Sustainable Finance Associate

HSBC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC is seeking a Sustainable Finance Associate to support client planning and originate sustainable finance across products. You will collaborate with Global Relationship Bankers and product partners, delivering sustainability insights and managing transactions while aiding the regional SF Forum's growth.

Ideal candidates communicate effectively at all levels, handle complex topics, and drive progress with pace.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of banking products and experience with coverage, transaction banking and capital markets.
• Knowledge of sustainability topics and ability to discuss technical sustainability.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to translate complex topics into engaging written and visual content.
• Experience building relationships with risk partners and functions.
• Demonstrate diligence, accountability and proactive delivery.

Responsibilities

• Support client planning and sustainability component of the client plan with GRBs.
• Provide sustainability insights and trends with the Centre of Excellence and product partners.
• Assist in originating sustainable finance deals across products and support execution.
• Contribute to weekly regional reports highlighting volumes and transactions.
• Manage origination of non-sustainable finance products via sustainability dialogue.
• Contribute to regional Sustainable Finance Forum ambitions for lending origination.
• Review green, social, sustainable, and sustainability-linked financing transactions.
• Support risk management with sustainability policies, collaborating with Risk & Compliance.

Skills

Banking products

Sustainability knowledge

Communication skills

Translate complex topics

Risk partner relationships

Diligence & accountability

Job description

Our purpose – Opening up a world of opportunity – explains why we exist. Here at HSBC, we use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth, and perspectives to open up new kinds of opportunity for our more than 40 million customers. We’re bringing together the people, ideas and capital that nurture progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for our customers, our people, our investors, our communities, and the planet we all share.

In compliance with applicable laws, HSBC is committed to employing only those who are authorized to work in the US. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. as HSBC will not engage in immigration sponsorship for this position.

HSBC aims to be the #1 Corporate and Institutional bank (CIB) in the world, building on our existing areas of strength and driving new growth by positioning HSBC for long-term success. Sustainability and transition represent one of the most significant growth opportunities for CIB and are central to HSBC's ambition to be the leading international bank. The Sustainable Finance and Transition (SF&T) team is accountable for the delivery and execution of the commercial sustainability opportunity for HSBC, with the ambition to finance and facilitate between $750 and $1 trillion of Sustainable Financing and Investment by 2030.

As our Sustainable Finance Associate you will:

• Support client engagement and origination: Work with GRBs (Global Relationship Bankers) on client planning leading the SF&T component of the client plan whilst managing policies, financed emissions, transition engagement questionnaire and transition plan assessments along with coverage team
• Contribute to client sustainability insights, pitch propositions bringing along Centre of Excellence and/or product partners where relevant and provide insights on trends
• Support team to originate sustainable finance across all products and support with execution of sustainable finance deals for loans
• Contribute to weekly reports shared with the regional team highlighting volumes, and key information on the sustainable lending transactions
• Manage origination of non-sustainable finance labelled products through strategic sustainability dialogue
• Contribute to the regional Sustainable Finance Forum (SFF) ambition to increase Sustainable Finance and Sustainable Lending origination in a robust, client needs-based and efficient manner
• Review and support the process of green, social, sustainable, and sustainability-linked financing transactions
• Manage greenwashing and other sustainability risk by supporting the banking teams with managing risks arising from our sustainability policies and the execution of sustainable finance transactions in close collaboration with business sustainability risk. As well as collaborating with Risk & Compliance partners

You´ll likely have the following qualifications to succeed in this role:

• Knowledge of banking products and experience working closely with coverage, transaction banking and capital markets products
• Knowledge of key sustainability topics and experience in holding a technical sustainability related conversation
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) with a proven ability to communicate effectively and confidently at all levels
• Creative idea generation, understand complex topics, and being able to translate to engaging written and visual content
• Experience of building strong relationships with first line and second line Risk partners and functions
• Demonstrate success in driving forward priority change with pace, whilst setting and handling realistic expectations
• Demonstrate strong work diligence and accountability by consistently following through on frontline requests, ensuring timely and accurate execution on deliverables, and maintain clear, proactive communication throughout all stages of client and internal engagements
• Highly motivated and proactive, eager to accept new challenges and experience of executing at pace

As an HSBC employee, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities to ensure you have the right skills for today and tomorrow. We offer a competitive pay and benefits package including a robust Wellness Hub, all in a welcoming and inclusive work environment. You will be empowered to drive HSBC’s engagement with the communities we serve through an industry-leading volunteerism policy, a generous matching gift program, and a comprehensive program of immersive Sustainability and Climate Change Initiatives. You’ll want to join our Employee Resource Groups as they play a central part in life at HSBC, including the development of our employees and networking inside and outside of HSBC. We value difference. We succeed together. We take responsibility. We get it done. And we want you to help us build the bank of the future!

Your final fixed pay offer will depend on the candidate and several variables, including but not limited to, role responsibilities, skill set, depth of experience and education, licensing/certification requirements, internal relativity, and specific work location.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, race, national origin, ethnicity, disability or medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran service, religion, creed, sex, gender, pregnancy, childbirth, caregiver status, marital status, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other trait protected by applicable law.