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 AVP \xe2\x80\x93 External Investigative Reporting The Opportunity:

• Responsible for managing a team of investigators tasked with conducting investigations concerning accounts/transactions where potential financial crime risk has been identified and, where necessary, referring and/or escalating such cases in accordance with the Investigative Reporting (Investigative Reporting) Procedures for regulatory decisions and filing and appropriate internal referrals for action.
• 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 Responsible for managing the following activity: Effective and timely investigation into assigned cases in accordance with agreed standard reporting requirements and service level agreements. These cases may include: unusual activity reports from various parts of the bank as well as other HSBC entities as applicable, including other business lines and functions;

• escalated cases from transaction monitoring systems;
• escalated cases identified by true matches to screening lists escalated from 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 narrative (Investigation Report) are prepared and the case file is populated with appropriate documentation. Ensure that review recommendations are made as appropriate, which may include referral to the MLRO as to whether a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) should be filed or not or escalation to appropriate other teams for co-ordination and further review as required (Sanctions, ABC, Major Investigations, etc). Ensure where appropriate, interaction with relevant stakeholders, including Complex and Major Investigations, and Customer Selection Exit Management (CSEM) (CSEM) Secretariat 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 with/to Transaction Monitoring Operations, Fraud Operations and Name Screening as appropriate.




Requirements
What you will need to succeed in the role :

• Universal banking experience across Retail, Commercial and Banking and Markets
• Money Laundering investigations experience including understanding transaction monitoring scenarios
• Familiarity and experience with transaction monitoring and associated systems and case management systems
• (Universal Case Management (UCM))
• Experience with banking core customer data management systems (i.e. HSBC Universal Banking (HUB) system)
• Experience of identifying activity indicative of financial crime risk, i.e. money laundering, terrorist financing, etc. risk
• 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

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***