Financial Crime Manager - CMB

HSBC; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global banking and financial services organization in Birmingham seeks an experienced Financial Crime Manager to assess financial crime risks including Money Laundering and Fraud while ensuring compliance with UK regulations. The role involves stakeholder management, providing guidance on regulatory changes, and participating in financial crime controls. Ideal candidates will possess strong communication skills and a solid understanding of financial crime risks. Competitive pay and benefits package offered, including private healthcare and pension contributions.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Generous employer pension contribution

Qualifications

• Good understanding of Money Laundering, Fraud and Sanctions.
• Knowledge of Payment Services Regulations and Money Laundering Regulation.
• Ability to manage competing stakeholder priorities.

Responsibilities

• Assess Financial Crime risks within CMB business.
• Act as SME for regulations including UK MLRs.
• Build strong stakeholder relations with distribution and Risk teams.
• Participate in financial crime controls review.

Skills

Understanding of Financial Crime risks

Knowledge of UK regulatory environment

Interpersonal and communication skills

Stakeholder management

Job description

Some careers open more doors than others.

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.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Financial Crime Manager to join the Line of Business Financial Crime Advisory Team. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of financial crime and Commercial Banking in HSBC UK. This is an integral role that will be responsible for providing financial crime guidance and advice to colleagues on financial crime matters including: Anti Money Laundering, Fraud and Sanctions.

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 Financial Crime Manager.

In this role you will:

• Playing a role in helping assess the Financial Crime risks arising within the CMB business, with particular focus on Money Laundering, Fraud, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, tax evasion and Sanctions.
• Act as SME for key areas of regulation including but not limited to Payment Services Regulations (PSRs) and the UK Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs).
• Building strong stakeholder relations with CMB 1LoD teams, such as distribution, and Risk teams.
• Developing and maintaining a good understanding of the CMB customer controls and distribution channels.
• Participating in new and in-flight deliveries and ensuring all aspects of financial crime controls are adequately considered as part of the review
• Assessing applicability of regulatory developments and providing guidance to 1LoD on interpretation and implementation of regulatory change.
• Review, analyse and challenge the business on key financial crime risks.

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

• A good understanding of the Financial Crime risks including Money Laundering, Fraud and Sanctions.
• Good knowledge of the UK regulatory environment including but not limited to -PSRs,Money Laundering Regulation andConduct related regulations such as Consumer Duty and their impact on how financial crime risk is managed
• An understanding of HSBC’s Non-Financial Risk Management Framework.
• Ability to manage competing stakeholder priorities at one time.
• Work effectively as part of a team and contributing to team output and collaboration.
• Confidence to interact, influence and negotiate with business management.
• Excellent oral, written communication and presentation skills, inter-personal skills.

The base location for this role is Birmingham on a hybrid working basis.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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