Vp, Major Investigations

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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 **VP, Major Investigations.**

**Principal Responsibilities**
- Process cases to agreed procedural standards required and within agreed service levels
- Produce a high quality case file including a comprehensive narrative and demonstrate clear thought process on the proposed risk mitigation measures (including potential SAR filing or exit of the relationship and assessment of any control weaknesses)
- Deal with enquiries from colleagues from LoBs in a professional, responsive manner, giving them appropriate guidance, referring to management or the correct stakeholders where necessary
- Deal with external enquiries if required, in a professional manner, providing them with appropriate information, referring to management where necessary
- Assist with compliance with appropriate banking regulations and internal Compliance frameworks
- Work effectively and professionally with colleagues across the organization and in particular peer investigative units i.e. FCI. GIIG, Sanctions, AB&C and other stakeholders: FIU, CSEM, RC and FCC Operations
- Ensure performance meets the requirements of any relevant service level agreements and at all times, adheres to Group and Regulatory policies
- Generate ideas to improve team efficiency

Requirements

**Requirements**:

- Financial crime investigations experience, ideally including fraud investigations or money laundering investigations
- Experience of identifying activity suggesting financial crime
- Experience in undertaking investigations/analysis into customer activity with the ability to draw inferences from noted behaviour, including transactional profile, against expectation established from CDD data
- Experience in writing reports to identify financial crime risk
- SAR Filing experience will be a bonus
- Both spoken and written communication skills with the ability to document investigative steps and conclusions effectively, in a clear, concise and professional manner
- Consistently achieve objectives set for them and take action to improve their own performance
- Strong organizational and recordkeeping skills
- Collaborative working style with colleagues and broader stakeholders within a cross-border and LoB matrix
- Prior regulatory or law enforcement investigations experience advantageous
- ACAMS or ICA ML/FCC qualifications preferred
- Universal banking experience an advantage

To be considered for this role, the relevant rights to work in Singapore is required.

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Issued by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.