Institutional Sales Trader: Equity Execution

HSBC Holdings plc; Paris; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Pension

Life assurance

Family-friendly leaves

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc in France is seeking a Sales Trading professional to build and develop client relationships, promote equity execution capabilities, and collaborate with Trading, Product, Technology and Control functions to drive revenue growth.

You will own coverage of institutional clients across high-touch execution, originate opportunities with Institutional Sales, and promote HSBC's electronic execution offering while embedding an electronic mindset in client discussions.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of market mechanics and financial products.
• Proven experience in sales trading / financial markets sales.
• Local market licences, qualifications and regulatory certifications for sales & trading.
• Fluent English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own coverage of institutional clients across high-touch execution, providing market colour, liquidity and trading opportunities, while delivering strong client service and commercial outcomes.
• Originate and develop business opportunities with Institutional Sales by identifying client execution needs, shaping solutions across various execution channels, and aligning HSBC's product offering with evolving client workflows.
• Participate in the distribution and adoption of HSBC's electronic execution offering, embedding an electronic mindset within broader client execution discussions.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients, Sales, Trading, Research and key internal partners across Risk, Compliance, Finance, Operations, IT, COO, Structuring, and Digital & Data to support franchise growth.
• Act with strong risk ownership and control awareness, ensuring activities are conducted in line with regulatory requirements, HSBC policies, AML, sanctions, anti-corruption standards and broader non-financial risk expectations.

Skills

Sales trading experience

Financial markets knowledge

Regulatory certifications

English fluency

Job description

HSBC Holdings plc in France is seeking a Sales Trading professional to build and develop client relationships, promote equity execution capabilities, and collaborate with Trading, Product, Technology and Control functions to drive revenue growth.

You will own coverage of institutional clients across high-touch execution, originate opportunities with Institutional Sales, and promote HSBC's electronic execution offering while embedding an electronic mindset in client discussions.