Head of Finance, Markets and Securities Services, Asia & Middle East - Global Finance

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Global Finance is integral to HSBC's purpose and strategy, playing a valued role in managing costs and deploying capital in the most effective way. Our global team of finance professionals partner with the business to provide trusted insights and forward looking analysis; accuracy; efficiency and control to frame and influence business decisions.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as Head of Finance Markets and Securities Services, Asia & Middle East.

The Head of Finance Markets and Securities Services (MSS), Asia & Middle East is a key leadership role focused on business partnering, supporting and driving business performance, maintaining a common global finance operating framework, while also maintaining a strong controllership environment. Its purpose is to provide strategic direction and guidance to senior management within CIB Asia and Middle East acting as business partner to the Head of MSS Asia and Middle East. The role will be based in Hong Kong.

Responsibilities:

• Commercial Business Partner: Act as a trusted business partner and advisor to the MSS Regional Business lead, Op Co and their teams; in respect of performance of the regions, sectors and products through the timely provision of insightful analysis and advice to improve the performance of the region across revenue, costs and FTEs. Ensuring that drivers of revenue and costs that are allocated to the business are understood, monitored, controlled and accurately reported on a monthly basis
• Meeting and exceeding targets: Support and challenge the business to deliver medium and long term revenue, cost, FTE, capital and other performance targets
• Commercial support: Provide commercial and Finance expertise for new product launches, pricing reviews and strategic initiatives
• Strategic investment support: Drive accountability for investment spend through regular engagement with strategic partners while ensuring adequate reporting is in place to support execution
• Business Restructuring: Engage across Finance and the business on restructures
• Key point of contact: For all finance related matters; drive forward the development and coordination of the Business Finance partnership across MSS; lead engagement across Finance (accounting policy, ALCM, regulatory policy and local finance teams as required)
• Delivering Finance business plan: Lead the execution of the regional business plan, focusing on team development, transformation, business restructuring and projects
• Finance transformation: Further the transformation agenda within Finance; stop, simplify, automate, while ensuring new strategic tools are fit for purpose
• Team: Lead and manage the ongoing development of a high performing team; continue to embrace the team principles and ways of working
• Significant ad hoc partnering with key stakeholders

Requirements

• An effective business partner capable of operating at senior levels of the organisations
• Strong understanding of the suite of CIB MSS products
• Strong understanding of client profitability metrics
• Good working knowledge of balance sheet and capital management
• Driven, delivery orientated individual with a commercial mindset and ability to coordinate change
• In tune with macroeconomic factors, market dynamics and able to interpret impact on performance and risk/return profile
• Strong analytical skills, ability to understand complex data and make high quality, timely decisions
• Demonstrated team management and leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

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