senior Associate | GSC|s

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

The Opportunity:

Support and development of tools for the Sigma pricing framework to meet the desk & team requirements.
Support and development of all infrastructure components.
Develop technical solutions for the desk as required.
What you’ll do:

Principal Accountabilities: Key activities and decision making areas

Impact on the Business/Function

Development and enhancing the features of Sigma to meet the requirements of the business
Release and building of components needed for Sigma and IT
Development of systems/infrastructure
Typical Targets and Measures

Timely completion of development tasks with little or no bugs
Positive feedback from the desk
Successful release of Sigma components to Users
Successful integration of our libraries by IT
Customers / Stakeholders

Resolving issues with users and the IT teams in using Sigma and the Quant libraries.
Internal Collaboration - Develops close and effective working relationships within respective Functions /Businesses
Typical Targets and Measures

Feedback from team members
Ensure stakeholder satisfaction through timely delivery of quality work
Feedback from hub and local stakeholders
Leadership & Teamwork

Work to ensure seamless communication and teamwork
Work within a team, under the direction of Team Lead
Typical Targets and Measures

Good feedback from team members
Effective collaboration and communication within the team
Evidence of working effectively under direction
Operational Effectiveness & Control

Develops the infrastructure and capabilities needed to enable operational effectiveness and delivery of the desired results
Offer solutions to problems, supporting with the continuing development, implementation and improvement of the processes, structures, capabilities, capacity and infrastructure needed
Typical Targets and Measures

Infrastructure and capabilities have
measurable impact on operational effectiveness
Adequately work on projects and initiatives leading to proven process or functionality improvement
Major Challenges

Programming in a professional standard ensuring industry good practices are followed
Rapid development and deployment of features/components in Sigma/Infrastructure. If any bugs are found they should be fixed as soon as possible
Learn new technologies and develop solutions from scratch
Continuous and proactive interaction with the relevant stakeholders
Role Context

Provide support functions for Sigma/Infrastructure including:
New spreadsheet/bug fixes
Tool(s) to allow distribution of Sigma to users
Bug fixes
DMDS/Market Data issues
Management of the FTP Servers used by Sigma globally
Develop and maintain a testing framework for the Quant libraries
Assist IT with integration issues
Develop new components and enhance the Quant Library.
Liaise with the DMDS team to create new DMDS classes and
Manage existing ones
Leverage other classes
implement functionality to allow these classes to be loaded, saved and queried via the Sigma framework
Assist in the release of Sigma and IT quant libraries
Development of systems/architecture relevant to the needs of the desk/team.
Management of Risk

Consistently displays the behaviours that form part of the HSBC Values and culture and adheres to HSBC risk policies and procedures, including notification and escalation of any concerns and taking required action
Ensures risk policies and governance frameworks are appropriately implemented in their part of the business, following both the spirit and letter of any internal policy and regulatory requirements and ensuring adherence to internal controls
Maintains an environment where risk is routinely anticipated, acknowledged, identified, quantified and acted upon in a timely and efficient way, including appropriate escalation
Observation of Internal Controls

The jobholder will also adhere to and be able to demonstrate adherence to internal controls. This will be achieved by adherence to all relevant policies, keeping appropriate records and, where appropriate, by the timely resolution of internal and external audit points, including issues raised by external regulators
The jobholder will adhere to all relevant processes/procedures including information barriers and confidentiality requirements
Where applicable, ensuring adequate resources are in place and training is provided, fostering a compliance culture and optimizing relations with regulators
Understands, follows and demonstrates compliance with all relevant internal and external rules, regulations and procedures that