Senior Manager, Financial Crime Oversight, Global Private Banking and Wealth

2 months ago


Singapore HSBC Full time
Job description

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Financial Crime Compliance aligns current activities within Global Risk and helps to build these into a more integrated framework to conduct Customer Due Diligence which enables HSBC to manage financial crime risk more effectively. It builds stronger controls to improve the way Financial Crime Compliance risks are managed in order to spot gaps as well as trends so that the team can take action. It proactively gathers and analyses financial intelligence in a smart way so that suspicious transactions, activities or connections can be identified and we can adequately protect our customers from the threat of financial crime.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Senior Manager, Financial Crime Oversight, Global Private Banking and Wealth.

Principal Responsibilities

Financial Crime

The Financial Crime (FC) Function is a Second line of defence (LOD) function that includes ”Risk Stewards” who are independent of the commercial risk-taking activities undertaken by the Group’s businesses (also referred to as “the First LOD” or “FLOD”). The FC Function also operates a set of critical controls on behalf of the FLOD by harnessing intelligence, analytics, technology, detection and investigation. The Risk Stewards are responsible for reviewing and challenging all the activities of the FLOD to ensure that, as “Risk Owners”, they effectively manage the FC risk inherent in, or arising from, the conduct of their activities and for which they are responsible. FC risk is a non-financial risk that includes fraud, money laundering, bribery and corruption, sanctions violations, terrorist financing, proliferation financing, export control violations and tax evasion. The FC function operates in accordance with HSBC Group’s Risk Management Framework (RMF).

The Global Private Banking & Wealth (GPB&W) Financial Crime Oversight Team provide oversight and challenge of GPB relationships with particular focus on SCC and High Risk relationships and booking centres/themes identified for increased oversight, to ensure that globally these relationships are appropriately reviewed, and we exercise our full suite of financial crime controls and critical thinking, to prevent our products and services from being used for financial crime. They act as a Global Financial Crime Risk Stewardship centre of expertise and guidance for onboarding and escalation of such cases.

The Senior Manager, Financial Crime Oversight, Global Private Banking & Wealth (GPB&W) is positioned in the GPB&W Financial Crime Risk Stewardship Team. They are required to review HR/SCC relationships being onboarded into GPB and a sample of existing client relationships, to ensure that enhanced customer due diligence has been carried out effectively and that financial crime risks are appropriately identified, mitigated and controlled. Enhanced due diligence includes source of wealth, source of funds, purpose of account, assessment of negative news and any indicators of financial crime. The role holder will also provide advice and guidance to local financial crime teams on complex cases, risk appetite and intelligence sought through external vendors. The role is a key risk management role with a targeted remit and responsibilities including, but not limited to:
  • Reviews and challenges GPB onboarding of high risk and SCC relationships across GPB booking centres globally
  • Carries out risk-based sampling of existing client relationships across GPB booking centres globally
  • Coordinates a programme of targeted thematic reviews, working with local financial crime stewards
  • Provides guidance to local financial crime stewards on the sourcing and use of insight and intelligence provided by external vendors including scoping of reports and interpretation and assessment of findings
  • Manages case workload in line with Service Level Agreements, business and financial crime priorities
  • Works closely with HSBC Financial Crime Investigations teams drawing upon resources and insights arising through wider investigative activity
  • Identifies and reports on emerging themes and areas for action identified through cases reviewed
  • Identifies cases for escalation to GPB RRCSC, WPB RRCSC and GRRC in line with policy, procedure and risk appetite
  • Provides advice and guidance on controls that should be in place to mitigate financial crime risk
  • Establishes strong, trusting and mutually supportive relationships with 1LoD and 2LoD stakeholders
Requirements
  • Experience and understanding of the Private Banking and Wealth Management business
  • Experience working within a regulatory, investigative, or financial intelligence agency, or as a senior compliance or risk and manager within a global firm, in the financial services industry
  • Strong understanding of Group Financial Crime Policy and GPB &W Procedures including Customer Due Diligence and Enhanced Due Diligence
  • Strong understanding of the current regulatory environment and expectations, relevant regulations, codes, and as well as their underlying purpose to mitigate risk to the financial system and provide information useful for the public sector to provide law enforcement and security
  • Strong understanding of financial crime typologies, emerging themes and how they may manifest in GPB&W relationships
  • Critical thinker, analytical
  • Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, with experience of dealing with first and second line stakeholders across regions and markets
  • Degree educated and or relevant professional finance, regulatory or financial crime risk management qualifications
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