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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 62 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 Vice President - Line Control

Business: CIB COO

• Strategy: Development and active engagement of Control strategies as a subset of overall Line Control strategy. Ongoing enhancement and oversight of the LC mandate, ensuring global consistency. Lead the regional roll-out of Control Monitoring (CM) best practices for LC ensuring effective implementation and conformance in all key locations. Understanding the risks associated with the Product’s business model and building and implementing a balanced control framework within Issuer Services, including managing operational readiness activities for onboarding of new client opportunities.
• Risk Reporting: Partner with MSS LC colleagues and Operations Management in achieving balance in meeting the needs of stakeholders - Regional / Global Product / Global LC - while at the same time ensuring consistent take-up and operation of the internal control framework, and effective management and reporting of risks and resolutions. Implementation: Shape, evolve and implement sensible and standardised working practices that ensure global consistency, are able to pass the ‘independent challenge’ test, and deliver quality assured results that protect and enhance the internal control environment for Operations. Oversee and drive control monitoring, reporting and risk mitigation activities. Drive internal quality control processes for LC.
• Risk & Issue Management: Partnering and consulting with Service Deliver and supporting teams in proactively and decisively managing risks and threats to Operations. Provide proactive support and advice in understanding risks, determining and agreeing action plans, and ensuring that remediation is completed and timely across the full internal control spectrum e.g. Incidents, Audit, Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Non Financial Risk (NFR) reviews etc. Be forward looking in identifying operational risks and vulnerabilities. Identify control and process weaknesses and take action. 
• Risk Culture: Promote a strong risk and control culture, positive learning environment, contribute to risk awareness training and development, and help to ensure that learnings and best practices are shared in an effective way. Help to ensure that a strong governance culture is embedded within Product line.
• Representation: Build and nurture key relationships and networks with stakeholders. Foster a collaborative, transparent, and robust operating environment.
• Lead and contribute to the broader LC programme. Execute ad hoc project work, reviews and initiatives as directed by the Head of Issuer Services City Office & LC Leadership team. Drive conformance to LC blueprint ensuring efficient and globally harmonized operational practices relating to monitoring of risks and controls, reporting and governance processes. Establish and execute an internal quality control review strategy for LC regionally. Promulgate continued adherence to the internal control framework in Operations, ensuring its effective operation, and geared to delivering tangible improvements that strengthen the totality of our internal control environment. Ensure adherence to escalation processes, and drive ownership and accountability for risk and control issues ensuring that decisive actions are taken to resolve and prevent reoccurrence. Implement effective planning, stakeholder engagement and communications processes that ensure that priorities are aligned, realistic target dates set, and appropriate resources to deliver are agreed with Operations Management and incorporated in the Financial Resource Plan (FRP).
• Proactively seek feedback on performance and operational impact of the function and dynamically make adjustments where needed. Develops close and effective working relationships with the Issuer Services Operations management teams globally. Builds close links to key stakeholders in other parts of the HSS and related Functions. Acts as a center of expertise for risk and control providing expert advice and guidance so that they understand and implement internal control policies and adopt Non Financial Risk (NFR) methods. A Culture Leader for risk and control. An enabler, leading and contributing to education and learning initiatives, promoting policies and best practices, and raising awareness and general understanding of risks and controls in Operations (impacts and consequences).

• A proven delivery track record combined with a sound knowledge of risk management processes. The role requires a proactive and articulate individual, comfortable leading a multi-disciplined team, dealing with a broad number of senior management, able to shape key messages, and influence senior management teams in delivering practical solutions that noticeably move the dial in Operations.
• Knowledge of Issuer Services products and associated post trade operational processes.
• Excellent understanding of an Operations’ environment within global Markets or MSS.
• Experience in a product aligned control function within investment banking.
• Well-developed leadership skills, a solutions-led individual, able to motivate the team and deliver high quality results.
• Outstanding organizational and team management skills. Continuous improvement and project management experience advantageous.
• Lateral thinker with an ability to interpret and solve complex issues.
• Ability to act impartially, where required, to arbitrate in matters under dispute, build consensus, and resolve conflicts.
• Excellent client management skills, with the ability to build and develop networks and relationships with both external and internal clients and stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal, networking and influencing skills.
• Developed report writing and presentations skills.

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