Amg Risk Manager

-Job description

**Some careers open more doors than others.**

If you’re looking for a career that will unlock new opportunities, join HSBC and experience the possibilities. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

Wealth and Personal Banking (WPB) helps deliver on HSBC’s purpose of opening up a world of opportunity by providing our customers with borderless banking and world-class wealth management through best-in-class, mobile-first capabilities and exceptional people. Our international network and breadth of expertise enable us to support individuals, families, business owners, investors and entrepreneurs. Wealth and Personal Banking has four key business areas responsible for efficiently bringing the best of HSBC to our clients through a broad and relevant suite of wealth and retail banking capabilities: Asset Management, Global Private Banking & Wealth, HSBC Life, Retail Banking & Strategy and COO & Digital Transformation.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as an **AMG Risk Manager.**

**Principal Responsibilities**
- The purpose of the role of Risk Manager Alternatives is to support the ASP CRO with identification, assessment, management, monitoring and mitigation of the risks associated with Alternative Investments through their life cycle
- The role is responsible for protecting the business through appropriate risk management discipline; ensuring risks are captured, understood and clearly communicated to key internal stakeholders as required in a quick paced growing business environment. Ensuring proactive engagement, relaying accountability of risk ownership, mitigation and acceptance in a timely manner
- The Asia Alternatives business is in substantial growth mode in the following business areas: Venture Capital, Private Debt, Private Credit, Real Estate, Real Assets and Hedge Funds
- The role requires at least 3 to 5 years of fundamental risk experience with Alternative investments

Principal Accountabilities: key activities
- Protect: Engage closely with the product development team, the operations team and the investment teams to provide independent input and challenge during multiple stages of product development, fund structuring, product and performance monitoring
- Support the ASP CRO, ensuring the Alternative Risk Appetite is understood and in alignment with Group Risk Appetite where necessary and adhered to by all relevant stakeholders
- Assist to develop and monitor relevant risk metrics and management action triggers to inform, manage and mitigate potential risks
- Manage the relevant risk disciplines, have good technical knowledge and experience in Alternative investments, OTC derivatives, operational risk, business risk, reputational risk, liquidity risk, credit risk, market risk, modelling (cash-flow, pricing and stress-testing) and fiduciary risks etc
- Customers & Stakeholders: proactively manage key relationships with the teams in Alternatives and relevant teams in AM consistently maintaining strong stakeholder relationships
- Build a positive risk and compliance culture through communication and education on risk management with AM stakeholders and the Global Risk Team
- Operational Effectiveness & Control: Ensure robust processes are in place to deliver on regulatory and management reporting requirements. Liaising regularly with the teams in Alternatives and in AM
- Major Challenges: To maintain broad oversight of all relevant risk types in the HSBC risk profile across the Alternatives business
- To ensure risk is robustly owned within the business (1st line) against competing priorities for key business stakeholders
- To anticipate emerging risks across the Alternative business and engage with business to address them
- To keep abreast of legal and regulatory developments impacting the Alternative business
- Management of Risk: The jobholder will also continually reassess the operational risks associated with the role and inherent in the business, taking account of changing economic or market conditions, legal and regulatory requirements, operating procedures and practices and the impact of new technology
- Observation of Internal Controls: The job holder will also adhere to and be able to demonstrate adherence to internal controls. This includes adhering to procedures, keeping appropriate records, managing audit points, including issues raised by external regulators
- Qualifications: An Undergraduate or Masters including broad risk qualifications covering e.g. Actuary, Credit Risk theory, Market Risk theory, financial and Investment Risk theory
- In depth knowledge and at least 3 to 5 years of experience managing risks within an asset management business investing in Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Direct Real Estate, Real Assets, and Venture Capital with knowledge of the associated regulatory envi