Business Finance Partner, CMB UK

HSBC; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Birmingham seeks a Business Finance Partner to support executive teams in driving competitive growth and delivering sustainable targets. This role involves financial analysis, stakeholder management, and decision-making support, focusing on fostering valuable relationships and making informed decisions. The position offers a hybrid working model, aligning with efforts to create an inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Competent Excel user for commercial performance analysis.
• Ability to build valuable stakeholder relationships through empathy and communication.
• Experience in critical thinking and gathering diverse information.
• Support data-informed decisions aligning with organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Support UK CMB Executive team leaders in competitive business growth.
• Engage in financial and non-financial data analysis for product performance.
• Participate in annual planning cycles and regulatory reporting.
• Support CMB product heads on pricing and investment cases.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Relationship Building

Problem Solving

Decision-Making Support

Tools

Excel

Job description

Business Finance Partner, CMB UK

If you’re looking to take an exciting new direction with your HSBC career, an internal move can open the door to many opportunities, allowing you to take on a new challenge, and develop your skills. Bring your knowledge of our brand to a new role and grow yourself further.

In this role, you will:

• Supporting the UK CMB Executive team leaders to grow the business competitively while delivering sustainable target returns.
• Partnering with colleagues in Finance, Wholesale Risk, and Infrastructure support to achieve targeted business outcomes.
• Engaging in financial and non-financial data analysis to assess product performance, identify trends, and model future performance outcomes.
• Participating in the annual planning cycle, stress testing modelling, and delivering external financial and regulatory reporting outcomes.
• Supporting CMB product heads and their teams on performance, pricing, growth opportunities, and investment cases.

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

• Financial Analysis: Competent Excel user in analysing commercial performance ensuring a sound control environment, and being attentive to detail. Analytical thinking to identify patterns and relationships, evaluate information objectively, and create impactful insights that answers the ‘so-what?’ of the output is essential.
• Relationship Building and Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to build and maintain valuable relationships with stakeholders, exemplified through empathy, emotional intelligence, and transparent communication. Experience in negotiating, resolving conflicts, and networking effectively is crucial.
• Problem Solving: Experience in critical thinking and gathering information from various sources to support well-informed decisions. You should be able to challenge assumptions, think creatively, and drive conclusions and outcomes.
• Decision-Making Support: Experience in supporting data-informed decisions that align with organisational goals and are relevant in the commercial context. You should have a commercial awareness and the ability to communicate the basis of decisions effectively.

Location

Base location: Birmingham and with a hybrid working pattern.

EEO Statement

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 - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in 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. If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk. Email: [e-mail]. Telephone: [phone]