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. 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.

In Wealth and Personal Banking, we serve 41 million customers globally, including 6.7 million who are international, from retail customers to ultra-high net worth individuals and their families. We help our customers to take care of their day-to-day finances and to manage, protect and grow their wealth. Our international network and breadth of expertise enable us to deliver on HSBC’s purpose of opening up a world of opportunity by providing our customers with borderless banking and world-class wealth management through best-in-class, mobile-first capabilities and exceptional people. Our key-areas of operations include Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Asset Management, Global Private Banking, Insurance, and Chief Operating Office.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as an Associate Director, CLM.

Principal Responsibilities

  • To guide the RM’s/CSE’s/RO’s in identifying and documenting the information required to satisfy the Bank’s KYC due diligence policies and processes
  • Review complex onboarding cases with ability to work on these cases independently
  • Executes and reviews negative media alerts, and performs sanction & PEP screening
  • Check/identifies for discrepancies between the information held in the customer’s documentation and profile on the system
  • Reviews and validated the quality of the due diligence and Know Your Customer (KYC) information on the bank’s customers, in line with HSBC policies at on boarding and periodic reviews
  • Work with the CDD Advisor when additional guidance on CDD policy is required
  • Driving sustainable growth. Identifies and acts on opportunities to improve efficiency in the workflow for both GPB clients and clients having GPB and Retail Banking customers
  • Makes considered decisions with factual and coherent recommendations, benefits and implications
  • Keeps colleagues and stakeholders informed, and takes accountability for following through on outstanding issues raised within the CLM team to ensure prompt and efficient delivery of service
  • Assists assigned internal clients to be aware of and be able to critically examine relevant policies and practices and processes to mitigate risk, ensure compliance and deliver a superior end client experience
  • Encourages internal client (RM/CSE’s) to make best use of CLM’s expertise and services by ensuring a robust understanding of the business function
  • Takes a pro-active approach to identifying and highlighting workflow process improvements needed to increase productivity and efficiency on an end-to-end basis
  • Take on any ad hoc projects or business initiatives as a senior member in CLM
  • Team owning responsibilities for key aspects of client onboarding and ongoing CDD reviews (periodic and event trigger reviews) to fulfill AML and regulatory requirements
Requirements
  • Subject matter knowledge of AML, regulatory compliance and controls within the banking and financial services industry
  • Seeks out and interprets information, evidence and gaps and uses their business and specialist knowledge to identify and highlight issues and areas of concerns
  • Strong understanding of the connection between the financial services industry, the regulatory environment and their business function, and assists in passing on their practical knowledge to their colleagues
  • Understands the nature and importance of the quality data and information needed to provide compliance assurance for the business function
  • Strong teamwork initiative
  • Good research and communication skills
  • Ability to work professionally with all levels of staff and management
  • Strong familiarity with Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Internet Explorer
  • Strong English fluency and written skills
  • Minimum of a B.A. degree or relevant work experience
  • Additional languages welcomed

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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