Banking & Investments Recruitment
Specialist banking and investments recruitment connecting global banks, hedge funds and financial institutions with professionals on a permanent, interim or executive search basis, from our offices in Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
Trusted To Provide Excellent Results
Every successful bank or investment firm depends on three things: strong client relationships, precise operations and controls that keep clients and regulators confident. That’s where we focus, for the firms we partner with and the professionals we represent.
Specialisms
We cover key specialisms within banking & investments that help fuel transformation and growth within business.
Skills
Our specialist recruitment consultants work with key skills areas and niche banking & investment communities, building their knowledge, network and experience to deliver excellent service to candidates and clients.
Banking & Investments Hiring with Lasting Impact
From our APAC Banking Leadership team.
Each hire runs to its own timeline, shaped by the role, its seniority and the hiring model you choose. Interim specialists for regulatory projects, remediation or operational change can usually start sooner than permanent hires. Senior front office, quant and control function appointments often take longer, with notice periods, garden leave, reference checks and licensing or regulatory approval all to plan for. We’ll agree a realistic timeline with you from your first brief. For more detail, visit our contract and permanent hiring solution pages.
Banking hiring in Hong Kong and Mainland China calls for a clear understanding of how each role fits the business, its clients and its regulators. Our consultants each specialise in one area, whether that’s front office, quants, operations or audit, risk and compliance. That means they understand the licensing requirements, client dynamics and technical skills that make a candidate right for your team. We also follow developments from the HKMA, the SFC and regulators in Mainland China, along with market shifts such as cross-boundary wealth flows and digital banking, so we can help you plan for where demand is heading. With our “specialist, not generalist” approach, you work directly with an expert in your area.
Our vetting combines competency-based screening, qualification checks and thorough referencing. Where relevant, we check a candidate’s licensing status with the SFC or HKMA, and plan for reference checks and approvals required for senior or regulated roles. Our consultants interview each candidate in depth to understand their technical knowledge and track record, and we can arrange case studies, technical tests or modelling exercises to suit your process.
Many of the best banking professionals in the region aren’t actively looking, so we reach them through relationships built since 2010. Our consultants stay in regular contact with relationship managers, quants, operations specialists and control function leaders across global, Chinese and regional banks, hedge funds and investment firms. Many work with us exclusively, so you’re introduced to experienced people you won’t find on job boards, with every approach handled discreetly.
We review our salary data regularly and fully update it every quarter to reflect changes across banking and investments in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Our benchmarks bring together insights from our database of 300K+ candidates, our own research and secondary market data, including bonus and deferred compensation trends. Request a salary survey for up-to-date insight tailored to your role.
Candidate Process expectations
From our Banking Director, Alfred Chan.
Banking interviews in Hong Kong and Mainland China can vary widely between firms, so we make sure you understand each one before you walk in. Before and throughout the process, we cover:
- Company background and information
- Role requirements and how your skills, qualifications and client experience match them
- Your lifestyle non-negotiables (onsite or hybrid working, working patterns and so on)
- Interview format and expectations, including any language requirements
- Technical interview, case study or modelling assessment preparation
- Salary, bonus and package expectation guidance
We’ll also help you frame your experience around the results that matter most, whether that’s a client book you’ve grown, a model you’ve built, a process you’ve streamlined or a control you’ve strengthened.
Whether you’re exploring a contract assignment or a permanent move, we’ll keep you informed and supported from start to finish. The process varies slightly between contract and permanent roles, but our general stages are:
Initial screening
- Skills, qualifications and requirements matching
- Cultural fit assessment (for permanent positions)
- Career aspirations alignment (for permanent positions)
- Growth and implementation speed (for contract roles)
- Lifestyle and location preferences consideration
Interview & assessment
- Technical and competency screening
- Cultural fit interviews (for permanent positions)
- Deliverable agreements (for contract roles)
- Practical assessments
- Reference, licensing and background checking
Offer & onboarding
- Package negotiation, including bonus and deferred compensation (for permanent positions)
- Notice period, garden leave and start date management
- Onboarding coordination
- Follow-up support
- Timesheet and extension management (for contract positions)
Each of our consultants works within one part of the banking market, so the roles we discuss with you are chosen around your experience. Once we know a role fits, we’ll talk through culture and lifestyle. Our key specialisms are:
- Private Banking & Wealth Management: relationship managers, private bankers and investment specialists
- Retail & Corporate Banking: relationship managers, credit analysts and transaction banking specialists
- Capital Markets: sales, trading support and coverage professionals
- Quants: quant researchers, developers and risk quants
- Operations: trade, client and banking operations professionals
- Audit, Risk & Compliance: compliance and financial crime specialists, internal auditors and risk professionals
Your skills can take you across one of Asia’s most active financial centres, and we’ll help you find the right fit. Our clients include:
- Global investment banks
- Chinese and regional banks
- Private banks and wealth managers
- Hedge funds and asset managers
- Securities and brokerage firms
- Virtual banks and fintech businesses
- Multinational firms with regional finance operations
Adding Value through benchmarking
We offer free tailored benchmarking reports to support your hiring strategies and decision making.
Request Banking Benchmarking
Request our general banking & investments benchmarking report, with contract rates and permanent salaries across a variety of roles across banking operations, front office, quants, audit, risk & compliance.
