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At HSBC we exist with the purpose of Opening up a World of Opportunity. We use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to provide opportunities for our customers and colleagues through global connectivity. We bring together the people, ideas and capital that nurture progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for our customers, our people, our investors, our communities and the planet we all share.

As an HSBC employee in Australia, you’ll have access to tailored professional development opportunities, competitive pay, an embedded flexible working culture and a range of employee benefits. These include market-leading subsidised private health cover, enhanced parental pay and support when returning to work, subsidised banking products and services, bonus leave days and wellness programmes including discounted gym memberships.

International Wealth & Premier Banking (IWPB) serves more than 50 million customers worldwide with a complete range of banking and wealth management services to enable them to manage their finances and protect and build their financial futures. It is a global business that brings together management responsibility for Retail Banking, Wealth Management, Insurance and Asset Management with a focus on customer-centric propositions and innovative and efficient distribution channels.

The Business Financial Crime Risk Manager will play a significant and critical role in the success of IWPB’s objectives and outcomes with regards to deterring, detecting, and protecting against financial crime risk. The role will report to Senior Business Financial Crime Risk Manager for IWPB and be responsible for a number of key financial crime related activities. The role holder must ensure the primary operational aspects are managed effectively to achieve strategic business and customer outcomes in a sustainable, ethical and cost-effective manner, and in accordance with the Financial Crime Global Standards, working closely with local, Regional and Global stakeholders across all 3 lines of defence.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the IWPB in adhering with Local, Regional and Global Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Policy and Procedures. 
• Assisting IWPB in maintaining an oversight of CDD controls for existing and new customers. 
• Implementing and embedding the changes for CDD policies into BAU process for IWPB Channels or Operations colleagues and working with relevant teams to deploy changes for new or existing customer’s CDD review processes. 
• Performing post implementation reviews on CDD processes to ensure they have been appropriately embedded across all teams, with appropriate controls to monitor the on-going effectiveness.
• Managing the periodic/ad-hoc CDD system changes for IWPB which includes analysing the impact, informing required stakeholders, identifying and driving actions to implement the change.  
• Streamlining, optimising and implementing the CDD related processes for IWPB.
• Keeping an oversight of Operations team’s KPIs, escalating and assisting to resolve issues. 

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in a Finance and/or business-related field with relevant experience in Financial Crime or Risk Management.
• High level of analytical and reasoning skills.
• Strong organisational and time management skills in order to meet competing deadlines. 
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent written and presentation skills.

Preference will be given to candidates who hold Australian PR/Citizenship or New Zealand Citizenship, or who can demonstrate current unrestricted work rights in Australia without limitations.

We value different perspectives, we succeed together, collaborating across boundaries, we take responsibility, holding ourselves accountable to get things done. Through these values, HSBC is committed to building a culture where all employees are appreciated and respected and where opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and opportunities to grow in an inclusive environment. Applications from First Nations peoples are encouraged.

Learn more about careers at HSBC Australia –  https://www.hsbc.com/careers/where-we-hire/australia

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