2025 HSBC Securities Services Graduate Programme – Hong Kong

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.

For: Final year students or recent graduates with less than 2 years of full-time job experience

Duration: Two years

Areas: Securities Services

Start date: July 2025 onwards

Applications open:   27 August 2024

Applications close:   16 December 2024

Location: Hong Kong SAR

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 two years, you’ll get to:

• Work closely with local, regional, and global teams across our investor services and direct custody and clearing sectors.
• Rotate between product, sales and client management, strategy, the Chief Control Office, digital and innovation, and other teams.
• Work on a range of projects, where you’ll strategise about how we tailor our services to our clients, improve our business performance and support our colleagues.
• Build different skills and capabilities and gain a real-world insight through hands-on experience across our Securities Services business.

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:

• Get a comprehensive insight into our suite of products and services.
• Have the option and support to complete relevant professional qualifications.
• Benefit from many different perspectives by working with both global and regional teams.
• Enjoy a wide range of experiences that will help you pinpoint where you want your career to begin.
• Become more confident in your ability to navigate a large organisation, collaborate with local and global teams, and communicate clearly and effectively.
• Have plenty of other opportunities to develop your skills and people to support you along the way, ensuring that you’re well prepared for the future.

Read more about the support you'll get at https://www.hsbc.com/careers/students-and-graduates/student-and-graduate-development.

Requirements

• 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
• We will consider candidates that require visa sponsorship for this role 

Please note that you can only make one application each recruitment cycle. Candidates should make an informed decision before applying by reviewing the different business areas and location sections at https://www.hsbc.com/earlycareers. 

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we recruit on a rolling basis and may close applications before the advertised date if all vacancies are filled.