HSBC Group

What you can expect

Whether your degree relates to finance, science or the arts there is a place for you on our CIB Banking Coverage Graduate Programme.  Your skills and fresh ideas will help you establish an exciting career as a coverage banker in HSBC Japan. 

Our CIB business is one of the largest banking businesses of its kind. We offer 24-hour coverage of local markets and provide a full range of banking services to our clients.  You can expect to work on exciting projects in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and interact with clients and colleagues around the world to create and offer innovative solutions to our clients.

CIB manages HSBC’s largest clients and delivers comprehensive solutions to complex strategic and capital market challenges.  You will trade ideas and strategies, and interact with a broad range of clients, from multinational corporates to private equity firms. It’s a career choice that requires dedication, but one that will give you many rewards in return.

What you will do

Corporate and Institutional Banking   (CIB) Banking Coverage: You will gain first-hand experience of how our relationship managers, working closely with our product specialists, create innovative solutions to meet the banking needs of our largest corporate and institutional clients.  You will have a chance to understand how we build trusted relationships with our clients, gain a great overview of the breadth of products HSBC can offer and see how we respond to our clients’ need by deploying these products into tailored solutions across multiple countries.  You will also see how we help the Bank manage the risk inherent from dealing with these clients, to ensure we foster a sustainable business model.

Graduate program offers clear path to a successful role as an Analyst in one of our coverage teams that support global large corporates, international mid-market companies, institutional clients or our multi-national clients under Global Network Banking. 

There will be plenty of people around to support you.  You’ll be assigned a mentor and buddy, who will be on hand to offer advice and guidance and provide a sounding-board for your ideas.  There will be many opportunities to develop your network of contacts within CIB Japan and beyond.  You’ll also be able to take part in our sustainability initiatives.  Our volunteering programme, Diversity & Inclusion activities, for example, could help you to develop new skills, while contributing to the communities in which we work.

We offer a market-competitive pay and benefits package according to your role and location. 

Learning and development

We offer a high-quality learning and development programme.  You will start your 12-18 months of  rotation program    in Tokyo, Japan.  You will first take new joiner induction training, followed by several e-learning courses, JSDA qualification training.  Afterward, we expect you to start on-the-job training and rotations within CIB businesses including coverage team, products (Global Payment Solutions, Global Trade Solutions), risk management, and client services.

We’ll provide the support, tools and opportunities for you to drive your own career development.  Your training will be carefully structured, with events and other opportunities to build your wider HSBC and banking knowledge.  You’ll have regular access to business leaders for coaching and advice, while constructive feedback will enable you to measure your performance. 

Career paths

If you succeed here, you could continue the work you’re doing in CIB Banking Coverage as an Analyst where you’ll have the opportunity to take your career in number of directions. This may include taking on international opportunities or working across multiple products and geographies, while feeding your curiosity and developing an understanding of how we can best serve our clients.

Who does this suit?

We are looking for dedicated and courageous people who are:

Passionate role models.  Being able to inspire, lead, manage and listen to both individuals and teams is important in building relationships that encourage mutual respect.  Looking to the future for our clients is what keeps us ahead of our competition.

Dedicated multi-task players.  You might be working on several projects at any one time, meaning you should prioritize and manage your time, while keeping on top of constantly changing markets.  Adhering to the rules and regulations we have will ensure you deliver the right results for multiple projects.

Supportive team players.  Teamwork is an important part of our business, and your development. Having a collaborative attitude will help you to solve problems quickly and start to build a network of peers who are there to support you and be supported too.

Opportunity takers.  We are an international company that can offer opportunities to motivated, courageous people.  Taking on a challenging project will not only be rewarding but will also show that you have the power to explore your interests and drive your career growth.

Intellectual curiosity. Our CIB Banking business has a unique breadth of products in terms of what we offer and where we offer these solutions. 

Independent and discipline worker.  Ways of working is evolving and HSBC is adopting new global ways of working i.e. Future of Work (FoW) which is hybrid working style combining remote working and work from the office.  FoW requires flexible mindsets and discipline about how we work.