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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 you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.
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.
This is a senior role reporting directly into the Global Head of Capital Risk. The selected candidate will be responsible for providing independent risk oversight of processes relating to Capital Risk management, measurement, and reporting. The role holder will work closely with the Capital Risk Assurance function to ensure control design and operating effectiveness across a range of Financial and non-Financial Risk processes. This role requires a deep understanding of Capital Risk, in terms of both first-hand management and the reporting of Capital Risks.
The candidate is expected to have a strong understanding of best practice and regulatory expectations for Capital Risk management.
We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Capital Risk Manager.
- Develop and execute a comprehensive and granular programme of capital second line of defence, working closely with Global Treasury ensuring appropriate measurement, monitoring and management of capital.
- Provide independent and effective review and challenge of key Capital processes (including ICAAP, Recovery and Resolution Planning, regulatory reporting) and capital programmes of work. Provide subject matter expertise, advice, guidance, and effective challenge to the Risk and Control Owners.
- Support the activities of the Assurance team, and review and challenge the outputs from their capital assurance activities.
- Ownership of the Capital 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.
- Support the oversight of Regulatory Reporting Risk (RRR) for Capital. Regulatory Reporting Risk is the risk that reports or notifications to Regulators are not submitted, are submitted late, or are incorrect.
- Review stress testing processes as it pertains to capital including but not limited to the scenarios that are chosen for the stress tests and assumptions made on capital. Perform and document independent analysis on the assumptions to ensure independent viewpoint. Support and refine existing stress model assumptions and controls (limits, guidelines, model framework).
- Review both Capital Risk management policies, limits, standards, controls, metrics and thresholds and ensure they are within the defined corporate standards approved by the Board and ALCO.
- Actively review changes in regulatory capital requirements and assess how this may affect risk appetite for HSBC.
- Build relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders across Risk, Group Treasury, Markets Treasury and front-line businesses.
- Practical experience of Capital Risk management within a large international firm in either the first or second line of defence.
- Strong knowledge of capital regulations and reporting requirements as well as Capital planning and forecasting, Risk Appetite setting, Capital Stress Testing, ICAAP and Recovery Planning.
- Experience in reviewing regulatory change and the impact to capital processes / management / reporting.
- Relevant Treasury Control and assurance experience and/or experience of working with Operational Risk, Internal and External Audit
- Has developed a high level of professionalism and competency which helps to determine solutions around appropriate risk measures, risk processes, risk monitoring and management.
The base location for this role is London / Hybrid.
You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.
We believe that being open to a range of perspectives and cultures is vital for our business. We work hard to ensure our diverse and inclusive workplace reflects the communities we serve. We want everyone to achieve their potential – regardless of their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age. If you have a different way of seeing the world, we are interested in hearing from you.
HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk:
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