Manager, Stress Testing

HSBC; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,600,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC in Bengaluru is seeking an experienced Manager, Stress Testing, GT to support the wholesale credit risk stress testing lifecycle. You will coordinate inputs from Credit Risk, Finance, and Regulatory teams, and help produce analysis, commentary, and governance packs for regulatory submissions.

The role requires 4+ years in analytics within banking, with hands-on experience building models and delivering end-to-end analytical solutions.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree: MBA (Finance) or master’s in economics, Statistics, Engineering, or Accounting with relevant analytics experience.
• 4 plus years’ analytics experience required in banking, including risk modelling, stress testing, forecasting, and product strategy development.
• Proven hands-on expertise in developing and deploying financial, statistical, and machine learning models and/or building complex analytical solutions end-to-end.
• Strong track record of delivering critical, high-impact projects.
• Excellent numerical aptitude and advanced financial modeling skills, with proficiency in SAS, SQL, R, Python, PySpark, NLP, Qlik Sense, and other analytics tools.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex business problems using limited or complex data and design feasible solution frameworks.
• Experience managing and delivering diverse analytics projects virtually and across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Support the stress testing lifecycle for wholesale credit risk, including planning inputs, data preparation, control execution, projection run support, results production, review packs and submission materials.
• Assist with regulatory stress testing exercises for PRA, EBA, HKMA, DFSA, CBUAE, APRA and other local requirements, ensuring tasks are completed to timelines and governance standards.
• Coordinate inputs with stakeholders (e.g., Credit Risk, Portfolio Management, Finance, Treasury, Modelling, Regulatory Affairs, Technology) and track actions to resolution. Perform analysis and initial reasonableness checks on stress testing outputs to identify trends, breaks, and data/model issues.
• Draft commentary on movements and key drivers (portfolio, sector, geography, rating migration, concentration), escalating uncertainties and exceptions appropriately.
• Build working knowledge of PD, LGD and EAD concepts and how they feed into stress testing projections. Support analysis of movements in ECL, EL and RWA under scenario paths and management actions. Help ensure stress testing assumptions and outputs align with portfolio dynamics and model behaviour.
• Develop understanding of Basel regulations and IFRS 9 concepts relevant to wholesale credit risk stress testing.
• Support interpretation and implementation of regulatory guidance and internal policy requirements into deliverables.
• Support development of MI and dashboards using tools such as Tableau and Qlik Sense (or similar). Use SAS, SQL and/or Python (at a practical level) to support automation, data handling and control improvements.
• Communicate effectively and foster strong relationships with team members and business partners. Manage stakeholder relationships efficiently, ensuring high-quality service delivery and continuous engagement on evolving business and functional requirements. Promote standardization in line with group initiatives through ongoing collaboration with stakeholders.
• Establish clear, timely, and robust communication channels to support information flow and enable continuous feedback. Regularly monitor project delivery against SLAs and provide proactive updates to stakeholders. Influence outcomes and escalates critical issues appropriately to ensure swift resolution.

Education

MBA (Finance) or Master’s in Economics, Statistics, Engineering, or Accounting

Tools

SAS

SQL

R

Python

PySpark

NLP

Qlik Sense

Job description

Some careers shine brighter than others.

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realize their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Manager, Stress Testing, GT.

Purpose of the role

The role holder will be supporting the analytics team within (Team / MR sub team name). The person in this role is expected to perform data-driven analysis, develop analytical frameworks and tools and manage models. The person will play a key part in using the power of data to solve problems, improve efficiency and generate actionable insights to support the business operations within Finance. The person will work closely with Finance stakeholders and other data professionals to develop and implement data-driven solutions for various use cases.

In This Role, You Will

• Support the stress testing lifecycle for wholesale credit risk, including planning inputs, data preparation, control execution, projection run support, results production, review packs and submission materials.
• Assist with regulatory stress testing exercises for PRA, EBA, HKMA, DFSA, CBUAE, APRA and other local requirements, ensuring tasks are completed to timelines and governance standards.
• Coordinate inputs with stakeholders (e.g., Credit Risk, Portfolio Management, Finance, Treasury, Modelling, Regulatory Affairs, Technology) and track actions to resolution. Perform analysis and initial reasonableness checks on stress testing outputs to identify trends, breaks, and data/model issues.
• Draft commentary on movements and key drivers (portfolio, sector, geography, rating migration, concentration), escalating uncertainties and exceptions appropriately.
• Build working knowledge of PD, LGD and EAD concepts and how they feed into stress testing projections. Support analysis of movements in ECL, EL and RWA under scenario paths and management actions. Help ensure stress testing assumptions and outputs align with portfolio dynamics and model behaviour.
• Develop understanding of Basel regulations and IFRS 9 concepts relevant to wholesale credit risk stress testing.
• Support interpretation and implementation of regulatory guidance and internal policy requirements into deliverables.
• Support development of MI and dashboards using tools such as Tableau and Qlik Sense (or similar). Use SAS, SQL and/or Python (at a practical level) to support automation, data handling and control improvements.
• Communicate effectively and foster strong relationships with team members and business partners. Manage stakeholder relationships efficiently, ensuring high-quality service delivery and continuous engagement on evolving business and functional requirements. Promote standardization in line with group initiatives through ongoing collaboration with stakeholders.
• Establish clear, timely, and robust communication channels to support information flow and enable continuous feedback. Regularly monitor project delivery against SLAs and provide proactive updates to stakeholders. Influence outcomes and escalates critical issues appropriately to ensure swift resolution.

To Be Successful You Will

• Advanced degree: MBA (Finance) or master’s in economics, Statistics, Engineering, or Accounting with relevant analytics experience.
• 4 plus years’ analytics experience required in banking, including risk modelling, stress testing, forecasting, and product strategy development.
• Proven hands-on expertise in developing and deploying financial, statistical, and machine learning models and/or building complex analytical solutions end-to-end.
• Strong track record of delivering critical, high-impact projects.
• Excellent numerical aptitude and advanced financial modeling skills, with proficiency in SAS, SQL, R, Python, PySpark, NLP, Qlik Sense, and other analytics tools.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex business problems using limited or complex data and design feasible solution frameworks.
• Experience managing and delivering diverse analytics projects virtually and across cross-functional teams.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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