Assistant Vice President, Investigative Reporting - Risk and Compliance

HSBC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank in Singapore is seeking an Assistant Vice President for Investigative Reporting within its Financial Crime Investigations team. The role involves thorough investigations and reporting of potential financial crimes according to regulatory requirements. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in financial crime investigations and strong communication skills. A commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace, this position opens up a world of professional opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in investigations/analysis into customer activity.
• Ability to document investigative steps and conclusions effectively.

Responsibilities

• Review cases to procedural standards within service levels.
• Produce a high-quality case file with necessary recommendations.
• Escalate significant issues found during investigations.
• Coordinate information exchange and team efficiency.

Skills

Financial crime investigations experience

Spoken and written communication skills

Job description

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If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be. 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.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as an Assistant Vice President, Investigative Reporting.

This role is part of Financial Crime Investigations team, is responsible for ensuring that assigned cases are thoroughly and professionally investigated and, where appropriate, reported to the Authorities in accordance with regulatory requirements. The role will also complete initial case intake assessment by adhering to the globally defined Triage procedures and cover project COSMIC oversight responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Review cases (i.e. Transaction Monitoring Cases, Unusual Activity Reports and Customers subject to Production Orders) to agreed procedural standards required and within agreed service levels
• Produce a high-quality case file including a comprehensive narrative and recommendation as to whether or not a SAR is required; and clearly document the facts supporting that judgement
• Escalate any potentially significant issues found during the course of an investigation to relevant internal stakeholders
• Coordinate and facilitate information exchange, teamwork and efficiency of the Country Head of Investigations as part of the wider Compliance function
• Support and participate in key initiatives, ad hoc projects, reviews and monitoring as per business needs
• Provide accurate and timely Management Information as required
• Liaising with colleagues from line of business or external enquiries (associated with Collaborative Sharing of Money Laundering/Terrorism Financing (ML/TF) Information & Cases 'COSMIC' work) in a professional, responsive manner, giving them appropriate guidance, referring to management where necessary
• Ensure team performance meets the requirements of any relevant service level agreements and at all times, adheres to Group and Regulatory policies; Generate ideas to improve team efficiency

Qualifications

• Financial Crime investigations experience: Experience in undertaking investigations/analysis into customer activity with the ability to draw inferences from noted behaviour, including transactional profile, against expectation established from Client Due Diligence (CDD) data; identifying activity suggesting potential Financial crime risk
• Both spoken and written communication skills with the ability to document investigative steps and conclusions effectively, in a clear, concise and professional manner and/or Suspicious Transaction Reporting

Opening up a world of opportunity

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