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Your career opportunity
Financial Crime (FC) function is part of the Second Line of Defense (SLOD) activity that includes" Risk Stewards" who are independent of the commercial risk-taking activities undertaken by the Group’s businesses (also referred to as “First Line of Defense" or “FLOD"). The Risk Stewards are responsible for providing subject matter expertise, advise, guidance and effective challenge to the FLOD to ensure that, as Risk and Control owners, they effectively manage the FC risks for which they are responsible. FC risk is a non-financial risk that includes ‘Fraud’, ‘Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, Proliferation Financing’, ‘Bribery and Corruption’, ‘Sanctions or Export Controls Breaches’, and ‘Tax Evasion’. The FC function operates in accordance with HSBC Group’s Risk Management Framework (RMF).

The job holder role is to work with a team of Sanctions professionals supporting the Risk stewardship teams across Global, Region, Markets, Lines of Business and Functions. In addition, the job holder will play an advisory role and influence the direction of the risk discipline to effectively identify and mitigate FC risk. 

What you’ll do
    • Provide subject matter expertise advises, and guidance to First line of defence.
    • Provide support in managing FC risks by providing oversight and direction of the business controls as described in the Global Line of Business procedures and HSBC Global Policies and Procedures.
    • Engage with FLOD and SLOD to ensure transparency relating to risks and control assessments, ongoing control remediation plans and trigger events oversight for both internal and external events.
    • Build strong partnership at a Global, Regional and Country level working across the entire FC structure as well as with the lines of business and functions including DBS where applicable.
    • Prepare, review, challenge and consolidation of accurate data, reports, and presentation packs for key executive meetings / forums.
    • Support in developing and maintaining the risk steward view of the effectiveness of the financial crime risk framework and ensure that this view is communicated consistently to relevant risk governance meetings.
    • Support with the analysis of Global, Regional and Country audit and assurance reports and ensure all identified issues have the appropriate action plans and the responsible owners are executing to plan to meet the completion deadline on time.

What you need to have to succeed in this role
    • Have an overall work experience of 8-10 years in the banking / financial services industry, from which at least 4-5 years’ experience in Financial Crime or Business Risk functions.
    • Have strong understanding of Sanctions risks and how FC controls mitigate the Sanctions risk and the various underpinning activities forming the overall Risk Management framework. Working knowledge of the Global Non-Financial Risk (NFR) Framework and Technical User Guides (TUG) - Preferred.
    • Have working knowledge of the line of business / function supported, as well as pertinent compliance risk policies and regulations is preferred.
    • Interpersonal Skills (i.e., collaboration and networking) with experience of dealing with stakeholders including the capacity to articulate the case for risk management. As well as excellent communication skill (oral, written, and presentational) with the ability to influence others through use of compelling facts, thought-provoking discussion and logic and use diplomacy and tact to resolve differing views.
    • Experience of interpreting and analyzing a large volume of information and / or data and provide succinct summary for management.
    • Ability to lead change, contributing to joining up with the other teams in Risk and Compliance and Business globally.
    • Knowledge in MS Office Suite, MS PowerPoint & Excel is mandatory. 
    • ACAMS or International Compliance Association (ICA) certificate/diploma, or equivalent qualifications (Preferred)
    • Nice to  Have
    • VBA / Macros knowledge will be added advantage.

What we offer
    • Competitive salary
    • Annual performance-based bonus
    • Additional bonuses for recognition awards
    • Multisport card
    • Private medical care
    • Life insurance
    • One-time reimbursement of home office set-up (up to 800 PLN).
    • Corporate parties & events
    • CSR initiatives
    • Nursery and kindergarten discounts
    • Financial support with trainings and education
    • Social fund
    • Flexible working hours 
    • Free parking

If your CV meets our criteria, you should expect the following steps in the recruitment process:
    • Online behavioural test (for external candidates only)
    • Telephone screen (for external candidates only)
    • Job Interviews with the hiring manager 

We are looking to hire as soon as possible so don’t wait and apply now!
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We thank all interested candidates for their applications. We reserve the right to contact only selected candidates.

In case you would like to resign from participation in recruitment process or withdraw previously sent to us application, please email us at: krakow.recruitment@hsbc.com 


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