Manager - Decision Sciences

Job description

Job description

Some careers have more impact than others.

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 organizations in the world, with operations in 62 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 realize their ambitions. 

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Manager – Decision Sciences

Principal Responsibilities

·  The jobholder will continually reassess the operational 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.
·  The jobholder 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.
·  The jobholder will implement the Group compliance policy by containing compliance risk in liaison with Global Head of Compliance, Global Compliance Officer, Area Compliance Officer, or Local Compliance Officer. The term ‘compliance’ embraces all relevant financial services laws, rules, and codes with which the business must comply.
·  This will be achieved by adhering to all relevant processes/procedures and by liaising with Compliance department about new business initiatives at the earliest opportunity. Also, and when applicable, by ensuring adequate resources are in place and training is provided, fostering a compliance culture, and optimizing relations with regulators.
·  Apply relevant analytical methods / algorithms to get actionable insights from HSBC's internal (both structured and unstructured) and external data sources.
·  Partner with Information Technology / Data Engineering teams to create deployment roadmap.
·  Provide actionable solutions with clear articulation of recommendations for the business stakeholders across geographies.
·  Independently manage delivery of analytics projects by working with business partners across regions / geographies
·  Actively contribute in innovative analytical solutioning for improved business performance

Requirements

·  At least 3-4 years of experience of using statistical concepts and (or) machine learning models to solve complex business problems.
·  Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Management or other quantitative fields of study
·  Proficiency in Statistical Analysis System (SAS) / R, Python, JavaScript and Microsoft Office tools like Excel & PowerPoint
·  Business problem solving skills is essential.
·  Proven expertise in using statistical / Machine Learning (ML) algorithms for solving diverse business challenges and creating significant business value.
·  Candidate should have worked on Financial Crime compliance models and understand transaction monitoring framework. He/she should be able to validate systems used to detect unusual financial transaction activity.
·  Candidate should be able to understand various financial crime risk typologies prevalent in the industry and various other mandatory regulatory expectations for multiple geographies. Person should be familiar with concept of Clustering/Segmentation and its use in setting different thresholds for differing financial crime risk profile.
·  Knowledge and exposure to cloud analytics platform such as Google Cloud Platforms (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Redshift, Azure etc. would be a plus but not mandatory.
·  Enthusiasm for proactively seeking, exploring, and developing use cases for new data and/or tools/wider industry trends.
·  Candidate should be able to go through vast range of documentation and come up with concise set of questions highlighting model risk in the model.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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