Capital & Liquidity Risk, Assurance Analyst

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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.

We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Capital & Liquidity Risk, Assurance Analyst.

Capital Risk involves the risk that the Group fails to maintain sufficient resources to cover potential losses and thereby does not meet its internal or regulatory capital requirements either at Group, subsidiary or branch level. Liquidity risk is the risk that a firm, although solvent, does not have available sufficient financial resources to meet our obligations as they fall due, or that the firm can only do so at excessive cost.

The Capital and Liquidity Risk team are the second line of defence for Treasury Management capital and liquidity activities.

The role purpose is to support in establishing the Capital & Liquidity Risk Assurance function. This function will be responsible for controls design and effectiveness testing on Capital & Liquidity activities, covering both Financial and non-Financial Risk processes.

The Assurance function within Treasury Risk is being established, this role holder will also be responsible for supporting development the operating model, including roles and responsibilities for the overall Treasury Risk Assurance function.

In this role, you will:

•    Support in the definition and scoping of the Treasury Risk Assurance function, promoting, and implementing synergies and efficiencies while securing an optimal and best in class control environment. 
•    Challenge the first line control and risk owners to ensure that risk management activities are working effectively. This includes the following activities for Capital & Liquidity Risk
•    Provide subject matter expertise, advice, guidance, and effective challenge to the Risk and Control Owners.
•    Report on the risk and control profile, including support in reviewing and testing the operating effectiveness of the control framework. Support in scoping of analysis and checks where gaps are identified in the control framework.
•    Support definition of the Risk and Control Library, including minimum control standards, with input from Risk Owners, and Control Owners, specifying key risks and key controls and providing guidance on continuous monitoring expectations. 
•    Recommend Risk and Control Assessment (“RCA”) scoping, and challenge where this is not appropriately applied in the RCA.
•    Challenge Risk and Control Owners on risk and control management, including inherent risk, residual risk, control effectiveness ratings, issues, actions, and events. 
•    Support in targeted assurance reviews and deep dive of end-to-end processes across high-risk metrics.
•    Monitor compliance of the minimum requirements applicable to the management of Capital & Liquidity Risk, as set out in relevant policies.
•    Work with the business to understand the impact of emerging risks that require changes to controls, resources, and business operations to ensure they remain within appetite as well as Internal audit to understand the outcomes of their reviews and how this affects the control environment.

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

•    Relevant Treasury and Control knowledge and experience working in multiple legal entities.
•    Demonstrable experience of challenging views with courageous integrity to do the right thing. 
•    Ability to work in fast-paced environment with proven ability to handle multiple outputs at one time.
•    Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills, with experience in a complex global environment
•    Experience of working with Operational Risk, Internal and External Audit 
•    Excellent business writing, communication, presentation and influencing skills.
•    Has developed a high level of professionalism and competency which helps to determine solutions around appropriate risk measures, risk processes, risk monitoring and management.
•    Communication and interpersonal skills, including the capacity to articulate the case for risk management in the language of business.

The base location for this role is London – Hybrid working.

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