Core Strats Director

HSBC; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Credit Strats Director to optimize capital use and manage credit risk. The role involves building a credit platform, collaborating with various teams, and providing thought leadership in credit framework design. Ideal candidates will have extensive banking experience, strong leadership, and coding skills in Python or C++. Join a diverse and inclusive workplace that values collaboration and innovation.

Benefits

Private Healthcare

Enhanced Maternity and Adoption Pay

Contributory Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Broad banking experience in financial services, especially in credit, rates, or cash management markets.
• Proven leadership in managing an established strats team.

Responsibilities

• Build an industry-leading credit platform in the Felis, ensuring successful program delivery.
• Design and develop next-generation tools to serve clients better and increase revenue.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

Job Description: Credit Strats Director at HSBC

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package, including private healthcare, enhanced maternity and adoption pay, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

Our Commercial Banking business serves over a million customers across more than 50 markets, providing tools and expertise for businesses to thrive, ranging from small enterprises to large corporates involved in global trade.

We are seeking an experienced individual to join our team as a Credit Strats Director.

This role focuses on optimizing capital use and managing credit risk within a complex regulatory environment. You will lead initiatives to develop tools leveraging our capital models to enhance our business strategy and deepen our understanding of risk profiles.

In this role, you will:

1. Build an industry-leading credit platform in the Felis, the Wholesale Analytics platform, ensuring successful program delivery.
2. Partner with Product specialists across regions, including Wholesale Credit and Lending, GRA, regional Heads of CMB / Coverage, IT, Wholesale Data, Business Finance & Compliance, to optimize models for regional market conditions.
3. Design and develop next-generation tools to serve clients better and increase revenue across regions.
4. Achieve consensus among senior stakeholders on technical issues and drive best-in-class credit analytics to support revenue targets.
5. Provide thought leadership in credit framework design and calibration.
6. Collaborate with client-facing teams to design capital and resource-efficient products and monitor their performance.

To succeed, you should have:

• Broad banking experience in financial services, especially in credit, rates, or cash management markets.
• Proven leadership in managing an established strats team.
• Strong numeracy skills and hands-on coding experience with languages such as Python or C++.
• Excellent communication skills for engaging with senior management and stakeholders.
• Strong influencing, negotiation, and conflict resolution abilities.
• A result-oriented, collaborative approach to building stakeholder partnerships.

At HSBC, we value diversity and inclusion, creating workplaces where everyone can thrive regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to accessibility and will offer interviews to candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, or neurodivergence who meet the role's minimum criteria.

If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk.