Assistant Vice President, Resilience Risk Assurance

HSBC Holdings plc; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc is seeking an experienced AVP in Resilience Risk Assurance to provide assurance over resilience risk controls across Global Businesses and Functions. The role covers business interruption, data risk, third-party risk, and regulatory obligations, driving a standardized, high-quality testing approach within the Risk Management Framework.

The successful candidate will build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, support assurance reviews, and ensure timely reporting and

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of resilience risks and controls in financial services.
• Experience in assurance or testing activities.
• Clear understanding of resilience risks within the global financial services industry.
• Strong English language skills (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Act as a key member of the Resilience Risk Assurance team, ensuring standards, policies and procedures remain fit for purpose and are subject to continuous assessment.
• Inform Risk Owners, Control Owners and Risk Stewards about the design and operational effectiveness of controls within their areas of oversight and control.
• Proactively monitor and identify key emerging risks and trends at country and regional levels to support the ongoing development of the assurance programme.
• Support the delivery of assurance reviews that are accurate and consistently meet the required standards of quality and completeness.
• Ensure the consistent and timely reporting and escalation of issues identified through Resilience Risk Assurance activities.

Skills

Resilience risk

Assurance/testing

English proficiency

Education

Financial services qualification

Tools

RMF

Job description

Job Title: Assistant Vice President, Resilience Risk Assurance

• The Assistant Vice President (AVP), Resilience Risk Assurance, is responsible for providing assurance over resilience risk-related controls, whether operated by the first or second line of defence, across any Global Business or Function. The initial hiring scope for Resilience Risk requires specialist expertise across the following risk areas:
• Business Interruption and Incident Risk — including BCP arrangements
• Data Risk — data integrity, accuracy, completeness, lineage, governance, retention, and security
• Third-Party Risk — end-to-end coverage across all relevant aspects
• Transaction and Payment Processing Risk — including compliance with applicable regulatory requirements
• Regulatory Obligations — testing resilience risk–specific obligations to evidence alignment with regulatory expectations
• Assurance for Technology and Cyber, and Facilities (availability, safety and security), is out of scope. Regulatory Reporting remains out of scope and is covered by the separate Reporting and Disclosures Assurance testing capability.
• This is a key testing role within Resilience Risk Assurance. The role holder is responsible for ensuring a high-quality, well-coordinated, insightful and consistent approach to testing globally. The role contributes to the standardised global assurance approach, ensuring that it is aligned with the bank’s Risk Management Framework (RMF). The role holder will provide the subject matter expertise required to assess effectively whether risk management activities meet industry standards, country-specific regulatory obligations and bank policy.
• The role holder is responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including senior and executive management in Assurance, Resilience Risk Stewards, Compliance, and in-country Heads of Business, where applicable. These relationships will support the identification of key priorities and help Assurance align its activities across the three lines of defence, thereby preventing duplication and avoiding excessive or insufficient assurance. This role does not have any line-management responsibilities.

Governance and Committee Memberships (membership of ExCo or Risk Management Meetings):

• None. Supports governance reporting and readouts as required.

In this role, you will:

Accountability for Business, Customers and Stakeholders

• Act as a key member of the Resilience Risk Assurance team, ensuring that all standards, policies and procedures remain fit for purpose and are subject to continuous assessment.
• Provide relevant subject matter expertise and work with the immediate team to identify appropriate review scopes and deliver assurance activities.
• Inform Risk Owners, Control Owners and Risk Stewards about the design and operational effectiveness of controls within their areas of oversight and control.
• Proactively monitor and identify key emerging risks and trends at country and regional levels to support the ongoing development of the assurance programme and ensure that these risks and trends are addressed.
• Support the delivery of assurance reviews that are accurate and consistently meet the required standards of quality and completeness, demonstrating the desired outcomes for the bank and its regulators.
• Ensure the consistent and timely reporting and escalation of issues identified through Resilience Risk Assurance activities.
• Operate within the RMF, aligning, for example, with the risk assessment methodology and the prioritisation of risks, controls and issues.
• Work closely with Internal Audit (INA) to understand the outcomes of its reviews and how these affect the control environment.

Customers/Stakeholders

• Build strong relationships with all internal stakeholders, adopting a cohesive approach to the execution of tasks with minimum conflict.
• Develop and maintain positive, professional relationships with key country and regional stakeholders while preserving the independence of the assurance function.
• Support senior-level consultation on issues and emerging trends identified through Resilience Risk Assurance testing and reviews.
• Contribute to the consistent production of management information (MI) on issues identified through Resilience Risk Assurance activities.

Leadership & Teamwork

• Leadership (for example, managing professionals or managers)
• Provides subject matter expertise to raise team standards.
• Leads by example to promote the expected behaviours.
• Demonstrates core behaviours and values.

To be successful you will:

Interpersonal skills (including internal and external collaboration, networking and negotiation at the required levels)

• Ability to build relationships by communicating, influencing and negotiating effectively with senior managers, third-party consultants, technical experts across the department, and business users.
• Willingness to take ownership of deliverables and problems, see them through to completion, and use initiative to resolve issues while working with a diverse range of people and directing cross-functional teams.
• Strong interpersonal skills, coupled with the ability to succeed within a matrix management structure and to build and maintain relationships globally.
• Highly effective communication skills (oral, written and presentational).
• Demonstrated experience of leading with unwavering and courageous integrity and doing the right thing.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple deliverables simultaneously.

Knowledge, skills & experience

• Extensive knowledge of resilience risks and controls, with experience in assurance or testing activities
• activities
• Relevant external financial services qualification
• Clear understanding of Resilience Risks within the global financial services industry
• Excellent people-management skills and proven capability in supporting and developing colleagues
• Capable of building positive and resilient partnerships with key senior stakeholders
• Lateral thinker with an ability to interpret and solve complex issues.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Proven track record of working independently
• Strong decision-making capability
• Strong English language skills (written and spoken)

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