Investigator, Financial Crime Investigative Reporting

Job description

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.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Investigator, Financial Crime Investigative Reporting.

Principal responsibilities

·  Responsible for conducting effective and timely reviews of accounts, relationships and transactions for assigned cases in accordance with agreed standard reporting requirements and service level agreements. Subject to completion of training and accreditation, these cases may include:
·  Escalated cases from Dynamic Risk Assessment transaction monitoring system.
·  Less complex FC-UAR and referrals from other sources.
·  On receipt of a referral, conduct a review, in line with the instructions, in order to identify any potential financial crime risk.
·  Responsible for writing a high quality investigative narrative (Investigation Report) and to record the case history, with supporting findings, in an approved case management system.
·  Conclude each review of an assessment of financial crime risk or no financial crime risk, and make appropriate recommendations based upon the assessment, including recommendations for Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing, customer exit or KYC/CDD refresh. In consultation with the respective Manager, refer cases, where appropriate to other Investigations teams for specialized investigations

Requirements

·  Universal banking experience across Retail, Commercial and Banking and Markets.
·  Knowledge of financial crime risk indicators including understanding transaction monitoring scenarios.
·  Familiarity and experience with transaction monitoring and associated systems and case management systems (Universal Case Management (UCM).
·  Experience with core banking customer data management systems.
·  Experience of analysing transaction data, along with customer data and external research finding, to assess whether activity is unusual and poses possible financial crime risk. Experience in undertaking analysis into customer activity with the ability to draw inferences from noted behaviour, including transactional profile, against expectation established from KYC/CDD data.
·  Experience in writing summaries of observations and findings.
·  Proven high quality spoken and written communication skills with the ability to draft written summaries and communicate conclusions effectively, in a clear, concise and professional manner.
·  Strong critical thinking and analytical skills. Ability to make informed decisions with robust supporting rationale.
·  Collaborative working style with colleagues and broader stakeholders within a cross-border and LoB matrix organization.

Candidate with less relevant experience or skills may be offered a lower Global Career Band than stated above.

Due to the urgent hiring need, candidates with immediate right to work locally and no relocation need will be prioritised.

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