Head of Financial Crime Investigations Singapore

Overview Head of Financial Crime Investigations Singapore - Risk and Compliance role at HSBC. The position leads investigations across regions related to fraud, anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption, and works to strengthen the firm’s ability to manage financial crime risk. Responsibilities Operate within the firm’s investigative programs across regions and countries related to financial crime, ensuring quality and consistency of investigations and adequate resourcing. Undertake programmatic, proactive, intelligence-driven investigations across regions and geographies, coordinating with other investigative functions when investigations span multiple jurisdictions or crime types. Communicate information on significant and sensitive investigations and related mitigating actions to Regional and Group senior management to support strategic risk appraisal. Develop strategic capabilities to mitigate future threats in response to significant investigations; identify and escalate the most significant investigations to ensure prioritization, resourcing, and appropriate strategy. Keep stakeholders informed on ongoing investigations and mitigating actions; refer findings and recommendations to other parts of the firm for follow-on action, governance, and tracking of responses. Provide subject matter expertise to inform other FC activities, including analytics innovations, typology identification, policies and procedures, engagement strategy, training, and regulatory landscape improvements. Support the Global and Regional Head of Investigations in communicating significant investigations and actions to senior management for strategic risk appraisal. Interact effectively with regional law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and financial intelligence units to foster public-private partnerships, information sharing, and training initiatives; build relationships across HSBC’s regional counterparts in law enforcement and regulatory bodies. Establish seamless relationships with other FC and GIIG components to enable effective collaboration. Principal Accountabilities Impact on the Business Collaborate with Investigation specialists across the region to identify and investigate financial crime threats. Support strategies and initiatives across reporting teams to ensure effective execution of investigations within FC. Ensure regional investigative procedures and country variances are applied to maintain operational effectiveness. Facilitate effective information sharing across FC Investigation, FC, and other parts of the organization; communicate investigative findings to enable follow-on mitigation actions and record results. Escalate significant financial crime threats and management issues to senior leadership for appropriate action; produce management information for senior leaders. Proactively identify emerging financial crime threats within the role’s functional area and interface with global functions. Customers / Stakeholders Maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders across Global functions, regions, and businesses; foster external relationships with public sector partners and peers. Contribute to initiatives with Group, public sector, and peers to share information on financial crime threats regionally. Manage information sharing and feedback loops across the firm to continuously adapt and improve financial crime controls in support of first-line duties. Coordinate Investigation responses to high-priority threats requiring cross-regional collaboration across FC, LOBs, or countries. Leadership & Collaboration Clearly communicate Threat Mitigation strategy to meet business needs. Provide regional support to the FC sub-function and influence FC personnel to own and optimize decisions for sustainable, risk-adjusted profits. Contribute to People Development initiatives for FC and Group activities and support the annual HR cycle. Support communication across regional FC and the business to key stakeholders on investigation matters. Requirements Certifications, Qualifications and Experience Extensive experience in regulatory, investigative, or financial intelligence settings, or as a senior compliance manager in a global financial services firm. Detailed experience mitigating financial crime harms at a strategic level; strong understanding of current regulatory environments, regulations, codes, and HSBC Group Standards. Leadership experience and strategic thinking; excellent communication and interpersonal skills with experience engaging executives at all levels. Ability to develop efficient and effective solutions to global issues. Issued by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. #J-18808-Ljbffr