Job Investigator, Major Investigations

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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 bank faces and protecting our business, customers, and the 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 Investigator, Manor Investigations.

The role is positioned in one of HBUK FCI’s functions. Major Investigations is responsible for conducting financial crime investigations with a Case Rating 3 across all financial crime types. This position will be directly responsible for conducting investigations in line with the Group Financial Crime Investigations Instructions 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.

In this role, you will :

• Operate within FCI investigative programs related to fraud, anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, sanctions, anti-bribery, and corruption.
• Adhere to Group Financial Crime Investigations Instructions, meeting the appropriate levels of quality and consistency; while ensuring they are appropriately trained and stay current with new trends and typologies.
• Prioritise and manage cases in a timely manner and according to risk, making sound decisions based upon solid rational ensuring the financial crime risk is being robustly managed.
• Where required, liaise with Government agencies and industry bodies as appropriate; ensuring the interests of HSBC are promoted.
• Continually strive to ensure investigations are as effective and efficient as it can be.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements :

• Experience within a regulatory, investigative, or financial intelligence agency.
• An understanding of UK regulations as well as their purpose to mitigate risk to the financial system.
• Strong report writing skills and the ability to effectively communicate complex findings to stakeholders.
• Proficiency in data analysis with advanced critical thinking skills

The base location for this role is Edinburgh or Birmingham with a requirement to be in the office at least three times per week.

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Within HSBC certain roles are designated as Enhanced Vetting Roles. For these roles, all internal and external applicants are required (subject to local laws), to pass satisfactorily a series of additional checks both as part of the application process and, if successfully recruited into the Enhanced Vetting role, on an on-going basis. The Group reserves its position with regard to any steps which it may take in relation to any material adverse findings which arise either when the checks are first carried out as part of this recruitment exercise, and/or if relevant, on an on-going basis.

This role has been designated as an Enhanced Vetting Role.

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