HSBC
Business Analyst - Operations Design and Delivery (2 year Fixed Term Contract)
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Business Analyst - Operations Design and Delivery (2 year Fixed Term Contract)
Business Analyst – Operations Design & Delivery
About HSBC and the Role
If you’re seeking a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential—whether for a path that could take you to the top or a new and exciting direction. We offer opportunities, support, and rewards that will propel your career forward.
As one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, we operate in over 50 countries and territories. Our mission is to support growth, helping businesses thrive, economies prosper, and individuals realise their ambitions.
We are currently recruiting for an experienced professional to join the HSBC Asset Management Alternatives team on a 12-month Fixed-Term Contract posting. This role focuses on designing, documenting, and embedding scalable operating models, controls, and third-party service arrangements to enable new investment capabilities and strengthen existing ones.
About the Team
The HSBC Asset Management Alternatives team is expanding its global operating model to support a rapidly growing platform. This includes capabilities across:
- Private markets
- Hedge funds
- Real assets
- Infrastructure
- Private debt
The Business Analyst – Operations Design & Delivery will partner with global stakeholders to develop solutions that enhance our operational efficiency.
Key Responsibilities
As a Business Analyst at HSBC, you will be responsible for:
- Supporting the design and implementation of operating models for new and expanding Alternatives capabilities, including portfolio/fund structures across asset classes, countries, and entities.
- Assisting with updates to existing models to reflect new services, processes, controls, and regulatory expectations.
- Contributing to a global operating framework, including complexity and risk assessments, and ensuring end-to-end documentation aligns with HSBC standards.
- Facilitating end-to-end process mapping collaboratively with:
- Functional Architecture
- 1st Line of Defence Risk & Controls
- 2nd Line of Defence
- Ensuring appropriate reviews and assurance are embedded.
- Supporting third-party provider relationships, including:
- Initial set-up and ongoing management of providers such as:
- Fund administrators
- Loan services
- Transfer agents
- Custodians
- Cash management solutions
- Initial set-up and ongoing management of providers such as:
- Supporting inorganic initiatives and cross-border transactions, including:
- Operational due diligence
- Integration planning
- Impact/cost assessment
- Risk & issues management
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Requirements
To succeed in this role, you should ideally have:
- Essential:
- Experience in investment operations/middle office within asset management (or transferable domains) with exposure to alternative investments.
- Real Assets/Private Credit operating models and fund structures experience is desirable.
- Strong project management, organisational, and stakeholder management skills, with a track record of accurate delivery against deadlines.
- Demonstrated capability in operational risk management in a dynamic environment, aligned with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Experience working with outsourced service providers and assessing operational/technology offerings.
- A commercially minded, client-centric approach, able to translate complex information into practical solutions.
- Strong clear and confident communication skills, capable of professional engagement across all levels, including with clients, investors, and cross-geographical colleagues.
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Benefits with HSBC
When you join HSBC as a UK-based employee, you’ll benefit from:
- Tailored professional development opportunities
- Competitive pay and a comprehensive benefits package
- Private healthcare access for all UK-based employees
- Enhanced maternity and adoption pay with return-to-work support
- Contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution
Opening Opportunities for All
At HSBC, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion, welcoming candidates from all backgrounds. Our goal is to create workplaces where everyone can thrive, regardless of:
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- Disability or neurodivergence
- Religion or sexual orientation
- Socio-economic background
- Age
As a Disability Confident Leader, we’re dedicated to ensuring accessibility, and we encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.
If you require reasonable adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please reach out directly to our Recruitment Helpdesk via hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com. We’re here to assist.
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