Financial Crime Advisory Manager

About HSBC Financial Crime Compliance

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Financial Crime Compliance aligns current activities within Global Risk to build a more integrated framework for managing financial crime risk effectively. This team establishes stronger controls, identifies gaps and trends, and proactively gathers and analyzes financial intelligence to protect customers from the threat of financial crime.

Role Purpose: Financial Crime Advisory Manager

The Financial Crime Advisory Manager supports Senior Management in meeting regulatory obligations by ensuring adherence to Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF), Sanctions, and Tax Evasion policies. This role ensures compliance with UAE Central Bank regulations, Group’s Global Policies and Principles, and international standards.

You will assist the Senior Advisory Manager in identifying and sharing Sanctions, AML, and Tax Evasion compliance risks through timely Quality Assurance (QA) activities. This involves sharing outcomes with the business, fostering a compliance culture, optimizing stakeholder relations, protecting the bank's reputation, and complying with applicable UAE and Group policies to prevent criminal sanctions.

In this role, you will independently handle assigned tasks, make decisions within designated authority, critically evaluate responses, and escalate issues as appropriate. You will provide Sanctions, AML, and CTF advice and guidance to relevant business areas within the UAE Compliance team.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Support Compliance and Business Management in meeting HSBC’s regulatory requirements for Quality Assurance of Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions risk.
• Support the implementation of KYC policies and Customer Due Diligence requirements within CIB & IWPB UAE.
• Provide Compliance support and direction on the QA of new high-risk customers for the bank.
• Offer guidance to CIB & IWPB Relationship Managers on applying FCC Compliance policies and procedures based on QA outcomes.
• Assist the Senior FC Advisory Manager in ensuring compliance with relevant Laws, Rules, Regulations, and Group policies related to Financial Crime.
• Proactively assist Senior FC Advisory Manager and Senior Business management to ensure CIB & IWPB business areas operate compliantly.
• Provide guidance to business areas on AML, Sanctions, and Tax Evasion risk for customer account opening and complex transactional activity.
• Offer guidance to UAE project teams and provide compliance representation on country-specific FC-related systems projects.
• Deliver guidance and training on the implementation of AML, Sanctions, and Tax Evasion compliance across countries and businesses.
• Provide AML and Sanctions compliance representation for CIB & IWPB related projects.
• Advise on compliance, AML/CTF/Sanctions/Tax Evasion issues arising through country compliance functions.
• Support the Senior FC Advisory Manager by providing back-up coverage for leave and vacation.
• Conduct reviews for Branches and Business areas regarding AML/CTF/Sanctions/Tax Evasion compliance, producing reports and recommendations.
• Raise exceptions through the Helios reporting system and make decisions on reporting to senior management.
• Ensure quarterly review of all cases, providing updates or closing completed actions.
• Support efforts to proactively drive KYC improvements for FC compliance.
• Immediately escalate any material or potential breaches of Laws, Rules, and Regulations to the Head of FCC.
• Understand Group, International, and local regulatory requirements, and recognize AML, CTF risk, and complexities from the international sanctions environment and regional sensitivities.

Experience & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Finance & Accounting, or Engineering disciplines.
• At least 1 year of experience in AML or Sanctions Compliance roles.
• Preferred experience with a full range of personal and/or commercial banking services and strong subject matter expertise in Anti-Money Laundering, including regulatory and regional environments.
• Ability to multi-task across potentially complex projects and multiple teams.
• Proven communication and influencing skills, both written and verbal, at all levels.
• Excellent command of English.

Key skills/competency

• Financial Crime Compliance
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
• Sanctions Compliance
• Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF)
• Know Your Customer (KYC)
• Regulatory Compliance
• Risk Assessment
• Quality Assurance
• Stakeholder Management
• Policy Implementation