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Here in France, you’ll help evolve and grow our business. The HBCE Compliance Department includes the Financial Crime (FC) and Regulatory Conduct (RC) Activities. The Compliance function is a Second line of defense (LOD) function, responsible for reviewing and challenging the activities of the Group’s businesses (also referred to as “the First LOD”) to ensure that they effectively manage as “Risk Owners” the risks inherent in or arising from the conduct of their activities and for which they are responsible. The Second LOD consists of 'Risk Stewards' who are independent of the commercial risk-taking activities undertaken by the First LOD. The Compliance function is a Risk Steward for several non-financial risks in accordance with HSBC Group’s risk framework.
The FC Regulatory Oversight Sr. Officer reports to the Head of Continental Europe Financial Crime Framework & Fraud. This is a central Financial Crime team which provides advice and guidance to the various line of business compliance advisory teams, business stakeholders, functional stakeholders, industry bodies, as well as has interactions with regulators / supervisors (ACPR, ECB, etc) and senior management. The HBCE Financial Crime team covers Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC), Tax evasion, Fraud and Sanctions.
The HBCE FC team is based in Paris but must have strong interaction and good relationship with Financial Crime teams in London and across the Continental Europe countries. Are you curious, good at communication, solution oriented, dynamic and pragmatic ? Do you have a great synthesis and analytical capacity? Do you enjoy learning in challenging environment and work in team?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you!
What you will do:
The role holder is a subject matter expert who enjoys reading and understanding regulatory requirements and is responsible for ensuring that HBCE FC Framework (Policies, Regulatory Developments, Regulatory Reportings, etc) are effective and/or escalating areas that require attention or management. The role is a key risk management role with a broad remit and responsibilities including, but not limited to:
In this role you will:
- Accountable for overseeing the implementation of the Bank’s policy and standards, controls
- Responsible for working across HBCE legal entity to understand regulatory standards and obligations
- Lead EU regulatory development analysis (EU AML Regulation, 6AMLD, French CMF etc.) and work with relevant contacts in Global Businesses and Global Functions to ensure consistent and effective application, and implementation
- Participate in and work with relevant industry bodies and groups in relation to related initiatives, trends, and proposals
- Support the HBCE Head of Financial Crime European Union (EU) with strategic matters
- Provide key input into governance forums on key controls, issues, and actions
- Support on regulatory reporting in relation to Financial Crime matters (example: French regulatory reports, RACI, QLB, etc.)
- Lead any regulatory inspections and regulatory responses on behalf of Head of Financial Crime EU
- Support on most Financial Crime matters
- Seasoned professional with experience in Financial Crime Risk roles
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, with experience of dealing with executives at all levels
- A legal background with experience in Financial Crime
- Solid understanding of EU and French regulation, familiar and comfortable reading regulatory texts
- Solid understanding of the HSBC Risk Management Framework
- Resilient, solution orientated and collaborative mindset
- Must be capable of dealing with multiple stakeholders, tight timelines, and capable of prioritzing tasks and keeping management informed of any challenges
- Advantageous remote working agreement
- Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of our business: joining HSBC will give you the opportunity to work in a collegiate and supportive environment
- You’ll be able to join our Employee Resource Groups that bring together colleagues with shared characteristics and common interests
- Usual local benefits (refund of transport fees at 50%, 5 weeks of paid vacation + RTT)
- Family events days off, additional maternity or breastfeeding leave, advantageous paternity leave, parental presence or dependency support leave (for child or parent with disability)
- A Time Savings Account to monetize your untaken off days (CET)
- Partial reimbursement of childcare costs
- Various bonus (birth bonus, back-to-school bonus for your children up to 25, parental bonus)
- An allowance for parents of children with disabilities
- Possibility to work part-time
- A company savings plan and a savings plan for collective retirement
- Meal voucher card or corporate restaurant depending on your place of employment
- Mutual insurance for you and your family, and a pension contract to protect your loved ones
- A loyalty bonus and a long-service medal rewarding seniority
- Holiday vouchers based on your reference tax income
- CESUs (for tax purposes) if you are disabled or if you have a disabled child, spouse or parent
- A Work Council which offers, among other things, ticketing, travel, sports, legal aid, etc.
- Access to our Degreed platform (learning platform above all, that you can use to discover learning content, develop skills, and successfully meet new business challenges)
- We’ll help you progress your career, including access to development programs, mentoring and coaching, as well as world-class training through HSBC University
- We’ll give you access to resources that support your mental, physical, and social well-being