Job description
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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.
Risk and Compliance is a global function that brings together all aspects of regulatory and financial crime risk management. Acting as risk stewards, and incorporating a range of specialist teams, we work together with the business and leverage advanced technology to help HSBC navigate a complex regulatory landscape and embed a sustainable approach to compliance risk management that supports safe growth and ensures fair outcomes for clients. Compliance aspires to continuously raise the bar and set leading standards across the industry to help HSBC safeguard its customers and the communities within which it operates.
We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Head of Sanctions.
Principal Responsibilities
In this role you will
- Accountable for implementing policy for the Sanctions framework to meet requirements and legislation in HSBC Singapore, across all legal entities
- Accountable for implementing the Bank’s strategy, policy and standards, controls, systems and policies
- Lead the team to work with relevant contacts in Global Businesses and Global Functions to ensure consistent and effective application, and implementation, and controls to evidence related Sanctions standards, policies and procedures
- Act as the Risk Steward providing advice to the Global Businesses and Global Functions
- Responsible for providing independent review and challenge the activities of the 1LOD to have met the standard of risk management and risk reporting
- Responsible for advising and guiding in setting risk appetite; providing policy guidance, definition; and performing oversight activities
- Review policy dispensation requests from country/region
- To provide strategic direction and guidance to with respect to Sanctions related issues including the development and implementation of a robust risk management framework
Requirements
To be successful you will need
- Seasoned professional with experience in Compliance, preferably Sanctions roles
- Significant leadership experience and an experienced strategic thinker
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, with experience of dealing with executives at all levels
- Ability to develop practical, risk-based and cost-effective solutions to manage complex sanction issues
- Appropriate qualification related to Sanctions will be preferred
- Strong understanding of Sanction regulations and staying up-to-date with regulatory developments
Opening up a world of opportunity
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