Global Macro NFR Associate Director - Risk & Controls

HSBC Holdings plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare for UK-based staff

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Contributory pension scheme

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc in London seeks a seasoned professional to join the Global Macro Non-Financial Risk (NFR) team. You will own governance forums, drive risk-based reporting, and ensure timely remediation of issues across trading and operations.

You will translate framework changes into practical actions, coordinate controls, and partner with Front Office and control functions to maintain robust risk management in a complex trading environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in non-financial risk, operational risk, controls, audit, compliance or Front Office COO within Global Markets or a comparable trading environment.
• Strong understanding of front-to-back markets processes across Trading, Sales, Operations, Technology, Product Control and second-line functions.
• Clear written and verbal communication for senior stakeholders across locations and functions.
• Evidence of producing senior-management reporting, governance materials, risk assessments and issue remediation.
• Ability to evaluate complex risk and control matters with material impact and escalate appropriately.
• Proven ability to manage deadlines with quality assurance and stakeholder alignment.

Responsibilities

• Own Global Macro NFR governance forums and Risk Management Framework components.
• Produce concise management information, highlight trends and data-quality issues, escalate issues and ensure remediation.
• Ensure governance packs are produced and reviewed to a high standard, with evidence and closed actions.
• Coordinate risk and control assessments, monitoring, trigger reviews and remediation planning.
• Monitor controls and exceptions across systems and support closure of overdue items.
• Coordinate first-line responses to incidents and near-misses with root-cause analysis.
• Support audit, compliance, regulatory and thematic reviews with evidence and closure of actions.
• Partner with Front Office and Control functions to ensure practical governance.

Skills

Non-financial risk

Operational risk

Controls

Audit

Compliance

Front Office COO

Business management

Global Markets

Job description

HSBC Holdings plc in London seeks a seasoned professional to join the Global Macro Non-Financial Risk (NFR) team. You will own governance forums, drive risk-based reporting, and ensure timely remediation of issues across trading and operations.

You will translate framework changes into practical actions, coordinate controls, and partner with Front Office and control functions to maintain robust risk management in a complex trading environment.