Senior Investigations Manager

at  HSBC

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.
Our Risk and Compliance function has a critical role to play in supporting, challenging and advising across all areas of the business through establishing policy, monitoring profiles, and identifying and managing forward-looking risk and compliance. We focus on creating an environment that encourages our people to speak up and do the right thing, as well as protecting our customers, the organisation and the integrity of the financial markets in which we operate. Already an industry-leader in many respects, we want to continue setting standards and evolving to respond to strategic changes.
As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
Financial Crime Investigations (FCI) identifies, analyses, and investigates financial crime risk to support informed decision making and effective information sharing internally and externally. Operating a series of first line of defence controls and driving their coordinated performance, it supports FCC, RC, and the business, proactively keeping on top of threats and driving the use of cutting-edge technology and analytics to detect and mitigate financial crime risk.
FCI focuses on the specific financial crime threats the firm faces now and, in the future, pioneering the techniques and technology that protect our business, our customers, and the many communities in which we operate from the harms associated with financial crime. FCI harnesses intelligence, analytics, technology, investigation, information sharing, and public-private partnership to achieve this end, always seeking the most effective and efficient means.
We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Senior Investigations Manager.
The role will report to the HBUK Head of Major Investigations but will be responsible for managing a team comprised of both Investigative Reporting and Major Investigations staff. Major Investigations is responsible for conducting financial crime investigations with a Case Rating 3 across all financial crime types.
The role holder will work with other Compliance functions such as Risk Stewardship teams, Financial Crime Analysis, Applied Analytics, Legal, HR, Employee Relations, Vetting, Security, GIRE and Audit where necessary on specific investigations.

EXPERIENCE AND/OR SKILLS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS WOULD ALSO BE ADVANTAGEOUS:

• Ability to work with stakeholders across different regions or jurisdictions, with awareness of global regulatory standards.
• Experience working with law enforcement agencies or within Private Public Partnerships.
  The base location for this role is Birmingham with a requirement to be in the office at least three times per week.

IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL:

• Manage a team of Financial Crime Investigators, ensuring adherence to instructions, meeting appropriate levels of quality, maintaining appropriate training and awareness of current trends and typologies.
• Oversee FCI investigative programs related to fraud, anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, sanctions, anti-bribery, and corruption.
• Take part in complex, proactive, intelligence-driven investigations, leveraging resources from across the group to support investigations involving multiple geographies or financial crime typologies.
• Identify and escalate the most significant and sensitive investigations to regional and group senior management, and communicates this information in the form of succinct, professional written products and oral briefings.
• Participate and contributing to HSBC UK’s engagement in Public Private Partnerships through the Joint Money Laundering Intelligence Taskforce (JMLIT), National Crime Agency (NCA) and other UK Government and Industry bodies as appropriate.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU SHOULD MEET THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS:

• Background in financial crime within a financial institution, regulatory, or law enforcement body.
• Proven experience in leading and managing a team to achieve high performance with a focus on a proactive approach to risk management.
• An excellent understanding of UK regulations as well as their role in risk management to the financial system.
• Experience in identifying and managing money laundering and terrorism financing risks.