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Senior Audit Manager, Markets and Securities Services (MSS) Audit Internal Audit - 0000GHPW

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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 an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

Global Internal Audit provides independent, objective assurance to management and the risk and audit committees as to whether the framework of risk management, control, and governance processes, as designed and represented by management, is adequate and functioning.

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, improved maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.
We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Senior Audit Manager, Markets and Securities Services (MSS) Audit

In this role, you will: 
⦁    lead multi-site and large single-site front-to-back audits of MSS businesses and be responsible for the execution of all stages in the audit lifecycle: announcement, team management and preparation, logistics, planning, fieldwork, testing, documentation and review, issue writing and agreement, report delivery, post-report issue validation, and ongoing stakeholder engagement;
⦁    assist in the leadership of the team, through acting as a role model for junior team members, and encouraging an open and collaborative working culture; and
⦁    contribute to the wider development of Global Internal Audit, through collaborating with other audit teams, dedicating some of your time to consider how audit can use data analytics, agile techniques and other innovations to more efficiently and optimally deliver its objectives;
⦁    implement a programme of continuous monitoring for a defined portfolio of businesses through regular bilateral meetings with stakeholders, participation in business governance forums, ongoing analysis of businesses’ risk profiles, and delivery of continuous monitoring reports; and
⦁    maintain and improve stakeholder relationships through regular bilateral meetings, appropriate challenge in business risk governance forums, and keeping in touch with business, regulatory and industry developments.

Requirements

To be successful you should meet the following requirements: 
⦁    You will be familiar with details of Markets and Securities Services commercial rationale as well as risks and controls for one or more of the following: securities services including custody, fund services, trustee and fiduciary services, interbank markets, FX and commodities, credit and rates, equities, balance sheet management, cash and derivatives products and market infrastructure;
⦁    You should be able to deliver a strong subject matter expertise in a selected area, in support of the MSS audit management team for continuous monitoring purposes;
⦁    The successful candidate is an expert in general global markets key risks, processes and controls front-to-back;
⦁    You must be an effective communicator, verbally and in writing, with convincing presentation, persuasion and influencing skills, even when delivering difficult messages to senior stakeholders; dedicated to continually learning and improving your own skills and excellent at managing multiple competing priorities
⦁    You will be an analytical problem solver who is confident approaching areas outside of your expertise in a thorough and detailed manner, getting to the heart of the key features and aspects quickly and a solid team player, with a demonstrable desire to help the team as a whole achieve its objectives.

The base location for this role is London, with some travel regionally and occasionally globally.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC!
At HSBC, we look to enable our employees to better balance their work / life priorities and have the flexibility required to meet challenging needs as they progress through different life stages. Where possible we will consider the following flexible working options: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, and working from home and staggered hours. If in considering a role with HSBC you have a need for some flexibility in your working arrangements please discuss this with the recruitment team in the early stages of the application process.

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 HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which strive to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.

We want everyone to be able to fulfil their potential which is why we provide a range of flexible working arrangements and family friendly policies