Finance and Treasury Graduate Programme

Gain experience and in-depth knowledge through this two-year programme where you’ll work as a Financial Analyst, Product Controller and Treasury Analyst to help influence strategies and contribute to HSBC’s success.
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For: | Final year students or recent graduates with less than 2 years of full-time job experience |
Duration: | Two years |
Areas: | Treasury |
Start date: | July 2025 onwards |
Location: | Hong Kong SAR |
Hong Kong SAR - Treasury
- Available to work full time from July 2025 onwards
- Obtained, or expected to achieve, a 3.2/4.0 cumulative GPA or equivalent 2.1 Degree from a recognised University (as appears on your official University Transcript or Degree Certificate)
- Fluent in English. Mandarin and/or Cantonese advantageous but not essential
- Legally permitted to work in Hong Kong
- Strong computing skills e.g. VBA, Python would be an advantage
Explore this programme
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 two years, you ’ ll get to:
- Work on key initiatives that help you understand how Finance maintains the stability of HSBC and supports our growth.
- Make an impact by playing a role in managing the bank’s capital, balance sheet, liquidity and funding strategy and forecasting process.
- Experience first-hand how Finance helps to shape the success of HSBC, enabling us to make smarter decisions around resource allocation, strategic planning and more.
- Play a key role in the production of insightful analysis and reports, collaborating with different teams and actively contributing to important programmes along the way.
- Develop the skills you ’ ll need for a versatile and fulfilling career that opens a world of opportunity.
- Lay the foundations for a successful long-term future with HSBC Finance.
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 and willing to learn.
- Good at analysing complex data and finding the meaning behind the numbers.
- A natural communicator who ’ s flexible and adapts well to new situations.
- Familiar with financial statements or able to pick up the basics quickly.
- Passionate about innovation and enjoy figuring out how to do things differently.
- Studying for a STEM-related degree or one with strong ties to financial management.
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:
- Build a solid foundation in finance and the opportunity to launch your career with us.
- Develop a clear understanding of the purpose of Finance, and the work we do in core areas like financial reporting and Treasury.
- Learn how to provide strategic advice by collaborating with diverse teams across HSBC.
- Discover how financial data informs key decision-making processes and contributes to the success of strategic initiatives.
- Get to work with the innovative tools and approaches that are transforming the finance industry.
- Develop a deep understanding of financial analysis techniques and become proficient at interpreting financial statements and assessing market trends.
- Have plenty of other learning opportunities and people to support you along the way, ensuring that you ’ re well prepared for the future.
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