Head of Finance for COO of CIB and HCIB Greater London, United Kingdom Area

Ready to shape finance oversight for CIB and HCIB’s COO portfolio?

Why HSBC

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. Guided by our purpose of opening up a world of opportunity, our ambition is to become the world’s most trusted bank globally, putting customers at the heart of everything we do.

The Role

This role is the senior finance partner to the Chief Operating Officer for CIB and HCIB, providing independent advice and constructive challenge across CIB and our European entity. You’ll oversee the financial and commercial integrity of the COO cost base and partner closely on delivery of CIB and COO financial and non-financial outcomes, including AI and restructuring plans. The role spans planning, forecasting and performance management with a strong focus on affordability, investment choices and managing risks and opportunities. You’ll represent CIB Finance across strategic programmes including operating-model change, simplification and technology transformation. Success means clear, credible plans that translate complex financial and operational information into actions that can be tracked and delivered. It also means strong governance that makes benefits visible and measurable through the financial planning cycle.

What you'll be doing

Act as principal finance adviser to the COO, building a strong understanding of portfolio dynamics, the operating model and financial drivers

Own planning, forecasting and performance management with forward-looking insight on affordability, investment, risks and opportunities

Oversee the COO cost base, including costs, FTE, resource productivity, programme benefits and delivery against financial commitments

Translate complex financial and operational information into clear plans and measurable actions

Govern finance oversight of CIB and HCIB AI outcomes and reinforce accountability for planned outcomes

Establish high standards for business cases across baselines, costs, benefits, dependencies, risks and post-implementation tracking

Test assumptions, prevent double counting and ensure benefits are credible, ring-fenced and visible in the planning cycle

Represent CIB Finance across strategic programmes, providing assurance over scope, affordability, investment, execution risk and expected outcomes

What we're looking for

Bring substantial experience across FP&A, commercial finance, business management, COO, finance business partnering or transformation finance in a large complex organisation

Current and future leadership potential and the ability to collaborate effectively across a diverse range of stakeholders

Demonstrate capability in planning, forecasting, investment appraisal, cost management and benefits realisation

Show experience overseeing strategic change, technology or AI investment and organisational restructuring

Apply a strong track record of evaluating and improving business cases through constructive challenge

Communicate complex financial and operational topics clearly with senior stakeholders

Influence decisions without direct authority through well-evidenced insight and fair challenge

Maintain high standards of financial and commercial integrity across a material cost base and related commitments

Partner effectively across Finance, COO, Transformation, Technology, Risk and Human Resources to align outcomes

Finance oversight for COO outcomes

This is an opportunity to sit at the centre of how CIB and HCIB invest, transform and deliver outcomes across the COO portfolio. You’ll shape decisions on affordability and priorities and make sure programmes translate into credible benefits that show up in the numbers. The work spans AI outcomes, technology transformation and restructuring with a strong focus on integrity and execution. If you want a role with real visibility and a mandate to improve how plans become delivered results, we’d welcome your application.