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Relationship Executive, Acquisition, SME Banking
Role summary
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The role focuses on acquiring new small and medium-sized enterprise customers in Hong Kong, understanding their business needs, and recommending suitable banking, lending, cash-management, and other financial solutions. Candidates should have experience in SME or commercial banking, relationship management, sales, or business development, with a sound understanding of credit and banking products. Strong communication, negotiation, networking, and customer-engagement skills are expected. The successful candidate should be commercially driven, comfortable meeting acquisition targets, capable of building trusted client relationships, and attentive to regulatory, risk, and conduct requirements. Fluency in English and Chinese, including Cantonese, is typically valuable for serving Hong Kong SME clients.
Can I work in Hong Kong?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Employment visa (General Employment Policy): a degree and a job offer at market pay for a job locals cannot readily fill; no quota, no sector limit; about 4 weeks.
Before you apply: Dealing, advising and senior roles usually need a regulator's licence or approval, which checks your honesty, skills and finances. Ask if your job does.
Watch for: Nationals of Afghanistan, Cuba and North Korea are excluded; residents of mainland China use a separate scheme.
Official source: Immigration Department: General Employment Policy. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Hong Kong
Usual for Banking jobs in Hong Kong, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Rent allowance usual in banking and multinationals (HKD 18,000 to 30,000 a month early career); less in tech |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Varies; the employer usually helps with the visa; a relocation allowance mostly in senior packages |
| Flights | Varies; a joining flight is not standard, more common in senior packages |
| Contract | Often open-ended, probation 1 to 3 months; by law notice is 7 days or more after month 1 (1 month if silent) |
| Leave | 7 days a year, rising to 14 after 9 years, plus 15 statutory holidays (by law) |
| Income tax | 0% up to HKD 145,000 a year (about USD 18,600), then 2% to 17%; pension (MPF) 5%, max HKD 1,500 a month |
| Health cover | Private insurance usual for professionals, not required; with an ID card public A&E is HKD 400, without 2,100 |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered is an international banking group headquartered in London, with a strong presence across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The bank provides retail, private, commercial, and corporate banking services, as well as trade finance, transaction banking, wealth management, and capital-markets solutions. Hong Kong is one of its key markets and an important regional financial centre for the group. Standard Chartered promotes a purpose-led culture focused on supporting clients, businesses, and communities through responsible finance and international connectivity. Employees typically work in a diverse, highly regulated environment where collaboration, customer service, digital development, risk awareness, and professional growth are emphasised. Benefits and compensation vary by role and experience, but may include medical coverage, retirement benefits, annual leave, and performance-related incentives.