GCB5 - Europe Sanctions Manager - Advisory – Financial Crimes
 
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Financial Crime Risk (FCR) aligns current activities within Global Risk and helps to build these into a more integrated framework to conduct Customer Due Diligence which enables HSBC to manage FCR more effectively. It builds stronger controls to improve the way Financial Crime Risks are managed in order to spot gaps as well as trends so that the team can take action. It proactively gathers and analyses financial intelligence in a smart way so that suspicious transactions, activities or connections can be identified, and we can adequately protect our customers from the threat of financial crime.
 
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.
 
As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why FC Sanctions is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of background, circumstances, age, disability, gender identity, ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a health work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. Caring and rewarding our colleagues is key to our success. Flexible working is key to the well-being, and we have a wide variety of options available – please talk to us about what works best for you.
We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Europe Sanctions Manager – Advisory.
 
Please note there are two roles – one will ideally be competent at reading and writing in French.
 
In this role you will:

• Advising the business on a broad range of sanctions issues including client sanctions Advising the business on a broad range of sanctions issues including client sanctions exposure (through HSBC’s CDD process), permissibility of transactions, HSBC’s sanctions policy and industry-specific issues;
• Supporting regulatory reporting for the UK non-ring-fenced bank (NRFB) with regards to sanctions reporting, including management of a complex tracker recording such engagement;
• Supporting the wider advisory team with SME knowledge on Sanctions and advisory matters including client due diligence and transaction referrals;
• Being a SME on sanctions risk management and compliance with sanctions regimes imposed by the UK, European Union (EU), United Nations (UN), HKMA and USA, and HSBC Group sanctions policy;
• Analysing information, identify and track issues, and determine/address themes arising from regulators and the Compliance exception reporting processes;
• Identifying and ensuring remedial action from relevant findings including policy changes and LoB training within UK NRFB and the Europe Region.

Qualifications

 The ideal candidate for will have:

• Good understanding of UK/EU/UN/US sanctions is needed;
• One role will require the candidate to ideally be competent at reading and writing in French (speaking French would beneficial);
• Experience advising a business regarding financial crime risks;
• Experience in drafting correspondence to and collaborating closely with regulatory bodies is helpful. Specific experience with sanctions authorities in the UK and Europe would be beneficial;
• Good understanding of business activities for a large global banking group with diverse operations from retail banking, wealth management, commercial banking, global banking, investments, transaction services, asset management, private banking and insurance;
• Proven advisory skills, together with the ability to communicate/articulate advice with sound reasoning;
• Proven track record to clearly articulate business and regulatory implications of analysis and findings both to Compliance Colleagues and Business Heads.