# Associate, Sector and Strategic Corporate Finance

**Company**: Corp & Inst Banking
**Location**: New York, New York
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## 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.

HSBC’s Capital Markets & Advisory (CMA) division partners with corporate and financial sponsor clients on high-impact financing and strategic decisions. CMA’s corporate finance advisory services deliver financing-led investment banking solutions across areas such as debt capital markets, leveraged and acquisition finance, convertible and hybrid securities, project and infrastructure finance, risk management, and structured finance.

The role spans both Sector and Strategic Corporate Finance, providing broad exposure across industry sectors and corporate finance solutions. Sector and Strategic Corporate Finance teams are at the forefront of strategic client dialogue; shaping conversations early, then mobilizing the right products and partners to deliver financing-led capital markets and advisory solutions for corporate and private equity sponsor clients.

As our Associate, Sector and Strategic Corporate Finance, you will:

- Work directly with senior bankers to help win new business and execute transactions across CMA’s financing and advisory toolkit

- Take a lead role in core corporate finance analyses, including: Peer benchmarking, valuation, capital structure, capital allocation, shareholder/investor targeting and returns analyses

- Analyze industry and company dynamics, financial statements, business plans and valuation to support the approval and credit decision making processes

- Drive production of client materials: Drafting and refinement of pitchbooks and strategic materials to ensure they are client-ready

- Identify and support origination ideas: Screen for potential Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) targets, partnerships and other strategic options leveraging HSBC’s international platform

- Coordinate execution workstreams across internal stakeholders (product partners, Relationship Management, risk and other functions as required)

- Oversee, train and coach Analysts, including reviewing models and materials and setting quality standards

- Maintain strong market awareness across sectors to ensure messaging is current and differentiated

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

- Bachelor’s degree from a leading university with strong academic performance

- Front office experience at a global investment bank (ideally within M&A, Sector Coverage or a Capital Markets team); will consider existing Associate-level candidates or rising 3rd-year Analysts

- FINRA licenses: SIE, Series 79, Series 63, or expected to acquire required licenses within 120 days of joining

- Strong interpersonal and relationship management skills; confident partnering across teams and levels of seniority

- Superior communication, analytical and organizational skills; exceptional attention to detail

- Strong corporate finance toolkit (accounting, financial modelling and valuation) and understanding of global financial and capital markets

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office; familiarity with FactSet / Capital IQ / Bloomberg

- High motivation, strong work ethic and a collaborative, team-based approach

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.

## Skills

### Required
- financial modelling
- valuation
- capital structure
- Microsoft Office
- FactSet
- Capital IQ
- Bloomberg

### Nice to have
- FINRA licenses
- front office experience
- M&A
- Sector Coverage
- Capital Markets

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