HSBC

Financial Planner

HSBC$80K — $120K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Expertise in financial planning processes and advanced tax, retirement, and executive compensation strategies
  • Proven sales skills with experience in client engagement and tailored solution recommendations
  • Extensive experience in presenting financial plans and teaching financial planning principles
  • Certified Financial Planner designation with strong client interaction experience; CPA or Tax Masters preferred
  • Proficiency with MoneyGuide Pro software for financial planning
  • Experience with non-US retirement plans, with bilingual abilities in Mandarin or Spanish beneficial

Responsibilities

  • Provide high-quality financial planning advice to Premier and Private Client clients
  • Drive revenue growth by connecting financial plans with HSBC's products and services
  • Identify product sales opportunities that align with clients' goals
  • Lead clients through the financial planning process and deliver actionable recommendations
  • Collaborate with regional and sales teams to enhance financial planning fluency
  • Provide training and thought leadership on retirement and executive compensation planning
  • Work within a diverse team of planners to leverage various expertise for client solutions

Benefits

  • Access to tailored professional development opportunities
  • Comprehensive Wellness Hub
  • Welcoming and inclusive work environment
  • Industry-leading volunteerism policy and generous matching gift program
  • Immersive Sustainability and Climate Change Initiatives
  • Active Employee Resource Groups for networking and personal development
Full Job Description
The Financial Planner is a contributing member of HSBC's Wealth Planning and Advisory (WPA) team of global trust, estate planning, financial planning, family governance, philanthropy, and family office specialists, who together provide advisory services to HSBC individual and family clients. The Financial Planner serves as subject-matter expert on financial planning topics, particularly retirement planning and executive compensation/planning with concentrated positions and works directly with clients to formulate and implement holistic financial planning advice.

HSBC Wealth & Personal Banking US is an integrated platform which provides comprehensive financial services to clients from mass affluent through Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) segments. A cornerstone piece of HSBC's model is the Wealth Planning & Advisory team, a centralized team of specialist resources with deep technical expertise in the areas of estate planning, income tax, pre-immigration and cross-border tax planning, business succession, philanthropy, family governance, and family office advisory. Wealth Planning & Advisory partners with internal stakeholders, including Sales management and Relationship Managers as assigned. Within the team, the Financial Planner's key focus is on Premier and Private Client segments on comprehensive financial plans and will work directly with multi-national executives and high earners across the client continuum to support WPB US's focus on international-connected clients.

As our HSBC Financial Planner, you will:

  • Deliver high-quality, fit-for-purpose financial plan advice to Premier and Private Client clients, with a focus on connecting clients stated goals to thoughtful recommendations and tying those recommendations to HSBC products and services. Execute at the highest level, bringing the bank's best thinking to bear in a package that reflects the quality of our global brand
  • Focus on growth, help to drive new revenue by working directly with clients and connecting financial plans to HSBC products and services
  • Become familiar with the full breadth of the HSBC offering and will be able to identify opportunities for product sales in furtherance of a client's stated goals. Focus on high-value opportunities while creating scale for him/herself via training and teach-ins
  • Serve as financial planning subject-matter expert for the US business
  • Lead clients through the financial planning process, identify opportunities, and deliver recommendations in furtherance of a client's stated financial goals
  • Partner with Regional Heads, Market Managers, the Financial Planning Lead, and Sales Distribution team to grow financial planning fluency among Wealth Relationship Managers across the US
  • Provide thought leadership, training, and ongoing expertise on key financial planning themes, including retirement planning and executive compensation/restricted stock topics
  • Work in a close, collaborative team of planners with varied and complementary backgrounds to bring the appropriate expertise to a client scenario


You'll likely have the following qualifications to succeed in this role:

  • Mastery of the financial planning process and understanding of advanced tax, retirement, and executive compensation rules and strategies
  • Sales acumen and demonstrated experience effectively working with clients and ability to recommend appropriate, tailored solutions in furtherance of a client's stated financial goals
  • Extensive experience presenting financial plans and an interest in teaching financial planning principles to a growing sales force
  • Certified Financial Planner designation and strong experience working directly with clients in a financial planner capacity. Tax qualification (CPA, Masters in Tax) beneficial
  • Familiarity with MoneyGuide Pro financial planning software
  • Experience with non-US retirement plans, and Mandarin or Spanish language fluency a plus


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 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!

The final fixed pay offer will depend on the candidate and several variables, including but not limited to, role responsibilities, skill set, depth of experience and education, licensing/certification requirements, internal relativity, and specific work location.

About HSBC

HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational investment bank and financial services holding company. It is the second largest bank in Europe, with total assets of US$2.984 trillion (as of August 2021). HSBC traces its origin to a hong in British Hong Kong and its present form was established in London by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to act as a new group holding company in 1991; its name derives from that company's initials. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation opened branches in Shanghai in 1865 and was first formally incorporated in 1866. The company was renamed The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in 1989.
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219,763 employees
Market Cap
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Net Income
$5.2 billion
Founded
1880
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