Recruitment
Careers at HBOS
HBOS is a leader across the spectrum of financial services in the UK and internationally.
Our brands and our people offer leading products and services in mortgages, savings, credit cards, estate agency, corporate banking, insurance and investments.
We have 40 brands including Sheila's Wheels, Halifax, Bank of Scotland and eSure. Our customer base is 22 million and we employ about 72,000 people.
HBOS also has a significant presence in Ireland, Europe, Australia and North America.
We work hard to have the best team in banking, insurance and investments. From the highest performing sales and service advisers to experts and leaders in all of the professions which underpin our business. Equally, we recognise the importance of our Graduate programme. We want to grow and nurture our new talent to become future leaders.
Whatever part of our business you’re interested in joining, you'll find all the information you need on our website. If you would like to find out more about HBOS and what we do click here to view a short video.
You can explore our current opportunities and get your application moving by clicking on one of the links below. This will allow you to see all the vacancies we have online in this area.
Graduates
HBOS offers a wide range of career opportunities for Graduates from all disciplines across a broad and complementary group of financial services businesses. We give our Graduates opportunities to achieve their goals across a wide range of settings and need graduates with real energy and ambition to shape our future progress. To find out more about The HBOS Graduate Schemes 2007 visit www.hbos-choices.co.uk. ![]()
Halifax
For 20 million customers, one of the UK's best known and most liked brands - "Always giving you extra".
Bank of Scotland
Founded in 1695, Bank of Scotland is one of the UK's leading clearing banks, widely respected as an innovative and forward thinking player in the financial services sector. The Bank provides full banking services for personal, business and corporate customers.
Group Internal Audit - Supporting Business Success
Formed with the merger of the Halifax and Bank of Scotland, HBOS, the new force in banking, offers a dynamic, forward thinking environment to build your career in.
Group Internal Audit provide independent, objective assurance to Executive Management and the Board regarding the internal control environment in the Group and the operation of the risk management, control and governance processes. We strive to support business success and believe this is achieved through our people. In return for your skills and experience, we offer an excellent reward and benefits package.
Treasury
At the heart of all HBOS Group's activities is Treasury which maximises the return on the Group's assets, manages the Group's balance sheet and ensures the Group's businesses have the liquidity to support their activities, as well as meet the requirements of the regulators. We also leverage our Treasury expertise to provide customers of the HBOS Group, across the Corporate, Retail and Insurance divisions, with a wide range of risk management services.
To ensure that we capture the full value of our funding and sales operations we have an active trading business across a full range of asset classes. With exposure to wholesale multi-currency funding, debt capital issuance, asset securitisation and market risk, the Treasury team provides the backdrop for some of the most rewarding and dynamic careers in finance.
Intelligent Finance
Intelligent Finance was launched in 2000 and offers customers a range of banking services and a radical new approach to finance - by phone, over the internet and with professional advisers.
Find out more about Intelligent Finance and view the current vacancies visit www.iwantextra.co.uk ![]()
Birmingham Midshires
Find out about careers with Birmingham Midshires and view the current vacancies visit www.askbm.co.uk ![]()
Advisory Sales
Advisory Sales is a key part of the Retail division within HBOS and has responsibility for selling our leading edge and customer friendly insurance and investment products. Advisory Sales comprises two distinct sales channels.
Our Personal Financial Advisors are fully integrated into the retail network and are based in a Halifax or Bank of Scotland branch, working closely with branch colleagues to generate leads and serve the needs of our customers.
Bank of Scotland Investment Service
Specialises in providing more complex financial planning services to companies, partnerships and professionals of all disciplines, as well as company directors and senior managers. Our Client Managers are based in various locations throughout the field network.
'To find out more about careers at BoSIS and to view our nationwide vacancies
visit www.bosiscareers.com ![]()
Halifax General Insurance Services Limited
Halifax General Insurance Services Limited (HGISL) is the largest arranger of household insurance in the UK and currently has over 2 million policies in force. HGISL continually strives to achieve customer satisfaction through providing comprehensive value for money products and high levels of customer service. Although the majority of policies are mortgage related home insurance, HGISL has successfully branched out into new product areas such as travel and pet insurance.
esure
esure, the insurance company for the 21st century, is one of the most exciting and substantial e-businesses being set up in the UK. Founded and led by Peter Wood, the financial services entrepreneur who founded Direct Line, esure has the pedigree and potential to be the generic and leading internet based general insurance company and an extremely successful business.
HBOS Financial Services
As part of our Insurance & Investment Group, HBOS Financial Services is responsible for our life, pensions and investment products.
Clerical Medical
Clerical Medical is a respected and significant provider of pensions, investments and life assurance products for professional people.
Find out more about careers in Clerical Medical and view the current vacancies visit www.clericalmedical.co.uk ![]()
Halifax Estate Agents
The largest single branded estate agency chain in the UK.
There is an opportunity for certain individuals to run their own branch as a licensee, please click link below for details:

HBOS is committed to being a leader in Diversity and Inclusion. This is an integral part of the business and HBOS will act with fairness, dignity and respect in all dealings with colleagues, customers, shareholders, investors, suppliers and the communities in which we operate.

