Traded Risk Assurance Manager

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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 Traded Risk Assurance Manager.

You will be joining at an exciting time for Traded Risk, as we are building out a newly formed assurance team and implementing associated frameworks and methodologies. This team will be responsible for controls design and effectiveness testing on Traded Risk activities, covering both Financial and non-Financial Risk processes.

In this role, you will:

•    Support in the definition and scoping of the Traded Risk Assurance function, promoting and implementing synergies and efficiencies while securing an optimal and best in class control environment.
•    Support execution of Assurance reviews through the full lifecycle
•    Challenge the first line of defence (1LoD) control and risk owners to ensure that risk management activities are working effectively. This includes the following activities for Traded Risk
•    Provide subject matter expertise, advice, guidance, and effective challenge to the Risk and Control Owners.
•    Monitor compliance of the minimum requirements applicable to the management of Traded Risk, as set out in relevant policies.
•    Report on the risk and control profile, including impacts of external environment changes, emerging risks, and changes to the business strategy.
•    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.

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

•    Ideally have a good understanding of Traded Risk Assurance concepts and practices, however deep knowledge in either Traded Risk or in Assurance methodology would be sufficient.
•    Be familiar with regulatory reporting processes and best practice.
•    Have excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and persuade varied audiences at all levels, adapting style accordingly.
•    Strong analytical, writing, planning, and organizational skills 
•    Be self-starting and comfortable operating in ambiguous environments.
•    Ability to take ownership of deliverables / problems, see them through to completion and to use own initiative to resolve issues, whilst dealing with a diverse range of people and directing cross functional teams.

The base location for this role is London – Hybrid

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