have appropriate authorization to work in the United States until the end of the programme.

At HSBC we are open to different ideas and cultures, connected to our customers, communities and each other, and dependable, we do the right thing. These are the values that guide us every day. We seek to recruit people who share these values and will help us to sustain them.

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