Chief Financial Officer, Hsbc Life Singapore

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HSBC Life Singapore, consisting of the combined AXA Singapore & HSBC Life businesses, will be a world-class institution where you can specialize in Insurance but enjoy the advantages that come with being part of a leading global international bank. Insurance is about people, and the promises they make.

At HSBC Life Singapore we will help deliver on these promises by providing a wide variety of life insurance products and services to our clients throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Our employees will enjoy a dynamic and innovative workplace and a world of opportunities to develop their careers in a high-profile growing business segment. We will empower our combined team of high-performing individuals to build skills and explore new experiences to realize the full potential of being part of HSBC.

Together we will pursue efficient ways of working. We will harness the latest data and technology solutions to achieve meaningful outcomes for our clients. The protection we offer will create broad and lasting impact, helping clients to be healthier, more productive and more confident in their futures.

In planning for the combined HSBC Life Singapore Executive Committee, we are seeking a high calibre professional to assume the role of Chief Financial Officer, HSBC Life Singapore.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Responsible for all regulatory, statutory and management financial reporting in the entity, in accordance with best practice, regulatory and financial reporting, and in line with guidelines.Lead the actuarial, finance and investment management functions.
- A member of the senior leadership team for the country insurance company and for developing and supporting the strategy.
- Understand individual product profitability and ensure financial risks are within the business's risk appetite
- Ensure strong cost disciplines are in place, and the business is run efficiently.
- Ensure the capital within the company is optimized while being sufficient to meet all regulatory requirements
- Work with the Insurance leadership team to optimize the investment strategy, and responsible for the investment accounting
- Oversight of actuarial results including review and assumptions used, control over processes and analysis of results
- Responsible to the country insurance management to contribute to the business aims and long term strategy
- Accountable to Group Insurance Finance to provide good analysis of trading, financial reporting with appropriate analytical review, analysis of the actuarial results, stress testing and investment accounting.
- Maintain a strong control environment, ensuring the processes producing the financial numbers and analysis are robust.
- Compliance with external regulatory requirements, and group compliance policy

Requirements

**Requirements**:

- Extensive leadership experience at Executive level with a strong capacity to innovate and find solutions
- Proven and progressive leadership and communication skills, ability to lead change, influence and actively drive performance
- Robust controllership skills
- Demonstrated working ability and knowledge of investment, economic and accounting principles, financial markets, and the analysis and reporting of financial data
- Proven experience managing funding, liquidity and capital risk in an Insurance business
- Experience and ability in resolving complex issues through leadership, influence and negotiation
- Good level of business acumen and commercial awareness, including economic, cultural, procedural and regulatory issuesExcellent interpersonal skills with an ability to interact, influence, and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders
- Strong track record of engaging, challenging and influencing business performance in the insurance industry
- High level of personal integrity and values in line with HSBC core values

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

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