Job description

Some careers have more impact than others.

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Assistant Vice President , FC Investigative Reporting - INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING ASP

Principal responsibilities

Impact on the Business/Function

  • Manage a team of investigators, investigating suspected financial crime networks across multiple lines of business and geographic regions.
  • Ensure consistent and high-quality investigative work across the team, and ensure investigators have appropriate access to systems and data, in line with data sharing restrictions. Escalate incidents where information is not accessible, where it should be, due to technical or non-technical challenges.
  • Resolve procedural and technical questions or issues raised by investigators and escalate where necessary to achieve timely resolution.
  • Proactively look for emerging financial crime threats across the investigations your investigators are supporting.
  • Ensure investigators are looking for potential control weaknesses and financial crime typologies.
  • Escalate investigative trends and MI to senior management.
  • Actively promote and participate in the cultivation of an environment that supports diversity and reflects the HSBC brand, thereby delivering high employee engagement and motivation.
  • Participate in year-round performance management, ensuring that investigators are working on their development objectives throughout the year with your support.

Customers / Stakeholders

  • Maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders across Financial Crime, lines of business, regions, and countries; in particular, fellow Complex Investigations colleagues outside the CoE, who you will be collaborating with.
  • Manage the sharing of information and creation of feedback loops across the Group to continuously adapt and improve our financial crime controls and support the business in their first line responsibilities.
  • Work within the capability necessary to manage the Investigation response to high priority financial crime risks requiring a coordinated response across FCI functions, lines of business or markets.

Operational Effectiveness & Control

  • Contribute to the framework, policies, procedures, and controls for the effective identification and mitigation of the specific financial crime threats the firm faces.
  • Adhere to the FCI -related elements of the Financial Crime Risk Policy.
  • Typical Targets and Measures
  • Adheres to the Group Strategy for Financial Crime Investigations.
  • Oversee timely completion of high-quality investigations.
  • Oversee timely production of high-quality MI.
  • Enables the team to maintain a holistic oversight of the response to financial crime threats across lines of business and countries in region.
  • FCI Investigation plans in place across the function
  • Contribute towards quality reviews where necessary.
  • A process for the early reporting/escalation of FCI -Investigation related issues and risks is in place.
  • Is responsible for creating the culture and environment to establish and to enable a high performing team to thrive.

Leadership & Teamwork

  • The jobholder will oversee a team of individuals who may be required to undertake multiple investigations into diverse aspects of HSBCs products, services, and procedures. The jobholder must use their own judgement to prioritise a heavy and often complex workload, ensuring active and timely progression of all assigned matters across the team.
  • Processes and procedures within HSBC are constantly changing with the introduction of new systems and products. The jobholder will need to be flexible in approach. Different styles of investigation and reporting will be required, dependent on the nature and location of the incident. The jobholder must understand how varied systems and procedures operate, facilitating the identification of relevant issues, and use the acquired knowledge proactively to progress investigations.
  • The jobholder will form part of a team based geographically within the Centre of Excellence, overseeing investigations in different markets. The jobholder will need to build the social and contextual knowledge necessary to appraise potential financial crime risks in the markets whose cases they support.
  • The jobholder needs to be self-confident, and able to handle new situations. The jobholder must exercise a variety of people management, communication and inter-personal skills when progressing investigations, particularly in building relationships with peers and supervisors in other locations.
  • Continually review and assess the efficiency of their team, ensuring there is sufficient resource, training, and appropriate systems access.
  • Monitor and assess performance, promoting a year round focus on development objectives.
  • Ensure the team receives sufficient training to deliver high quality, timely financial crime investigations. Identify training needs for senior management attention.
  • Contribute to communication across regional FCI and the business to all key stakeholders in relation to Investigation matters.

Role Context

  • The jobholder must conduct and manage financial crime risk investigations in accordance with Group policies and procedures. The jobholder will be required to collect, assess, and understand evidence from a variety of source, and to provide strategic guidance on the conduct of investigations within the team. This can involve dealing with significant issues for which there is no clear-cut solution whilst still being able to provide judgment and clear direction.

Management of Risk

  • The jobholder will ensure the fair treatment of our customers is at the heart of everything we do, both personally and as an organisation.
  • The jobholder will also continually reassess the operational risks associated with the role and inherent in the business, taking account of changing economic or market conditions, legal and regulatory requirements, operating procedures and practices, management restructurings, and the impact of new technology.

Observation of Internal Controls

  • Maintains HSBC internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators.
  • Jobholder is an ‘insider’ for dealing purposes and subject to strict controls and confidentiality.
Requirements
  • Background within the following industries:
  • Financial crime investigations or analysis in the financial services industry;
  • Regulatory, investigative, or financial intelligence agencies;
  • Forensic accounting and/or experience in a financial crime consulting practice;
  • Non-governmental organizations or think tanks that conduct investigations or analysis relating to financial crime or other geopolitical issues.
  • Strategic consultancy or project management for a multinational corporation.
  • Experience in mitigating the harms associated with the threat of financial crime.
  • An understanding of the current regulatory environment and expectations, relevant regulations, codes, and HSBC Group
  • Standards, as well as their underlying purpose to mitigate risk to the financial system and provide information useful for the public sector to provide law enforcement and security.
  • Excellent verbal and written English skills.
  • Ability to work to tight deadlines & prioritize workload.
  • Good analytical skills.
  • An inquisitive mindset with a good eye for detail.
  • Individual contributor and team player.
  • Proficient knowledge of PC based systems.

Candidate with less relevant experience or skills may be offered a lower Global Career Band than stated above.

Due to the urgent hiring need, candidates with immediate right to work locally and no relocation need will be prioritised. 

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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