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HSBC Asset Management, the investment management business of the HSBC Group, serves HSBC’s worldwide customer base of retail and private clients, intermediaries, corporates and institutions invested in both segregated accounts and pooled funds. HSBC Asset Management fulfils its purpose of connecting HSBC’s clients with investment opportunities around the world through an international network of offices in approximately 30 countries, delivering global capabilities with local market insight.

HSBC Alternatives is the alternative investment arm of HSBC Asset Management, investing globally in a wide spectrum of alternatives asset classes which include private market funds, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure, private debt and venture capital, and has AUM of $58 billion.

We are currently seeking experienced individuals to join this team as Analyst – Operational Due Diligence. The role holders will have responsibility for performing operational due diligence reviews for investments in hedge funds and private market funds (private equity, private debt, etc.). Such responsibilities will include conducting due diligence reviews, drafting assessment reports of managers, and making presentations to various committees and stakeholders.

In this role, you will:

• Conduct operational due diligence meetings of external investment managers as part of the investment process. These meetings discuss all areas of operations to assess the strength of the organization and its ability to mitigate operational risk.
• Document due diligence meetings conducted in the specified report template and present findings to the various committees and stakeholders.
• Perform regulatory research and reviews of managers.
• Analyze underlying manager financial statements.
• Research foreign markets to assess regulatory and tax issues involving trading/establishing a local presence in those markets.
• Assist team members on special projects.

To be successful in the role, you should meet the following requirements:

• A Chartered Accountant qualification or Chartered Financial Analyst qualification is essential for this role
• Experience of auditing or performing due diligence on an alternative investment manager or fund.
• Working knowledge of industry standards of hedge funds and private market funds is a requirement for this role.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; highly numerate and organised with good attention to detail
• Ability to remain on top of multiple projects at one time.
• Self-starter, able to demonstrate initiative, well-developed time management skills.
• Confident with stakeholder engagement at all levels, notably C-suite.
• A positive and proactive attitude with flexibility to accommodate a changing environment and a willingness to take on new responsibilities

This is a Hybrid working role with the base location as London. The successful candidate will have to have the ability to commute to this location.

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At HSBC we look to enable our employees to better balance their work / life priorities and have the flexibility required to meet challenging needs as they progress through different life stages. Where possible we will consider the following flexible working options: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, and working from home and staggered hours. If in considering a role with HSBC, you have a need for some flexibility in your working arrangements please discuss this with the recruitment team in the early stages of the application process.

HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk:
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Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism. This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.