Senior Manager, AB and C, Group AML

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Risk & Compliance is a global function that brings together all aspects of regulatory and financial crime compliance. Acting as risk stewards, and supported by a range of specialist teams, we work together with the business and leverage advanced technology to help HSBC navigate a complex regulatory landscape and embed a sustainable approach to compliance risk management that supports safe growth. Risk & Compliance aspires to continuously raise the bar and set leading standards across the industry to help safeguard its customers and the communities within which it operates.

The Group Financial Crime (FC) team is responsible for delivering an effective programme and framework for managing FC risk, leveraging specialist capabilities, expertise, data and technology, to enable the bank to serve the needs of its customers and grow safely. The FC team sets policy, promotes consistent implementation and best practice relating to the bank’s Non-Financial Risk (NFR) framework, and provides effective risk steward advice and oversight for FC risk, ensuring that the Group’s exposure and related reputational risks are well-managed.

The Group Anti-Money Laundering team is accountable for risk stewardship at the Group level of AML (including Transaction Monitoring), Counter Terrorism & Proliferation Financing, Tax Transparency and Anti-Bribery & Corruption (AB&C), all collectively referred to as “Group AML”. The Group Head of AML reports directly to the Group Head of FC & Group Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), is part of the FC Executive Committee (ExCo) and leads a team of senior compliance professionals.

The Group AB&C team sits within Group AML and is accountable for the AB&C framework (outside of Policy) and comprises subject matter experts, who provide AB&C advice to Businesses and Functions globally. The AB&C team undertakes risk steward oversight through the development and monitoring of controls and metrics, issues management and escalations through governance and advice of programme and framework enhancements.

We are currently seeking a skilled Senior Manager within AB&C. You’ll have considerable autonomy, dealing with major issues for which there may often be no clear solution whilst still being able to provide judgment and clear direction.

In this role, your responsibilities will include (among other things) the following activities:

• AB&C advice: Provide AB&C advice to the Policy team, Global Business Compliance, Functions, Digital Business Services (DBS) and regional AB&C.
• SME & analysis: Act as SME on AB&C matters, including areas of emerging and heightened bribery and corruption risk or where there is an increased senior management focus. Perform AB&C thematic analysis and horizon-scanning of the external environment including regulatory developments, news, and enforcement actions, producing required outputs to shape policy and risk appetite and including reporting updates or inputs into training material.
• Report Writing: Write AB&C input to monthly (e.g Global AB&C Risk Map) and annual reporting including the Group MLRO report, Global AB&C Enterprise Risk Wide Assessment report, and HSBC Annual Report.
• Metrics: Provide AB&C risk stewardship and advice on globally defined Key Control Indicators (KCIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) including monthly oversight, review & challenge, and ongoing metric optimisation.
• NFR Risk Stewardship: Support Operational Risk and NFR requirements for AB&C including risk and control oversight, issues management, economic capital, risk taxonomy and control library definition, continuous monitoring plans, conduct requirements etc.
• Strategy & Framework: Support setting the strategy and framework for AB&C including regular engagement with key stakeholders in Regional AB&C, Global Business Compliance, Functions, DBS, FC management office, and Risk & Compliance more broadly.
• Examination: Support input into and managing the outcomes of audit/assurance queries and reports at the Group level.
• Group AML: Collaborate with the other Group AML risk disciplines as required.

To be successful in the role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Strong AB&C subject matter expertise is essential; Anti-tax evasion facilitation experience is preferable; wider FC expertise and experience is desirable;
• Knowledge of the international AB&C legal and regulatory framework and up to date knowledge of the AB&C risks and typologies in banking;
• An active interest in AB&C as a subject matter, with a particular focus on forward looking and emerging financial crime risks;
• Strong research skills, including scoping, analysis and written presentation for quick-turnaround, medium and long-term projects;
• Strong understanding and / or experience of FC risk stewardship and associated responsibilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required;
• A background or strong understanding of operational risk highly desirable;
• Experience of dealing with a range of stakeholders including senior management;
• Forward looking and business oriented, able to operate effectively and to prioritise competing demands, while maintaining a delivery focus;

Experience of working within a matrixed environment is desirable. Understanding of the HSBC Group structure, its business, and HSBC’s corporate culture is beneficial but not essential. The location of the role is: Ideally London however could consider other UK locations with the expectation of 1-2 days in the office a week.

At HSBC we look to enable our employees to better balance their work / life priorities and have the flexibility required to meet challenging needs as they progress through different life stages. Where possible we will consider the following flexible working options: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, and working from home and staggered hours. If in considering a role with HSBC you have a need for some flexibility in your working arrangements please discuss this with the recruitment team in the early stages of the application process.

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