Description de l’emploi

At HSBC, we’re a trusted international organisation and our purpose is opening up a world of opportunity. By joining our team, you can be part of something bigger! We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible.

Specifically, the independent permanent control team, seating in the Second Line of Defense, provides assurance activities across all risks and controls within HSBC’s non-financial and financial risk taxonomies. This team performs independent reviews on all inherent Medium and Low risks assessed under all the HBCE scope. The scope of these reviews covers of all the Businesses and Functions located in all HSBC Continental Europe countries.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team.

What will you do?
The role contributes to the global standardised Assurance approach ensuring that it is aligned to the bank’s Risk Management Framework (RMF). It is responsible for contributing to the delivery of end-to-end assurance work over all risks (Resilience, Legal, Tax, Credit, …) and controls (except IT Risks). The role holder will also perform assurance activity related to ESG regulatory requirements, Business model and enterprises strategy (Stress testing, ICAAP, FRP…). Under the responsibility of the Risk function, your main activities will be mainly to prepare, realize and send conclusions (reviews reports) within Permanent Control reviews.

Principal Accountabilities:
In this role you will:

• Support the design and execution of assurance activities, ensuring that all relevant standards, policies, and procedures are met
• Contribute to improve risk management by conducting controls and propose appropriate recommendations
• Provide knowledge, management, and overview of all HBCE risk area, including ESG regulatory requirements, Business model and enterprises strategy (Stress testing, ICAAP, FRP…)
• Conduct reviews and/or analyze risk monitoring indicators to assess risk control for HSBC Continental Europe perimeter
• Escalate significant control deficiencies in a timely manner
• Identify deficiencies & weaknesses and root cause to enable the implementation of an effective action plan with customer satisfaction view, commercial efficiency, profitability, quality of operations and risks, compliance with regulatory rules, and the Bank’s social and economic responsibility
• Inform Risk Owners, Control Owners and Risk Stewards of the design and operational effectiveness of the controls within their area of oversight and control

Customers/Stakeholders
Build strong relationships with all internal stakeholders, adopting a cohesive approach to the execution of tasks with minimum conflict.
Develop/maintain positive and professional relationships with external stakeholders, while ensuring the independence of the assurance function.

Teamwork
Drive a high performance culture across the team through effective leadership, engagement and collaboration.
Provide stakeholders with timely, concise insight into assurance activities.
Contribute to the production of high quality assurance deliverables, through effective quality control at each stage of the assurance review life-cycle, e.g. Terms of Reference issuance, fieldwork completion and reporting.

Conditions

You should apply if you have:

• Strong level of business knowledge and/or operational experience of one or more of the business or functional specialist areas. An experience in Global Banking and Markets should be appreciated
• Clear understanding of the Risk and Control framework within financial services industry and Strong knowledge of European regulation
• Experience in Assurance team or Second Line of Defense activities
• Be able to build positive and resilient partnerships with key stakeholders
• Lateral thinker with an ability to interpret and solve complex issues
• Excellent communication skills with very strong inter-personal and influencing skills
• Track record of working autonomously and leading teams to deliver
• Strong decision-making capability
• English speaker and writer.
• Initial knowledge of ESG regulatory requirements, Business model and enterprises strategy framework should be a plus

Even if you feel you do not fit 100% of our qualifications, we encourage you to not let this hold you back from applying if you believe this is the role for you.

What you’ll get in return:

Not only is HSBC a great place to work, but we also offer the following unique and exciting opportunities and benefits!

HSBC has been certified “Top Employer 2024” in Europe. This recognition from the Top Employers Institute rewards our HR practices and recognises HSBC as an HR Leader in France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland and Spain. HSBC in France has been certified with LinkedIn Top Employer 2024 for Finance, recognising our team as a great place to work within the Finance industry.

A unique and flexible working environment:
• Advantageous remote working agreement
• Diversity and Inclusion is at the heart of our business: joining HSBC will give you the opportunity to work in a collegiate and supportive environment
• You’ll be able to join our Employee Resource Groups that bring together colleagues with shared characteristics and common interests
• Usual local benefits (refund of transport fees at 50%, 5 weeks of paid vacation + RTT)
• Family events days off, additional maternity or breastfeeding leave, advantageous paternity leave, parental presence or dependency support leave (for child or parent with disability)
• A Time Savings Account to monetize your untaken off days (CET)

Family benefits:
• Partial reimbursement of childcare costs
• Various bonus (birth bonus, back-to-school bonus for your children up to 25, parental bonus)
• An allowance for parents of children with disabilities
• Possibility to work part-time

Financial benefits:
• A company savings plan and a savings plan for collective retirement
• Meal voucher card or corporate restaurant depending on your place of employment
• Mutual insurance for you and your family, and a pension contract to protect your loved ones
• A loyalty bonus and a long-service medal rewarding seniority
• Holiday vouchers based on your reference tax income
• CESUs (for tax purposes) if you are disabled or if you have a disabled child, spouse or parent
• A Work Council which offers, among other things, ticketing, travel, sports, legal aid, etc.

Personal development benefits:
• Access to our Degreed platform (learning platform above all, that you can use to discover learning content, develop skills, and successfully meet new business challenges)
• We’ll help you progress your career, including access to development programmes, mentoring and coaching, as well as world-class training through HSBC University
• We’ll give you access to resources that support your mental, physical, and social well-being

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please let us know.

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