Job description

Why join us?

  • Global Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) is a sub function of Group Risk. Its purpose is to make sure HSBC understands and is in control of its non-financial risk position.
  • Resilience Risk (RR) Specialists provide expert advice covering a specific RR risk lens to ensure high quality advice, expertise and guidance is available across all the risk types of technology (including cyber) risk; data and information security risk; third party risk; contingency risk; physical security risk; building unavailability risk; workplace safety risk; payments and transaction processing risk.
  • The RR Specialists operate on an entity-wide basis and must work closely with their RR peers, specifically, the ERM Business and Functions aligned roles to support them by providing RR technical advice and guidance for their consumption and use in delivering their respective relationship management remits.

What you’ll do:

Governance and Committee Memberships

Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities

  • Provide technical advice and support globally to ensure stakeholders understand and are aware of the control environment and assessment of Regulatory Reporting risk globally, commensurate with the scale and nature of operations.
  • Support the ERM Regional teams to explain in non-technical terms the impact of issues or events, and top and emerging risks that may require changes (for example, to controls, resources, or business operations) to remain within respective risk appetites.
  • Support the ORR Regional teams to ensure risk and control owners have clear understanding of the effectiveness of the current control environment.
  • Monitor the local external environment to get early sight of emerging Regulatory Reporting risks and provide detailed guidance on controls required to mitigate against them. Build and maintain relevant cross-organisation and industry relationships.
  • Deliver tailored and specific expertise across Regulatory Reporting risk enabling 1LoD to successfully deploy and operate mitigating key controls.
  • Provide technical guidance to support development and completion of ERM risk reporting obligations (e.g. RAS, top & emerging risks, risk profile reporting, RMM, Board reporting where relevant, etc.).
  • Ensure the root cause of relevant global operational risk issues and events are fully understood and correctly treated.
  • Ensure any concerns with key controls and material change programmes, relevant to Regulatory Reporting risk, are understood and escalated as needed.
  • Work in conjunction with the ORR Regional teams and 1LoD to escalate any matters when needed.
  • Support regulatory and audit engagement pertaining to Regulatory Reporting risk; and timely completion of relevant audit actions and findings.
  • Support training and capability uplift for the ERM Regional teams to ensure robust understanding of Regulatory Reporting risks.

Leadership & Teamwork 

  • Challenge and influence to ensure Regulatory Reporting risk specialist advice and guidance is understood and followed.
  • Support diversity and reflect the HSBC brand and organisational values.
  • Influence and provide direction to the 1LoD and ERM Regional teams to ensure they fulfil their own roles and responsibilities and manage Regulatory Reporting risk according to the Group’s frameworks and within stated appetite.
  • Build and maintain relationships with external partners, regulators, industry bodies and others to keep up to date with developments.
  • Operating with influence and gravitas across all Lines of Defence within Global Businesses/Functions and corresponding Legal Entities, in relation to the management and oversight of Regulatory Reporting risk
  • Providing clear delineation between accountable activities under ERM
  • Maintaining a commercial understanding without compromising standards of internal control and organisational risk appetite in a growing and successful business.

Functional Knowledge

  • Strong level of business knowledge and Regulatory Reporting expertise 
  • Strong level of risk management knowledge and relevant experience
  • Comprehensive knowledge of Regulatory Reporting processes and controls
  • A BA or BS University Degree, professional certificate in one or more specialist disciplines

Others

  • Providing Expert Advice and Robust Challenge
  • Delivering Risk Steward Policies
  • Oversee, Review, and Challenge Risks and Controls
  • Understanding and Applying Risk Management in Context

Role Attributes

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  • Selections should reflect the typical features of the job during the year
  • Selections should focus on the role rather than the individual
Requirements

What you will need to succeed in the role:

Experience

  • Broad and comprehensive understanding of concepts and principles within one discipline

Business / Commercial knowledge          

  • The role requires a comprehensive understanding of several value units / products / regions / legal entities, alongside an advanced understanding of the industry and the relative positioning of the HSBC's products and services.

Problem Solving

  • Covers a wide range of activities that require complex judgements based on advanced analytical thought. Problems often require an innovative approach, based on extensive research

Innovation        

  • Develops new and adapts existing processes for increased quality and efficiency whilst encouraging others to seek new ideas/solutions to day to day problems.

Accountability / decision making

  • Latitude to make decisions within the value unit / region / product / legal entity strategy guidelines.  There is direction from the long-term business goals with few or no policies to direct how the role should work.

Strategic Responsibility

  • Implements business plans through own team and is accountable for results.

Communication 

  • The role requires the ability to guide, persuade and influence others through the developed skills of communication and diplomacy.

You’ll achieve more at HSBC

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.”

 

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