Head of Financial Crime

1 week ago


Manama, Bahrain HSBC Full time

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**Head of Financial Crime**Some careers grow faster than others.**
If you’re looking for a career that will give you plenty of opportunities to develop, join HSBC and your future will be rich with potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

The role holder is responsible for leading the HSBC Bahrain Financial Crime (FC) Advisory and Investigations function providing holistic Compliance advice and guidance to Businesses and Functions. The role holder is accountable as the Senior Manager and lead for FC Advisory function, he/she will be responsible to ensure HSBC Bahrain Businesses and Functions are provided with timely, effective and holistic FC advice and guidance.

**In this role, you will**:

- Provide holistic financial crime advice) to Global Business, Global Functions and Digital Business Services (DBS) in managing Compliance risk associated with the initiatives they are undertaking.
- Review dispensations against policy for suitable mitigating controls and action plans.
- Provide guidance and challenge Business Lines on RCAs/ineffective control frameworks and action plans to ensure Compliance risk remains within appetite.
- Identify, analyse and report on potential exposure of top and emerging FC risk, including guidance on relevant external risk events and participation in Scenario Analysis, where applicable.
- Provide guidance on Operational Risk Frame Work and aligned Key Indicators.
- Evaluate FC Compliance incidents with a view to collate data and identify trends to be used for presenting and providing insightful analysis and commentary to mitigate emerging risks.
- Lead the team of FC Advisors and provide effective and timely support to members of the team in order to ensure best-in-class and holistic FC guidance is provided to the Businesses and Functions.
- Enable Compliance Advisory staff to be upskilled/ cross-trained across FC/RC matters as well as across various LOBs/Functions through enhanced training/knowledge-sharing and sponsorship for courses in order to build an effective Compliance Advisory function of the future.

**Requirements**:

**To be successful in the role, you should meet the following requirements**:

- Minimum a bachelor’s degree in business, related field or equivalent experience
- Seasoned professional with expertise and experience in Financial Crime Risk Management and associated controls with familiarity with the bank’s products
- Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, with experience of dealing with executives at all levels including the capacity to articulate the case for risk management and policy in the language of business.
- Lateral thinker with an ability to interpret and solve complex issues.
- Excellent communicator with strong inter-personal and influencing skills.
- Team Management & Leadership Skills
- Being English Arabic bi-lingual is preferred



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