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If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

Your career opportunity
As Vice President – Risk Stewardship, you will lead a team of financial crime (FC) risk professionals within the Centre of Excellence (COE), supporting the Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) business. You will play a critical role in advising on FC risk, strengthening the internal control environment, and ensuring compliance with global standards. This role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to influence across a complex, matrixed organization.

You will be expected to set the tone at the top by promoting a culture of transparency, accountability, and compliance. This includes establishing and maintaining a robust internal control environment, ensuring policies and procedures are effectively implemented, and regularly reviewing their effectiveness. Your leadership will be key in aligning HSBC’s operating practices with evolving global financial crime standards and regulatory expectations.

What you’ll do:
    • Lead and develop a team of FC risk stewards, ensuring high performance, collaboration, and alignment with HSBC’s risk culture.
    • Provide expert advisory support to business stakeholders on FC risks, controls, and regulatory expectations.
    • Oversee the implementation and continuous improvement of the Non-Financial Risk Oversight (NFRO) framework.
    • Monitor and interpret MI from 1LoD controls to identify risk gaps and recommend enhancements.
    • Support governance forums with risk insights, documentation, and escalation of key issues.
    • Ensure consistent application of FC policies and frameworks across regions and markets.
    • Act as a key escalation point for complex FC risk issues and support resolution in collaboration with senior stakeholders.
    • Drive change initiatives to improve strategic FC systems and controls while balancing commercial considerations.

To succeed in this role you need to have:
    • Significant experience in financial crime risk management, operational risk, or a related advisory function within financial services.
    • Strong understanding of FC risk frameworks, regulatory expectations, and control environments.
    • Proven leadership experience, including managing teams and influencing across global, matrixed organizations.
    • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage senior stakeholders and articulate risk clearly.
    • Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret large volumes of data and produce actionable insights.
    • Experience working across diverse jurisdictions with varying regulatory requirements.
    • Ability to lead change initiatives and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
    • Strong judgment and decision-making skills, particularly in complex or ambiguous situations.
    • Nice to have:
      • Knowledge of CIB or IWPB business models and products.
      • Experience with regulatory audits, assurance reviews, or internal control assessments.
      • Familiarity with HSBC’s NFRO framework or similar risk oversight models.
      • Exposure to global policy development and implementation.
      • Experience working in a multi-cultural, international environment.

What we offer
    • Competitive salary
    • Annual performance-based bonus
    • Additional bonuses for recognition awards
    • Multisport card
    • Private medical care
    • Life insurance
    • One-time reimbursement of home office set-up (up to 800 PLN).
    • Corporate parties & events
    • CSR initiatives
    • Nursery discounts
    • Financial support with trainings and education
    • Social fund
    • Flexible working hours 
    • Free parking

If your CV meets our criteria, you should expect the following steps in the recruitment process:
    • Online behavioural test (for external candidates only)
    • Telephone screen (for external candidates only)
    • Job interview with the hiring manager

We are looking to hire as soon as possible so don’t wait and apply now!
You'll achieve more when you join HSBC.

We thank all interested candidates for their applications. We reserve the right to contact only selected candidates.

In case you would like to resign from participation in recruitment process or withdraw previously sent to us application, please email us at: krakow.recruitment@hsbc.com 
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