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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling business to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and ambitions.
We are looking for an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Quant Developer, Associate.
You will support the Core Quant Analytics function in partnering with Product specialists across the regions - especially within Credit and Capital Management and Group Risk Analytics - to ensure models are optimised to serve the broader CIB franchise and structural market conditions in each region. You will lead workstreams to drive the development of an industry leading analytics platform within the Felis Wholesale Analytics Platform. This will include working in cross-functional teams to both enhance the existing code base and develop new capabilities required to support the longer-term strategic vision of CCM.
As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
In this role you will:
- Support the design and build of a state-of-the-art code library and development environment
- Maintain our commitment to a global code base, proactively engaging in peer reviews, ensuring stakeholders are informed of breaking changes and ensuring DevOps principles are adopted.
- 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.
- Provide commercially driven thought leadership in the design and calibration of the relevant credit framework.
- 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.
- Support efforts to drive culture change across the organisation to embed quantitative tooling into increasingly automated processes in asset classes that are becoming technology driven in the marketplace.
- Liaise with relevant stakeholders within Credit and Capital Management, Group Risk Analytics; and wider stakeholders across the Global Businesses and Global Functions (e.g. IT, Wholesale Data, Treasury, Finance etc).
- Act as trusted advisors, partnering with stakeholders and providing constructive challenge.
- Contribute towards the Quants “hub organization” approach – sharing SME expertise and connecting disparate teams.
- Ensure projects adhere to HSBC’s Operational Effectiveness & Controls policies.
- 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 with 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 banking experience in financial services, with preference for those who have focused on credit, rates or cash management markets.
- Experience of working with production level analytical systems and model deployment.
- Experience in code architecture, OOP, systems design, code optimisation and test-driven development.
- Experience with SQL / NoSQL databases
- An understanding of Data Exchange Application Programming Interface (APIs)
- Be highly numerate with experience of software development and experience in a range of coding languages, e.g. Python, C++.
- Demonstrable commercial acumen, with experience in a Strats / quant / analytics / data function.
- Experience with financial data and data analytics.
- Problem-solving skills and the ability to take the initiative and think on your feet.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with experience of preparing and presenting recommendations to managers and other stakeholders.
- An ability to achieve results both collaboratively and individually.
This is a hybrid role based in London.
Opening up 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.
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