Vice President, Chief Operating Office, Capital Markets

-Job description**Some careers have more impact than others.**

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC Corporate and Institutional Banking is a markets-led, financing-focused business that provides investment and financial solutions. Through our international network, we connect emerging and mature markets, covering key growth areas. We partner with our corporate, government and institutional clients to help them achieve consistent, long-term performance. Our products and services include advisory, financing, prime services, research and analysis, securities services, trading and sales and transaction banking.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a **Vice President, Chief Operating Office, Capital Markets & Advisory business Singapore**.

Role Purpose

The role of Vice President Chief Operating Office (VP COO), Capital Markets & Advisory (CMA) holds a critical leadership role in supporting and growing the business both strategically and operationally day to day. The role is multi-functional crossing all COO disciplines and applies expert industry/product knowledge front to back. It is a key partner to the Regional Head to deliver the business strategy as well as facilitating the business front to back within risk appetite.

Capital Markets & Advisory houses HSBC’s market leading Financing, Corporate Finance and Strategic Advisory capabilities. It is a competitive, scalable, financing-led model, providing market leading content & insights which leverages HSBC’s global connectivity to be the trusted partner for our clients. This business includes our focused M&A and Equity Capital Markets capabilities in Asia and the Middle East. This business positions corporate and institutional clients at its core with a product agnostic, solutions orientated offering that is simple, agile and more equipped to deliver sustainable and long-term growth.

**Principal Responsibilities**

In this role you will

Strategy
- Partner with the Head of Capital Markets and Advisory, South and South East Asia, to design and execute the strategy in line with local markets, regulators, and the Stay Safe agenda
- The role holder will be assigned responsibility to cover CMA products and coverage teams and will partner with regional / global CMA COO team, business heads and regional / global risk teams

Execution
- Work with the business heads and regional COO team to facilitate the provision of timely and insightful business performance data that supports strategy execution, based on globally consistent metrics and data sources, and informed by local market dynamics
- Oversee day to day operations, regularly review effectives and efficiency of delivery. Drive innovation as well as continuous improvement; provide constructive challenge where needed to ensure adoption of global consistency and simplification in policies & procedures
- Lead collaboration initiatives as appropriate with other parts of CMA, Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB) and HSBC Group, eg. Regions, Private Wealth and Asset Management
- Prepare all relevant presentations, marketing and comms, aligned with Global strategy to ensure clear communication of the CIB and CMA strategy across stakeholder groups
- Focus on outcomes that promote a positive client experience, with a particular focus on ease-of-doing-business

Transformation
- Partnership with Regional COO team, technology, and business stakeholders to i) automate / digitise / simplify, ii) deliver on regulatory commitments and iii) drive the growth in strategic areas
- Ensure programmes align with CIB and Group’s broader transformation strategies, leveraging existing workstreams where relevant
- Engage with key stakeholders including bankers, clients and product leads to prioritize investments that maximize client impact over time

Risk Management & Governance
- Ensure effective governance structures and processes are in place across all products and countries. Drive adoption of globally consistent policies, procedures, and practices
- Support engagement with regulators on behalf of CMA, in full partnership with Business Risk, Regulatory Compliance and relevant CIB & Group colleagues
RequirementsTo be successful you will need
- Excellent knowledge of Capital Markets & Advisory related products, coverage teams and clients
- Proactive and Eager to Learn: A self-starter with a growth mindset, eager to take ownership of tasks and learn from senior colleagues
- Very strong analytical and presentation skills, with excellent grasp of PowerPoint / excel / word and ability to distil large quantities of information into key themes / issues and recommendations. Ability to process high volumes of complex information and ability