Job Description

Job description
Some careers shine brighter than others. If you\xe2\x80\x99re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. 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. HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions. We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Assistant Vice President - Investigative Reporting Why join us?

• Investigative Reporting is one of four investigative teams within FCI. It is responsible for high volume investigations, including transaction monitoring generated cases, true match cases generated from name screening alerts, referrals from Fraud Operations, as well as cases resulting from Financial Crime \xe2\x80\x93 Unusual Activity Reporting (FC-UARs), production/court orders and other referrals where FCI Triage has assessed that the case is appropriate for referral to Investigative Reporting. Transaction monitoring generated cases includes Dynamic Risk Assessment (DRA) cases, where implemented, or scheduled to be implemented as well as classic transaction monitoring cases.
• Investigative Reporting prepares reports or appropriate closing summaries for all investigations conducted and prepares and files SARs on such investigations, where warranted. Investigative Reporting is responsible for ensuring that findings of financial crime risk are shared with relevant risk owners and/or risk stewards for investigations conducted by Investigative Reporting and making any cross border referrals to other Investigative Reporting teams, where appropriate. Designated team members or points of contact located in-market are responsible for final decisioning, coordination with the MLRO, and filing of all SARs.

Role Overview

• Responsible for managing a team of investigators (generally between 8-12 investigators) tasked with conducting investigations in accordance with the Investigative Reporting Instructions.
• Direct the teams to ensure processes are implemented in accordance with procedures and quality decisions and written products are produced in a timely manner.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll do: Principal Accountabilities: key activities and decision making areas Effective and timely investigation into assigned cases in accordance with agreed standard for reporting requirements and service level agreements. These cases may include:

• Cases generated by transaction monitoring systems, including the DRA;
• FC-Unusual Activity Report raised from various parts of the bank, and referred, as appropriate, by Triage to Investigative Reporting;
• Escalated cases identified by true matches to screening lists by Name Screening teams;
• Cross-border referrals; and
• Escalated cases from Fraud Operations.

Ensure investigators perform, in line with the Instructions, in order to identify any probable financial crime related issues, or mitigation of any financial crime risks. Ensure through manager review that high quality investigative assessments are made and high quality final products (Investigation Report or closing summaries) are prepared and the case file is populated with appropriate documentation. Ensure that the correct review recommendations are made as appropriate, which may include referral to the MLRO or designated in-market Investigators as to whether a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) should be filed; referrals to other Investigations teams (Complex Investigations or Major Investigations); or to seek advice from Subject Matter Experts (e.g. AB&C, Sanctions Advisory and Tax Transparency etc.), where appropriate. Ensure that appropriate referrals for action are identified and completed, including but not limited to recommendations for exit, and KYC/CDD refresh referrals. Ensure where appropriate, interaction with relevant stakeholders, including other Investigations team as well as Customer Selection Exit Management (CSEM) Secretariat or other representatives to manage financial crime risk is done in accordance with procedures. Provide information on completed investigations to Senior Management and other internal stakeholders for risk management, where appropriate. Deliver to team, post receipt from Accredited Trainers, training modules under the Continuous Training Programme, for embedding. Lead on collaboration and provision of feedback, where appropriate, with/to Transaction Monitoring Operations, Fraud Operations and Name Screening teams, where appropriate. Conduct regular team meetings and huddles with team as well as individual 1:1s sessions to cover performance, provide feedback and facilitate personal development planning. Role Dimensions The job holder is part of a team consisting of between 8 to 12 investigators and will lead the team as a team leader.




Requirements
What you will need to succeed in the role:

• Universal banking experience across Retail, Commercial and Banking and Markets
• Money Laundering investigations experience
• Familiarity and experience with the case management system (Universal Case Management (UCM))
• Experience with banking core customer data management systems applicable to the relevant market
• Experience of identifying activity indicative of financial crime risk, i.e. money laundering, terrorist financing, etc. risk
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills. Ability to make informed risk-based decisions with robust supporting rationale.
• Experience in undertaking investigations/analysis into customer activity with the ability to draw inferences from noted behaviour, including transactional profile, against expectation established from KYC/CDD data
• Experience in writing reports
• Proven high quality spoken and written communication skills with the ability to draft reports and communicate conclusions effectively, in a clear, concise and professional manner
• Consistently achieve objectives set and take action to improve own performance
• Strong organisational skills
• Collaborative working style with colleagues and broader stakeholders within a cross-border and LoB matrix organisation
• Prior regulatory or law enforcement investigations experience is advantageous
• ACAMS or International Compliance Association (ICA) certificate/diploma, or equivalent qualifications
• Strong communication with good inter-personal and influencing skills
• Receptive to accepting and effecting change
• Receptive to accepting and effecting changeReceptive to accepting and effecting change

You\xe2\x80\x99ll achieve more at HSBC HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.\xe2\x80\x9d Personal data held by the Bank relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with our Privacy Statement, which is available on our website. ***Issued By HSBC Electronic Data Processing (India) Private LTD***