Job description
Role purpose
Responsible for the response to material Investigations involving Financial Crime (FC), including Fraud, Money Laundering (including Counter Terrorist Financing, Proliferation Finance, Human Trafficking), Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Corruption.
The appointee will:
- Ensure key stakeholders internally (local and global) and externally are engaged;
- Leverage resource from specialist teams as required and as appropriate;
- Verbally or in writing brief internal and external stakeholders, including senior management, the monitor, audit and assurance, global stakeholders, regulators and law enforcement;
- Leverage risk and operational metrics to identify operational issues and direct remedial activity. Report to senior management on key indicators including; cases accepted, in progress and concluded, with summary outcomes and noted trends; and
- Leverage and direct the technology strategy to the optimal benefit of FC and the Group.
Main activities
- To be aligned to the Group policy and FIM’s in relation to Fraud and Major Investigations, both internal and external.
- Liaise with FC policy teams to ensure FC policy remains aligned and with all other Investigations teams in the Bank to ensure that policy remains cohesive.
- Create, manage and motivate a major investigations team to scope, conduct and document Investigations to an appropriate globally consistent standard.
- Ensure Major Investigations integrates with operations teams and other internal investigative bodies within HSBC to ensure that appropriate cases are passed to Major Investigations at the earliest opportunity.
- Work with other investigative functions within HSBC (locally and globally) to ensure investigative resource / techniques and intelligence is consistent throughout the bank.
- Align with support functions to ensure that Investigative support functions.
- Continually liaise with peer Investigative groups as well as law enforcement globally to ensure the response to Investigations remains best in class.
- From thorough Investigations, identify root causes and ensure these are reported to Lines of Business for remediation
Requirements
- Ideally over 5 years’ experience in HSBC FC or in multiple geographic locations.
- Extensive law enforcement, regulatory, legal or forensic accountancy experience advantageous.
- Highly self-motivated with very well developed analytical reasoning and communication skills.
- Capable of leading and motivating a team of individuals into new challenges.
- Strong team working ethic.
- Confident, articulate, persuasive, with enhanced change management skills.
- Should have excellent proven presentation and conflict resolution skills
- Integrity beyond reproach.
- Strong analytical, planning and organizational skills to ensure work is focused on key priorities, managing conflicting requirements and rescheduling where necessary to meet deadlines
- Strong team working ethic- actively contributes to the team, leading by example. Helps to maintain a co-operative, conscientious and customer focused environment
- Acts as a point of reference and is able to respond to day to day direction, financial and operational queries.
- Able to assess impact of decisions and propose reasoned recommendations
HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.