Assistant Director, Financial Crime Risk Analysis and Discovery

Assistant Director, Financial Crime Risk Analysis and Discovery

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Assistant Director, Financial Crime Risk Analysis and Discovery.

In This Role, You Will

• Maintain and support a proactive approach being taken in the identification of any changes in the financial crime risk profile and potential impact on the control framework.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders across RAD teams globally, and have a sound understanding of how RAD processes and outputs support the wider Financial Crime function through engagement with Investigations, Detection and Risk Steward colleagues – across Group and Regional.
• Apply the same skillset to developing strong working relationships with partners in the Global businesses.
• Develop and maintain a strong and professional working relationship with colleagues and senior management of Risk, Audit and Finance at Business, Group and Regional levels as appropriate.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders to provide expertise, guidance and support on all financial crime related matters handled by RAD.
• Ensure appropriate timely and relevant risk information is provided to appropriate governance fora.
• Manage the sharing of information and creation of feedback loops across the firm to continuously adapt and improve our financial crime controls and support the business in their first line responsibilities.
• Assist in articulating and embedding the framework, policies, procedures, and controls as they relate to the RAD programme. Ensure these are updated for changes in regulation and impacts on business.
• Resolve any/all identified issues promptly and escalate concerns to management as appropriate to ensure timely awareness of any material concerns.

To Be Successful, You Will

• Bachelor’s degree holder (or equivalent) with proven analytical and problem-solving skills, preferably with experience applying these at a strategic level in the field of financial crime.
• Experience in research and critical analysis of information, working with a range of sources to develop actionable insights.
• Knowledge and/or background in financial crime or macro themes that impact the financial crime landscape, such as geopolitics or digitisation.
• A curious and agile mind, able to engage on a wide range of issues and acquire new knowledge.
• Self-starter with an ability to take ownership and drive projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Able to draft high quality reports for senior readers with meticulous attention to detail.
• A flair for building relationships and willingness to proactively engage with stakeholders across the organisation to gather information and influence outcomes.
• A degree of comfort with data. Numeracy and excel competence are essential.
• Knowledge/ Background in Data visualization and Analytics will be preferred.
• Prior experience in Python is mandatory.

Key skills/competency

• Financial Crime
• Risk Analysis
• Stakeholder Management
• Data Analysis
• Python
• Compliance
• Regulatory Awareness
• Reporting
• Problem-solving
• Critical Thinking