Job Description

Job description

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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 - External Investigative Reporting

The Opportunity:

• Responsible for conducting investigations concerning accounts/ transactions of an anomalous nature and, where necessary, escalating such cases in accordance with the External Investigative Reporting (Investigative Reporting) Instructions.
• The content of this Global Job Profile represents a generic global view of the role, and in the region/country of operations, however, it is not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities, duties and skills associated with the role and or the function, which may require the role holder to undertake to ensure that financial crime risk is managed appropriately.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll do:

Principal Accountabilities: .

Role Context (The environment and operating conditions of the role including the extent of guidance and authority)

• The investigator role, within Investigative Reporting, is part of Financial Crime Investigations and is responsible for ensuring that assigned cases, including internal (UAR/OWS/CSEM/Investigation Exchange) and external (Production Orders) referrals, as well as Transaction Monitoring, and any other non-decribed source leads, are thoroughly and professionally investigated and, where appropriate, reported to the authorities in accordance with applicable proceeds of crime/regulatory requirements. It is the responsibility of the jobholder to decide whether activity is suspicious and therefore requiring reporting to the authorities (via escalation to the MLRO).
• The Investigator will also provide, where applicable, guidance and assistance, to internal stakeholders in ensuring that we manage financial crime risk (this is separate to the advisory function).

Role Dimensions

• The job holder is part of a team consisting of an appropriate number of investigators to manage the function

Requirements

What you will need to succeed in the role:

Essential:

• Money Laundering investigations experience including understanding transaction monitoring scenarios;
• Familiarity and experience with transaction monitoring and associated systems and case management systems (UCM);
• Experience with banking core customer data management systems (i.e. HSBC HUB)
• Experience of identifying activity indicative of Money Laundering (ML) or Terrorist Financing (TF) risk;
• Experience in undertaking investigations/analysis into customer activity with the ability to draw inferences from noted behavior, including transactional profile, against expectation established from Customer Due Diligence data;
• Experience in writing reports to identify ML/Counter Terrorist Financing risk and/or Suspicious Activity reporting.
• Proven 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

Desirable:

• Strong organisational skills
• Managerial experience in a knowledge economy context
• Collaborative working style with colleagues and broader stakeholders within a cross-border and Line of Business matrix organisation
• Prior regulatory or law enforcement investigations experience is advantageous
• ACAMS or ICA ML/FCC, or equivalent qualifications preferred
• Universal banking experience in HSBC internal systems, Retail, Commercial Banking and Markets

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

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