Support Associate- REF London Team Review

Item: Support Associate- REF London Team at HSBC
Rating: 4.7
Author: Anonymous

at HSBC

Internship (1 Month+)

Commercial Banking

London

Review Submitted: August 2021

Overall Rating

4.7 /5

The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!

4/5 - Overview of Role

4.8/5 - Skills Development

5/5 - Support and Guidance

4.8/5 - Company Culture

5/5 - Overall Experience

4/5 - Future Career Prospects

Overview of Role

Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis.

Morning catch-up with my placement manager to review my objectives and assign tasks for the day. Have team meetings once a week with other Associates and RDs. Sit through client meetings. Create Head of Terms, CM, MI and other documents to analyse client performance. Undertake training to develop commercial awareness.

Were you given much responsibility during your placement / internship?

I had to log MI for 15 clients into the main system used which the whole group had access to
In charge of creating Market commentary for June which all the Associates used in the Credit Application Remarks.
Updated CIPs based on what the client sends through.
Drafted out a Heads of Terms (first bonding contract between client and bank) from scratch for a client.

Please rate how meaningful the work you were doing was

4/5

Skills Development

Have you learnt any new skills, or developed your existing skills?

- Networking
- Stakeholder management
- Excel
- Client interaction

How would you rate the training provided during your experience?

5/5

How would you rate your development of industry-specific skills during the experience?

4/5

How would you rate your development of personal / soft skills during the experience?

5/5

Please rate how these skills have helped you in your career development

5/5

Support and Guidance

How much support and guidance did you receive during your placement / internship?

I worked with 4 RDs, 1 ARD and 3 Associates to learn more on loan transactions and the products offered. They were all willing to take time out to explain the different tasks to me and give me feedback on my work.