VP, FC Detection and DE

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 organisations 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 realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Vice President , Financial Crime Detection & DE

Business: Risk & Compliance

·  Product Vision: Develop a clear, compelling vision that aligns with business goals and user needs, articulating it effectively to stakeholders and the team.
·  Stakeholder Management: Engage with senior stakeholders to gather requirements, prioritize features, and ensure alignment with strategic goals.
·  Product Roadmap: Develop and maintain a comprehensive product roadmap for your pod, prioritizing features and initiatives based on business value and market trends. Define and prioritize product features using the Value Stream model, ensuring optimal value delivery through each iteration
·  Agile champion: Masterfully lead product owner responsibilities within an Agile Scrum framework, ensuring transparency, collaboration, and a focus on continuous improvement.
·  Value Stream Management: Utilize Value Stream mapping techniques to identify bottlenecks, optimize workflows, and streamline the product development process.
·  Release Management: Coordinate with development teams to plan and execute product releases, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with release milestones. Changes affecting system integrity, availability and operation are reviewed, challenged as necessary and approved in a timely manner
·  Continuous Improvement: Drive a culture of continuous improvement, fostering innovation and experimentation to optimize product performance and customer satisfaction.
·  Champion the value stream: Implement the Value Stream model effectively, prioritizing and managing product features within the AML/Financial Crime domain to maximize value delivery for each iteration.
·  Stay ahead of the curve: Continuously learn and adapt to emerging trends and technologies, proactively seeking opportunities to improve the product.
·  Provide management and direction to cross-functional experts (pods) from analytics, technology, transformation and product management and key stakeholders across global functions and regions.
·  Implementing a consistent and effective management approach across the functional areas.
·  Prime interface within the Detection Value Stream for all Change and Prioritisation matters.
·  Support the FC Leadership in the delivery of investment across technology, intelligence, and analytics to enhance the efficiency, effectiveness, security and cost profile of FC.
·  Assist drive, develop and implement programmes to quantify impacts and implement actions to address, manage and mitigate impacts of FC related regulatory changes across the FC control framework.
·  As required by leadership, attend and represent FC in governance forums and meetings.

Customer / Stakeholders

·  Develop and Manage relationships with key internal stakeholders across Group functions, lines of business, regions, and countries.
·  Facilitate the sharing of information and creation of feedback loops across the firm, with particular focus on wider FC Detection stakeholder to continuously adapt and improve change management and optimisation.
·  Oversees the support and coordination capability necessary to manage the response to high priority FC Detection Feedback requiring a coordinated response across Group Financial Crime functions, Compliance, lines of business, regions, or countries.
·  Develop and maintain a strong and professional working relationship with Senior Management of FC, Risk, Audit and Finance at Business, Group and Regional levels
·  Ensure appropriate timely and relevant risk information is provided to FC leadership and appropriate governance forums

Operational Effectiveness and Control

·  Drive the articulation and embedding of FC Detection Optimisation controls. Ensure that these are updated for changes in regulation and impacts on business.
·  Resolve any / all identified issues promptly and escalate concerns to management as appropriate to ensure timely awareness of any material concerns.
·  Maintain and observe all HSBC control standards and implement relevant policies, including the timely implementation of recommendations made by internal / external auditors and external regulators.
·  Where required, support the articulation and embedding of framework, policies, procedures, and controls as they relate to FC Controls.
·  Maintain awareness of operational risk within the value stream and minimise the likelihood of it occurring including its identification, assessment, mitigation and control, loss identification and reporting.
·  Develop and present options to implement controls whilst retaining full benefit from investment in systems.

Leadership & Teamwork 

·  Clearly communicate and effectively implement the Change Management and Prioritisation strategy to meet business needs.
·  Provide direction at a global level and support at a regional level with respect to the FC Detection change and prioritisation processes.
·  Influence through action and strong leadership with respect to establishing an effective and efficient Risk Discovery Environment, deliver very strong collaboration and influencing across the Compliance matrix
·  Provide sponsorship and strategic vision for People Development initiatives aligned to Financial Crime, Compliance, and Group activities, as well as supporting the annual BAU HR cycle.
·  Ensure effective communication across Financial Crime and the business to all key stakeholders in relation to FC Detection matters
·  Support the sharing of developments and best practice across the wider FC Function
·  Support deliver the value stream approach aligned to detection outcomes to deliver a seamless integration of cross-functional expertise
·  Maintain and develop positive and professional working relationships with senior business leaders, Risk and Compliance colleagues at Group, Regional and Market / Entity level
·  Work effectively as part of a team, taking the lead where appropriate and contributing to team output and collaboration
·  Foster a learning agile culture, promoting proactive review of lessons learned
·  Support an inclusive environment that supports diversity and reflects the HSBC brand. Ensures effective and open communication, team building, knowledge sharing, coaching and mentoring not only within the function but to the broader organisation

Requirements

·  Strong experience in product management or related roles, with a focus on Agile methodologies
·  Strong understanding of Value Stream mapping techniques and principles
·  Working knowledge of Machine Learning concepts and development cycles
·  Experience of working within Financial crime (Preferred)
·  Experience with Google Cloud platform and cloud-based technologies. (preferred)
·  Excellent communication, leadership, and collaboration skills
·  Proven ability to rapidly develop matter expertise in a range of technical and non-technical areas.
·  Working experience on Jira and confluence
·  Proven track record of delivering successful products in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
·  Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or equivalent certification preferred