Starting your career with a Financial Regulator

Join us to reach a higher level and achieve greater things in your professional life

The SFC Executive Trainee Programme provides challenging career opportunities to bright, young and driven individuals who possess public service motivation and have the passion to build a long-term career with the SFC.

Our trainees are fully immersed in a custom-designed two-year talent development programme, supported by comprehensive and customized training, work with some of the most experienced and talented experts in the industry, and experience an inclusive culture that maximize your potential. 

Relationship-based Learning

Working closely with SFC colleagues will form a central part of every trainee’s development process throughout the Programme. This will take in coaching, multi-source feedback, opportunities to interact with members of Senior Management and a range of valuable mentoring & joining staff activities committees opportunities. 

Experience-based Learning

Trainees will take on two twelve-month functional attachments in different divisions. Trainees will also benefit from participation in various intra and cross-divisional projects or activities. 

Education-based Learning

The Programme places an important emphasis on the value of direct education, with a curriculum structure spanning the entire two years. This will come in the form of in-house seminars, management training, high-value training, overseas training camp, and e-learning modules. 

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or above majoring in Law / Accounting / Finance/ Economics / Data Analytics / Quantitative Finance / Financial Technology is a plus or any other disciplines
  
  

• Demonstrated excellent academic results. A 2:1 degree (UK), or 3.5 GPA (Hong Kong or US) or equivalent is desirable

Experience

•  Fresh graduate or recent graduate  with less than 3 years of work experience in related disciplines (Banking & Finance, Law, Audit, Fintech / RegTech)

• Activities demonstrating leadership / organization skills

Language

• Excellent command of written and spoken Chinese & English  (a minimum of 7 out of 9 in the IELTS exam)

• Proficiency in Putonghua is highly preferred

Other Qualities / Criteria

Professional & Courageous

• Possess public service orientation with a strong sense of responsibility and integrity

People-count

• Collaborative with clear & open communication / work-life effectiveness

Proactive

• Adaptive & Dynamic; continuously improve