You’ll then take these foundations into a 12-month Coverage placement, using your product, credit and risk knowledge to support client relationships. You’ll help understand client objectives, identify opportunities, coordinate specialist expertise and balance client needs with commercial returns and risk. It’s a structured path from understanding how solutions work to helping build trusted, long-term client partnerships.

What you'll learn

You’ll build a practical understanding of how Commercial Banking supports businesses, from designing and delivering financial solutions to managing client relationships. You’ll learn how products are structured, priced and developed, while deepening your knowledge of financial analysis, credit risk, data, commercial returns and the controls that support sound decision-making. As you progress, you’ll apply these foundations to understand client objectives, identify opportunities and coordinate the right expertise. By the end, you’ll have a strong grounding in Commercial Banking products, a clearer view of how we support clients and the commercial awareness, relationship-management skills and confidence to move into a permanent client-facing role.

Where you'll work

You’ll work in Commercial Banking, as part of a relationship-led team that supports business clients through close partnership and joined-up expertise. You’ll be surrounded by colleagues across areas like Credit, Risk and Legal, giving you a broad view of how different functions come together around client needs. It’s a collaborative, professional environment where teamwork, trust and communication matter. Expect a fast-moving office culture with strong support from colleagues and exposure to the wider commercial banking network.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible, you must:

• Be available to work full-time from July 2027
• Have achieved, or be on track to achieve, a 2:1 Undergraduate degree classification or above (or an international equivalent)
• Will have completed studies by July 2027
• Be fluent in English
• Legally permitted to work in the UK for the full duration of the programme and beyond the end date, without requiring HSBC visa sponsorship

Please provide your achieved or expected final undergraduate degree result using the grading system used by your university (e.g. 2:1, First Class, GPA 3.5/4.0, 75% or local equivalent).

We only accept one application per recruitment cycle so please take time to explore our opportunities before applying as we may not be able to transfer your application to other vacancies.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and we may close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications. Please apply as soon as possible to be considered.

Additional information

This particular program does not satisfy the Home Office eligibility criteria for visa sponsorship. We therefore can only progress applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they are eligible to work in the UK without HSBC sponsorship for the full duration of, and beyond, the programme end date. We cannot progress applications from candidates who apply with a graduate visa as you would not be eligible for sponsorship by HSBC when your current visa expires. You will need to confirm what visa you hold, if any, and its expiry date when you apply for us to verify your eligibility when you apply.