Senior Manager, Finance ESG Change

Job description

Job description

Why join us?

The Global Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Finance Programme is a multi-year programme within Finance Change Delivery (FCD) to deliver the Global Finance Strategic Solution for ESG reporting obligations and internal monitoring and reporting capability for the bank. As a key member of the global ESG FCD team, this role will contribute to the transformation and delivery of the strategic solution covering ESG disclosure, regulatory and internal Management Information (MI) reporting onto the Cloud-based data platform and reporting from a control perspective. This role will lead and drive the end-to-end design and implementation of the controls for tactical and strategic solution development across all requirements in collaboration with ESG Data and Analytics Office (DAO) and Finance IT. It is essential that the role holder is familiar with the fundamentals of process design, risk management framework and control framework principles.

The role holder is expected to liaise with a large group of senior stakeholders across Global Finance, including ESG Chief Financial Officer (CFO) team, Business Finance teams, Global Businesses (GBs), Global Functions (GFs), ESG DAO to lead and deliver the design of controls for Global ESG Finance Programme.

Strong collaboration is required with the Design, Data and Operating Model workstreams within ESG FCD and across Finance IT teams as the role holder will manage and drive consistent controls for the ESG Global Finance Strategic Solution to comply with the processes, system architecture (e.g. FCDP, FDPP) and Finance Cloud / IT controls framework in line with the Finance operating model.

The role holder will enable ESG Finance to keep track of the control documentation across all areas of ESG reporting that would have an implication to Global Finance to meet its external disclosure requirements.

This role is a unique opportunity to work in an area of growing interest to regulators, investors, and the wider external market. Disclosure rules and regulation for ESG topics are evolving globally. There is a need to understand new and changing disclosure requirements, and how these can best be met for Group’s external reporting. As the ESG disclosures have grown in prominence, there has been an increased need for robust controls, assurance and oversight of ESG reporting and disclosures.

What you’ll do:

The jobholder will be responsible for the following:

·  Drive development, review, and agreement of required control changes for the ESG and Sustainable Finance related initiatives that have an impact to Global Finance processes for both external disclosures and internal reporting and monitoring.
·  Elicit control requirements based on to-be system architecture and operating model.
·  Define robust controls in adherence to HSBC control framework, including design of new controls or uplift of existing controls, to ensure a sustainable control environment for various ESG processes within Global Finance.
·  Develop and implement a robust delivery plan and approach for Controls workstream within ESG FCD. Monitor key tasks, delivery milestones and project RAIDs to ensure HSBC Change Framework is adhered to.
·  Perform risk and control assessments on ESG processes at various stages of project delivery.
·  Perform Non-Financial Risk (NFR) assessment on ESG and Sustainable Finance related initiatives managed by ESG FCD team.
·  Contribute to programme testing approach and documents, including gathering controls design and operational effectiveness testing evidence during dry run or parallel run.
·  Provide inputs to the Operating Model & Controls Working Group of ESG Finance Programme to support regular status reporting on Controls workstream. Prepare Control related packs/papers and present to senior stakeholders to seek approvals.
·  Map target state controls to the processes documented in MS Visio and/or ARIS, ensuring HSBC standards are followed.
·  Facilitate the Second Line of Defence (2LoD) Risk Stewards, internal and external auditors review and sign-off of control related deliverables.
·  Lead and manage a team, including coaching and acting as a role model for junior team members.
·  Maintain strong and collaborative working relationships across Finance and other stakeholder groups.
·  Enable transition to Business As Usual (BAU), ensuring completeness, governance, and adherence to HSBC Change Framework standards.

Requirements

What you will need to succeed in the role:

·  Risk and Control knowledge – The role holder should be able to understand the to-be system architecture and operating model for the ESG Global Finance Strategic Solution and lead the design and implementation of controls to ensure a sustainable control environment for various ESG processes within Global Finance.
·  Scope: The role holder will typically drive the delivery of large scale, complex and global changes which spans organisation boundaries from a control perspective.
·  Evolving plans: The role holder must work with dynamic plans in a fast-moving environment, continually assessing priorities and progress and adjusting course where necessary, being sure to maintain the buy-in of stakeholders.

What additional skills will be good to have?

·  Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
·  Strong risk and control background and work experience, preferably in a leading accounting firm or financial services sector.
·  Experience in managing, overseeing, and applying controls across a Finance function, including those underpinning Non-Financial Risk (NFR) and operational risk management frameworks.
·  Experience of designing and implementing new processes and controls to mitigate non-financial risks, including evaluating processes and controls over financial reporting and operational processes.
·  Experience of performing risk assessments throughout the project lifecycle, including NFR assessments and be able to present to Risk Stewards to seek approvals.
·  Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral.
·  Knowledge and experience with change management is highly valued.
·  Good knowledge of Finance systems architecture, strategy delivery, data model, especially Finance Cloud platform.
·  Experience of leading, managing and developing teams.
·  Proven track record of managing, influencing and collaborating with Finance and cross-functional teams.
·  Team-working experience in a project environment and a flexible and adaptable working style to work with a large group of stakeholders (all levels of seniority) across multiple geographies.