Senior Manager, Strategic Risk Reporting, Metrics and Risk Appetite Lead

HSBC Holdings plc; Kraków; On-site; PLN 237,000 - 355,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Private medical care

Flexible working hours

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc in Kraków, Poland, is seeking an experienced leader for Global Enterprise Risk Management's Strategic Risk function. You will own end-to-end Strategic Risk reporting, develop the risk metrics, and provide executive-ready materials to drive action and governance.

The role emphasizes collaboration across Strategy, Business Lines, Finance and Risk and Compliance, leading a small agile team and promoting a strong risk and control culture within the Three Lines of Defence.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of enterprise risk management and how risk management supports strategic ambition, safe growth and customer outcomes.
• Good knowledge of the regulatory landscape and the ability to assess the impact of proposed regulatory changes on risk management.
• Deep technical understanding of risk identification, assessment, monitoring, control and mitigation within a large financial institution.
• Proven experience producing Board or Executive-ready reporting and risk management information with excellent attention to detail.
• Highly developed analytical skills and the ability to synthesise complex and ambiguous information into clear, actionable insights.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with a track record of influencing and gaining buy-in across senior stakeholders in a matrix organisation.
• Ability to translate complex technical topics into decision-useful messaging for non-technical audiences and drive outcome-focused discussions.
• Leadership capability to operate as a collaborative change agent, support an agile team, and role-model a strong risk and control culture within the Three Lines of Defence.

Responsibilities

• Own and deliver end-to-end Strategic Risk reporting, producing consistent packs with clear narrative, key messages, actions and outcomes.
• Maintain the single source of truth for Strategic Risk metrics and reporting, ensuring consistency across stakeholders and forums.
• Define, monitor and evolve Strategic Risk metrics so they remain relevant, fit for purpose and aligned to the Strategic Risk framework and taxonomy.
• Own Strategic Risk appetite statements and associated metrics, coordinating refreshes as strategy, priorities or the risk profile changes.
• Surface insights, trend breaks, leading indicators and forward-looking analysis to enable effective review and constructive challenge.
• Support senior stakeholders and key governance forums with executive-ready materials, strong quality control and clear so what implications.
• Build trusted partnerships across Strategy, Business Lines, Finance and Risk and Compliance, clarifying ownership and driving timely decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement and standardisation, manage a small agile team's delivery, and accelerate issues in a timely and proportionate way.

Skills

Enterprise risk management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Leadership

Regulatory knowledge

Job description

Your career opportunity

Global Enterprise Risk Management sits within Group Risk and Compliance and helps ensure HSBC has a coherent Risk Management Framework, Risk Taxonomy and the tools to operate within its Global Risk Appetite. Within ERM, Strategic Risk is a single enterprise-wide function that oversees the most material risks to HSBC's strategy and delivery, enabling the Bank to respond quickly to external change. This role owns the Strategic Risk reporting and metrics source of truth, providing decision-useful insights, risk appetite monitoring and governance to drive action and support effective second line oversight and challenge.

What you’ll do

• Own and deliver end-to-end Strategic Risk reporting, producing consistent packs with clear narrative, key messages, actions and outcomes.
• Maintain the single source of truth for Strategic Risk metrics and reporting, ensuring consistency across stakeholders and forums.
• Define, monitor and evolve Strategic Risk metrics so they remain relevant, fit for purpose and aligned to the Strategic Risk framework and taxonomy.
• Own Strategic Risk appetite statements and associated metrics, coordinating refreshes as strategy, priorities or the risk profile changes.
• Surface insights, trend breaks, leading indicators and forward-looking analysis to enable effective review and constructive challenge.
• Support senior stakeholders and key governance forums with executive-ready materials, strong quality control and clear so what implications.
• Build trusted partnerships across Strategy, Business Lines, Finance and Risk and Compliance, clarifying ownership and driving timely decisions.
• Drive continuous improvement and standardisation, manage a small agile team's delivery, and accelerate issues in a timely and proportionate way.

What you need to have to succeed in this role

• Strong understanding of enterprise risk management and how risk management supports strategic ambition, safe growth and customer outcomes.
• Good knowledge of the regulatory landscape and the ability to assess the impact of proposed regulatory changes on risk management.
• Deep technical understanding of risk identification, assessment, monitoring, control and mitigation within a large financial institution.
• Proven experience producing Board or Executive-ready reporting and risk management information with excellent attention to detail.
• Highly developed analytical skills and the ability to synthesise complex and ambiguous information into clear, actionable insights.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with a track record of influencing and gaining buy-in across senior stakeholders in a matrix organisation.
• Ability to translate complex technical topics into decision-useful messaging for non-technical audiences and drive outcome-focused discussions.
• Leadership capability to operate as a collaborative change agent, support an agile team, and role-model a strong risk and control culture within the Three Lines of Defence.

What we offer

The pay range for this role is 21258 PLN - 31800PLN (monthly, gross). Additional car allowance in the amount of 4,786 PLN (monthly, gross).

Variable pay is discretionary, but influenced by Group performance, business/function performance and individual performance.

We offer a comprehensive and competitive package of benefits covering healthcare, family friendly leaves, pension and life assurance, as well as many other benefits to support your wellbeing.

• Additional bonuses for recognition awards
• Multisport card
• Private medical care
• Life insurance
• One-time reimbursement of home office set-up (up to 800 PLN)
• Cafeteria platform
• Employee assistance program
• Additional contributions to PPK scheme
• Corporate parties & events
• CSR initiatives
• Nursery discounts
• Financial support with trainings and education
• Social fund
• Flexible working hours
• Free parking