Job Description

Our Associates are the future leaders of our Investment Bank! This is an opportunity to join a highly motivated and extremely active Natural Resources team that delivers a comprehensive suite of investment banking solutions to various global energy sub sectors (oil & gas, renewables, and infrastructure). Our Associates are self-confident, highly motivated, reliable and have strong team spirit. You will assist and guide our Analysts in performance of their work and provide core support in the origination of new business. This role will be based in Houston, Texas.

About Us

Our Natural Resources team is part of the Investment Banking Coverage department within Global Banking. We offer financial and advisory solutions that support critical strategic events in a company’s evolution (e.g. an acquisition, divestiture or an IPO) and / or where our clients wish to raise funds from investors in the capital markets or loan markets to support their operations and fund growth (e.g. a bond issuance or equity raise). Our clients are both traditional corporates, financial and public sector institutions and financial sponsors (e.g. private equity and sovereign wealth funds).

Requirements

Employment eligibility to work with HSBC in the U.S. is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

Required Skills

Here's what you might expect on a typical day:

• Financial Skills: You would utilize your strong Excel skills to develop valuations of companies, including but not limited to creating model projections, using trading and transaction comparables, discounted cash flow analysis, LBO analysis, merger modeling and oil & gas specific valuation models. Analyze a company's capital structure. Prepare and defend credit applications for event-driven financings.

• Communication Skills: Assist in the preparation of PowerPoint presentations and other materials for clients. Assist with the coverage of priority corporate and financial sponsor clients where you would exhibit professional and personal presence; actively participate in internal and external discussions; present well-developed and delivered narratives to colleagues and clients. Draft marketing memoranda for sell-side assignments; developing equity story or credit story depending on securities raised.

• Deal Management/Execution Skills: Actively participate on deal teams to ensure that transactions are completed both in a timely and effective manner. You would interact with product and country teams, clients and various levels of management, while acting as an integral part of the deal team

• Client/Colleague Skills: Demonstrate your capacity to build a network of contacts, both internal and external, in the context of interactions with colleagues to support the creation of solutions to client needs.

Series 7, 63, and 79 FINRA licenses must be active within 120 days of the start date.

As an HSBC employee, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities to ensure you have the right skills for today and tomorrow. We offer a competitive pay and benefits package including a robust Wellness Hub, all in a welcoming, diverse and inclusive work environment. You will be empowered to drive HSBC’s engagement with the communities we serve through an industry-leading volunteerism policy, a generous matching gift program, and a comprehensive program of immersive Sustainability and Climate Change Initiatives. You’ll want to join our Employee Resource Groups as they play a central part in life at HSBC, including the development of our employees and networking inside and outside of HSBC. We value difference. We succeed together. We take responsibility. We get it done. And we want you to help us build the bank of the future!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations. Our global businesses serve around 39 million customers worldwide through a network that covers 62 countries and territories. Our customers range from individual savers and investors to some of the world’s biggest companies, governments and international organizations. We aim to connect them to opportunities and help them to achieve their ambitions.