Get a valuable insight into how we connect clients and their investors to investment opportunities across the globe, safekeeping their assets, valuing their portfolios and settling their transactions.
What you'll do
Your HSBC journey will be built upon - and thrive with - your skills.
We know how important it is to have the right skills, both for your future and ours. By building this skillset now, we’ll help you develop the agility to keep learning new skills throughout your career.
Over the course of ten weeks, you’ll get to
- Join one of our teams, such as Product, Sales and Client Management, Strategy, Digital and Innovation or the Chief Control Office
- Be responsible for supporting and delivering a project that will give you direct experience with – and knowledge of – our products and services
- Work directly with clients in some roles, while in others your customers may be colleagues and teams in the bank
- Spend time with our current graduates and connect with other interns to share with, and learn from, each other
- Work closely with your placement manager, direct team, intern sponsor and various other colleagues who’ll help you develop your knowledge and capabilities
Our internship is a stepping stone to our graduate programme for successful interns interested to gain more knowledge and experience in Securities Services.
Who you are
We welcome students from all degree disciplines and backgrounds, not just those who’ve studied finance-related degrees, or those who have knowledge of banking.
It takes a broad range of skills to be successful at HSBC. We’re looking forward to seeing the mix of skills you’ve learned so far, and hearing about the unique perspective that you’ll bring to our teams. We’ll help you learn everything else.
To join us on this programme, you’ll need to be
- Curious, eager to learn and keen to try a variety of roles to find what suits your interests and aspirations
- Quick to make the most of the right opportunity when you find it
- Unfazed by the unknown and excited by the prospect of change
- A team player, who’s comfortable and confident networking and collaborating with all sorts of people
What you'll learn
We’ll help you develop the technical skills most relevant to your role. We’ll also provide plenty of opportunities to advance your non-technical skills, like relationship management and collaboration, that will help you move your career forward successfully.
During your time on the programme, you’ll
- Grow your knowledge of Securities Services with the help of our support, training and practical experience
- Work alongside teams involved in custody services, investment operations, fund administration and middle office services
- Gain a valuable insight into one or two of our own products and services
- Learn how to navigate a large, global organisation, improve your communication skills, and develop capabilities in a variety of technical areas
- Develop your understanding of relationships within our Markets and Securities Services business, and how we work together to serve our clients
- Have plenty of opportunities to develop your behavioural, cognitive and technical skills, and people to support you along the way, ensuring that you’re well prepared for the future
