Senior Manager – Capital Management and Stress Testing

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

Job summary

HSBC UK is seeking an experienced Senior Manager to lead capital management and stress testing. You will own internal and external stress-testing submissions, including PRA requirements, ensuring accuracy, audit trails and robust governance.

The role involves translating capital and stress-testing results into clear insights for senior decision-makers, presenting at Sub-ALCO and other governance forums, and working across Treasury, Risk, Finance, and Group to drive credible planning and action.

Qualifications

• Experience leading internal and external stress-testing submissions.
• Proven ability to present to senior governance forums with concise papers.
• Experience in Treasury, Risk or Finance functions.
• Understanding of capital management, liquidity and recovery planning.
• Ability to deliver timely, well-evidenced governance outputs.

Responsibilities

• Lead stress-testing submissions end-to-end for HSBC UK.
• Ensure submissions are complete, timely and supported by an audit trail.
• Translate stress-testing and capital outputs into decision-useful insights.
• Present analysis and recommendations at senior forums (e.g., Sub-ALCO, FMM).
• Prepare governance papers, high-quality packs and clear explanations of drivers and movements.
• Collaborate across Treasury, Risk, Finance, the UK business and Group.
• Support capital plans, management actions, and ICAAP governance.
• Own and improve the control framework, including process design and risk assessments.
• Constructively challenge outputs while maintaining stakeholder relationships.

Skills

Executive communication

Stress testing

Stakeholder management

Regulatory submissions

Capital management

Job description

Senior Manager – Capital Management and Stress Testing

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

We’re currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team as Senior Manager – Capital Management and Stress Testing.

In this role, you’ll lead HSBC UK’s internal and external stress-testing submissions, including regulatory stress tests for the PRA. You’ll be accountable for execution quality, robust evidence and effective governance, while turning capital and stress-testing outcomes into clear, decision-useful insight for senior stakeholders.

You’ll work across Treasury, Risk, Finance, the UK business and Group, representing HSBC UK in Group-wide working groups and supporting capital planning, management actions and ICAAP/Internal Capital Planning Buffer governance.

A move across the business allows you to continue accessing tailored professional development opportunities and HSBC’s fantastic benefits packages.

In this role, you will:

• Lead HSBC UK’s internal and external stress-testing submissions end-to-end, including regulatory submissions to the PRA.
• Ensure submissions are complete, timely, accurate and supported by a clear audit trail of judgements, limitations, approvals and evidence.
• Translate stress-testing and capital outputs into clear, decision-useful insight for senior decision-makers.
• Present analysis and recommendations at senior forums, including Sub-ALCO and FMM.
• Prepare concise governance papers, high-quality presentation packs and clear explanations of key drivers, sensitivities and movements.
• Work collaboratively across Treasury, Risk, Finance, the UK business and Group to deliver high-quality outcomes through influence.
• Represent HSBC UK in Group-wide working groups and contribute to the development of consistent stress-testing and capital-management approaches.
• Support gross and net capital plans, credible management actions in partnership with the RRP Office, and ICAAP/Internal Capital Planning Buffer governance.
• Own and continuously improve the control framework, including process flows, control points, hand-offs, operational risk assessments and control evidence.
• Constructively challenge outputs, assumptions and delivery approaches while maintaining strong and productive stakeholder relationships.

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

• Strong executive communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to translate complex analysis into clear, decision-useful insight.
• Proven experience presenting to senior governance forums and producing concise, high-quality governance papers and packs.
• Demonstrable experience leading or coordinating internal and/or external stress-testing submissions.
• A track record of delivering timely, complete and well-evidenced regulatory or management outputs.
• Strong senior stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to deliver through influence across Treasury, Risk, Finance, the UK business and Group.
• Confidence to constructively challenge outputs and assumptions, particularly when delivery timelines are demanding.
• Experience within a Treasury or related function, with a sound understanding of capital management, liquidity and recovery planning.
• Understanding of how capital management, liquidity, recovery planning and stress testing interact.
• Experience owning or improving control frameworks, including process design, operational risk assessment, control documentation and evidence.
• The ability to work effectively in a complex, highly regulated environment and manage multiple priorities with pace and accountability.

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—no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age.

We’re committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. 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.