Officer, External Investigative Reporting - Compliance

Job description

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Compliance is a global function that brings together all aspects of regulatory and financial crime risk management. Acting as risk stewards, and incorporating a range of specialist teams, we work together with the business and leverage advanced technology to help HSBC navigate a complex regulatory landscape and embed a sustainable approach to compliance risk management that supports safe growth and serves customers fairly. Compliance aspires to continuously raise the bar and set leading standards across the industry to help HSBC safeguard its customers and the communities within which it operates.

We are currently seeking a high caliber professional to join our team as Officer, External Investigative Reporting .

Principal responsibilities

· Investigate and coordinate complicated and complex Money Laundering and financing of terrorism cases at the both country and regional level.
· Maintain liaison with and handle sensitive inquiries originated from local authorities.
· Responsible for conducting effective, timely investigations into assigned cases in accordance with agreed standard reporting requirements and turnaround times.
· Responsible for ensuring that Level Two Case analysis is complete and compliant with applicable quality assurance standards.
· Responsible for logging cases involving customers with relationships to other HSBC territories to Investigations Exchange.
· Responsible for referring cross border or cross Line of Business investigations to Global or Regional External Investigative Reporting for coordination where appropriate.
· Handle fraudulent related Money Laundering cases without delay.
· Able make a quick and sensible decision on the course of actions, such as blocking account and freezing the crime proceeds.
· Review and validate reports submitted by outsourcing team.
· Able to determine whether or not it is appropriate to file a report to authority and exiting the relationship with subject customers.
· Ensure the work quality of outsourcing team is at the highest standard.
· At the end of each investigation a comprehensive recommendation is to be made to the External Investigative Reporting Quality Control Reviewer as to whether a Suspicious Activity Report should be filed.

Desired profile

Qualifications :

Requirements

·  Degree holder in banking, finance or related disciplined is preferable.
·  Knowledge on the functions of Compliance and Anti Money Laundering, its standards, policies and banking procedures.
·  Able to perform the duties independently.
·  Demonstrate good attention to detail.
·  Prior regulatory or law enforcement investigations experience advantageous.

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