Global Head of Trade and Communications Surveillance

HSBC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank in London is seeking a Global Head of Trade and Communications Surveillance to lead the surveillance practices globally. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in trade surveillance and the ability to navigate the regulatory landscape. This role offers a hybrid working model, professional development opportunities, and competitive benefits, including private healthcare and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

Private healthcare

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Contributory pension scheme

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a surveillance function.
• Ability to lead a team and initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of Market Abuse Regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the Trade and Communications Surveillance Functional Leads.
• Ensure trade and communications surveillance programmes remain adaptive to new risks.
• Influence senior stakeholders on surveillance related matters.

Skills

Leadership

Trade and communications surveillance understanding

Regulatory knowledge

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.

The Global Head of Trade and Communications Surveillance is a senior leadership role within Regulatory Compliance Surveillance, reporting to the Global Head of Regulatory Compliance Surveillance. The successful candidate will be responsible for the effective operation of trade and communications surveillance practices globally. This is an integral role that will work closely with Surveillance users, stakeholders, technology and product teams, ensuring that emerging risks, technologies, and regulatory expectations are identified early, embedded into the Surveillance Programme, and communicated to senior stakeholders.

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.

In this role you will:

• Provide direct leadership to the Tade and Communications Surveillance Functional Leads, ensuring global consistency in delivery of approach, governance and delivery.
• Strive to ensure that the trade and communications surveillance programmes remain fit for purpose, scalable, and adaptive to new risks and technologies.
• Take a collaborative approach between Surveillance Sub Value Stream Leads to maintain effective model performance, production issue management, innovation pipelines, and will ensure activities are progressing to agreed timelines.
• Have a keen eye for detail on the regulatory landscape particularly related to market abuse to identify any risks.
• Ensure Market Abuse Risk Assessments (MARA), policy and risk taxonomy outcomes are applied consistently and effectively across regions.
• Influence and attain buy in where required from senior stakeholders on surveillance related matters.
• Take a proactive approach to identify opportunities for process improvement.

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

• Extensive experience in a surveillance function with a strong understanding of trade and communications surveillance.
• Thorough ability to lead a team, guide initiatives and steer employees to achieve goals.
• Strong knowledge on the regulatory landscape with an understanding of with excellent understanding of Market Abuse Regulations and Market Abuse Risk Assessments.
• Prior experience influencing, liaising and /or attaining buy in from senior stakeholders on a Surveillance related matter.

This role is based in London on a hybrid working basis.

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