Job description

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At HSBC we exist with the purpose of Opening up a World of Opportunity. We use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to provide opportunities for our customers and colleagues through global connectivity. We bring together the people, ideas and capital that nurture progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for our customers, our people, our investors, our communities and the planet we all share.

As an HSBC employee in Australia, you’ll have access to tailored professional development opportunities, competitive pay, an embedded flexible working culture and a range of employee benefits. These include market-leading subsidised private health cover, enhanced parental pay and support when returning to work, subsidised banking products and services, bonus leave days and wellness programmes including discounted gym memberships.

Within International Wealth and Premier Banking (IWPB), 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 and Global Private Banking.

This role will report to Senior Manager Product Risk Governance and directly support Wealth and Personal Banking’s (WPBs) Retail Product. You will support the Product Risk Governance team to enable and validate, that colleagues within WPB Retail Products deliver best in class products, propositions and processes to all our customers, colleagues and the Bank itself whilst mitigating associated risks that surround them:

Your main responsibilities will include:

  • Support of the Control strategy to improve risk and control management for Retail Products 
  • Acts as an escalation point for all complex Product Risk governance and control related matters
  • Provide control expertise and opinion on the end to end health of the control environment across WPB product lines
  • Support the implementation of HSBC Group Risk policies and frameworks for Risk Management including embedding of Operational Risk Transformation actions. 
  • Manage internal and external audit requirements for Retail Products.
  • Increasing risk and control awareness and capability within the Retail Products team 
Requirements

To be successful in this role, you will need: 

  • Relevant tertiary qualifications and experience in Risk and control Management, ideally in a retail product environment 
  • Ability to present complex issues confidently and concisely to Senior Management using simple language 
  • Proactive and delivery focused to ensure individual and team tasks are completed on time and to the required levels of quality.  
  • Ability to identify, assess and communicate the need for risk management intervention in complex fast-paced environments.  
  • Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to communicate effectively and confidently at all levels across HSBC Group

Preference will be given to candidates who hold Australian or New Zealand PR/Citizenship or working rights or who can show they currently have unrestricted work rights in Australia with no limitations.

We value different perspectives, we succeed together, collaborating across boundaries, we take responsibility, holding ourselves accountable to get things done. Through these values, HSBC is committed to building a culture where all employees are appreciated and respected and where opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and opportunities to grow in an inclusive environment. Applications from First Nations peoples are encouraged.

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