Resilience Risk Assurance AVP

HSBC Holdings plc; Kraków; On-site; PLN 161,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Multisport card

Private medical care

Life insurance

Home office setup allowance (up to 800

Cafeteria platform

Employee assistance program

PPK contributions

CSR initiatives

Nursery discounts

trainings and education support

Social fund

Flexible working hours

Free parking

Job summary

HSBC in Kraków is seeking a Risk and Compliance Assurance professional to deliver testing over resilience risk controls across global businesses. You will define scopes, assess control effectiveness, and monitor country-level risks, with no line-management responsibility.

The role requires strong English, independent work style, and experience in assurance or testing within financial services. A competitive benefits package and hybrid work options are offered.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of resilience risks and controls.
• Understanding of resilience risks in global financial services including regulatory obligations.
• Strong English language skills, both written and spoken.
• Ability to build relationships with senior stakeholders while preserving independence of the assurance function.
• Clear communication in oral, written and presentation formats for governance reporting and readouts.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables in a fast-paced environment while maintaining quality.
• External financial services qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Ability to work independently delivering deliverables and issues through to completion.

Responsibilities

• Provide assurance over resilience risk-related controls operated by the first and second line of defense across Global Businesses and Functions.
• Define review scopes with the immediate team and deliver testing activities end-to-end.
• Assess the design and operational effectiveness of controls across multiple risk areas including Business Interruption, Data Risk, Third-Party Risk, and Transaction/Payment Processing Risk.
• Test resilience risk-specific regulatory obligations to evidence alignment with regulatory expectations.
• Monitor emerging risks and trends at country and regional levels to inform the assurance programme.
• Inform Risk Owners, Control Owners and Risk Stewards on control effectiveness within their oversight.
• Report and escalate issues identified through assurance activity ensuring timely visibility and follow-through.
• Partner with Internal Audit to understand review outcomes and how they impact the control environment.
• Perform other tasks required to ensure recruitment plans are executed effectively.

Skills

Resilience risk knowledge

Assurance/testing

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Independent working

Education

External financial services qualification

Job description

HSBC in Kraków is seeking a Risk and Compliance Assurance professional to deliver testing over resilience risk controls across global businesses. You will define scopes, assess control effectiveness, and monitor country-level risks, with no line-management responsibility.

The role requires strong English, independent work style, and experience in assurance or testing within financial services. A competitive benefits package and hybrid work options are offered.