Forensic Investigator

Job description

Role Title: Forensic Investigator

Business: Group Legal

New or Existing Role: New

Grade: 5

Role Purpose

The Global Internal Investigations Group ("GIIG") is a function within Group Legal responsible for the investigation of all allegations or incidents involving impropriety or possible breaches in law, regulation or policy that pose significant legal, regulatory and/or reputational risk to the Group or its affiliates. These significant internal investigations are subject to attorney client privilege and work product protections.

The Role Holder will be responsible for day-to-day delivery of the GIIG team's forensic

technology requirements.

Key Accountabilities

Impact on Business

· Arranging recovery of emails, instant messages and other data for investigative purposes, liaising with HSBC's Information Security Risk group;

· Obtaining all necessary cross-border data transfer approvals;

· Tracking and documenting the recovery of data, ensuring completeness and accuracy;

· Loading data into the Nuix and Clearwell platforms for review and export;

· Carrying out searching/culling/producing data from Nuix and Clearwell;

· Carrying out forensic acquisitions and analysis (laptops, workstations) using Encase and other tools;

· Make data available to third parties such as consultants, regulators, and legal counsel on demand;

·  Assessing and advising on the equipment and technical needs of the GIIG team.

Customers / Stakeholders

· Providing forensic technology expertise to the GIIG team, including training team members in the use of eDiscovery review platforms.

·  On occasion, assisting the GIIG team with non-technical investigation fieldwork.

· Maintain and develop positive and professional working relationships with members of the Group Legal function

· Develop positive and professional working relationships with managers across the IT and risk functions and relevant business functions

Leadership & Teamwork

· Maintain and develop positive and professional working relationships with members of the Group Legal function

· Develop positive and professional working relationships with managers across the IT and risk functions and relevant business functions

Operational Effectiveness & Control

· Assist in all issues relating to the investigation of material potential violations of law, regulation and policy

·  Clear communication of proactive controls for mitigation of future risk

Management of Risk

·  The jobholder will also continually reassess the operational and legal risks associated with the role and inherent in the business, taking account of changing economic or market conditions, legal and regulatory requirements. operating procedures and practices, management restructurings. and the impact of new technology.

Observation of Internal Controls

·  The role holder will also adhere to and be able to demonstrate adherence to internal controls. This will be achieved by adherence to all relevant procedures, keeping appropriate records and. where appropriate, by the timely implementation of internal and external audit points, including issues raised by external regulators

Role Dimension

·  HSBC is an extremely diverse business which is constantly expanding both geographically and into new areas of business. Such expansion is taking place in an increasingly regulated and complex global environment. often with significant divergence among the applicable laws and regulations of different jurisdictions. In addition, regulators are taking a far more aggressive approach in ensuring local compliance with their respective requirements and imposing increasingly stringent sanctions for breaches. The work of the Global Internal Investigations Group is critical to Group Legal's ability to effectively address these risks.
·  It is the role of the Forensic Investigator to provide day-to-day delivery of the GIIG team's forensic technology requirements, which will assist the GIIG team in conducting investigations that are thorough. timely and result in recommendations designed to reasonably address any risk uncovered through the investigation .
·  The role may, at times, require travel at short notice and for extended periods of time.

Desired profile

Knowledge & Experience / Qualifications

Knowledge / Qualifications

· The ideal candidate will have a history of delivering high quality Forensic Technology services in a consulting firm, up to Manager level.

· Degree-level qualified, preferably in Computer Forensics or equivalent degree in a related technical discipline.

· Certifications in the use of Nuix, EnCase, Clearwell an advantage.

Experience

· Forensic technology consulting experience, ideally with a ‘Big 4' firm.

· A very high degree of proficiency with Nuix, EnCase, Clearwell, Relativity, Excel.

· Experience in conducting digital evidence recovery for investigations concerning regulatory, civil matters and/or potential criminal matters.

· Experience conducting other aspects (non technical) of investigations an advantage.

· Ideally knowledge and experience of the investment banking industry.

· Experience working with UK and US regulatory agencies such as the SEC, DoJ and FCA an advantage.

· Experience with evidence management, handling and chain of custody.

Skills

· eDiscovery (Nuix, Clearwell, Relativity), data analytics (Excel, Tableau), and digital evidence recovery / acquisition (EnCase) skills a pre-requisite.

· A methodical and logical approach to problem-solving. The Role Holder must be capable of identifying issues with data and independently finding a solution.

· Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing. The Role Holder may be expected to write reports regarding the collection of evidence for investigations.

· Strong communication and inter-personal skills. The Role Holder will be expected to develop a network of internal contacts.

· Capable of managing competing priorities, at times under pressure.

· A willingness to learn new investigative skills. The Role Holder may be expected to assist with non-technical aspects of investigations from time to time and should display a willingness to learn skills outside of their core area of expertise.

· Project management skills with an understanding of processes and controls within a forensic function.

· Knowledge of the HSBC Group corporate structures, its business and personnel and a clear understanding of HSBC's corporate culture is helpful.

Within HSBC certain roles are designated as Enhanced Vetting Roles. For these roles, all internal and external applicants are required (subject to local laws), to pass satisfactorily a series of additional checks both as part of the application process and, if successfully recruited into the Enhanced Vetting role, on an on going basis. The Group reserves its position with regard to any steps which it may take in relation to any material adverse findings which arise either when the checks are first carried out as part of this recruitment exercise, and/or if relevant, on an ongoing basis.

This role has been designated as a Enhanced Vetting Role.

For more information about the relevant additional checks for this role please contact the hiring manager

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