Description de l’emploi

At HSBC, our purpose is opening up a world of opportunity and 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.

Here in France, you’ll help evolve and grow our business. Our Product Control function provides independent control and assurance, product expertise, commercial insight and guidance, to all businesses involved in trading activities throughout HSBC.

Are you a Finance experienced leader interested in Product Control?

Do you have a background with large-scale transformation?

Do you enjoy complex and multicultural environments?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you!

What you will do:
The role is responsible for the operational output of Product Control (PC) teams. These teams ensure that principals and processes in place, to ensure accuracy of HSBC traded products financial statements, are independently checked for resilience and compliance with internal and external policies. The Head of Product Control is responsible for a team of circa 30 people covering 3 main areas (Core Product Control, Valuations & Analytics, Reporting) to cover Product Control presence or activity across locations and business lines.

In this role you will:
This is a high-profile role with a focused team, that is currently in a state of change and transition. The role holder will help go through a transformative process, in a changing market environment, with challenges around talent development and retention. To be successful, the role holder will:

• Design and implement an effective organization that drives Product Control standardization, with a focus on continuous improvement, consistency, and collaboration between teams.
• Increase efficiency and improve controls through procedure, process, and cultural change.
• Lead Product Control frameworks/tools development (leveraging IT & Change), to achieve goals.
• Provide consultative guidance to implement Product Control policy and change initiatives.
• Identify and build capabilities needed to meet current and emerging business needs.
• Handle talent management with a strategic mindset to coach and develop leaders and key talents, deploy a sustainable and inspiring culture, and ensure focus on inclusion and diversity.
• Develop and lead the team through major challenges of migration and transformation whilst maintaining focus on controls.
• Maintain an independent control function while ensuring governance of risks and costs.
• Manage relationship with and advise local CFO, Global/Regional Head of Product Control, and Finance Management on strategic and operational challenges.
• Proactive collaboration with global Product Control and Finance Teams to leverage ideas and ensure consistent services and processes.
• Manage people-related aspects of change programs, enabling others to commit to the journey, mobilizing cross-functional resources required, and taking responsibility for the change.
• Support partnerships between Product Control teams and business lines to facilitate sustainable infrastructure, processes, and control environment for new products.

Conditions

You should apply if you have:

• University degree in Accounting, Finance, Math’s or Engineering (or equivalent), a master’s degree or MBA in Finance, or a CA/CPA professional accounting qualification, would be a plus.
• Long-term significant and proven successful experience in Product Control.
• Knowledge of GM products, accounting, valuations, controls, systems, and models.
• Proven management, coaching, and consultancy skills.
• Ability to take decisions based on analysis, experience, judgment, and advice from others.
• Ability to deliver large scale transformations in a multicultural and complex environment.
• Ability to establish collaborative partnerships and to influence at all levels (including C-level).
• Ability to deploy change and identify best practices, demonstrating curiosity for emerging regulations or innovations.
• Ability to translate business strategy into people strategy and tactical execution, and to translate complexity and ambiguity into impactful delivery.
• Analytical skills, proactive approach to problem-solving, and strategic agility.
• Great written and oral communication and presentation skills in both English & French.
• High degree of commercial acumen with a high level of professional and personal integrity.

Even if you feel you do not meet 100% of our qualifications, we encourage you to apply, if you believe this role is right 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.

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For further information on building your career at HSBC, please visit: www.hsbc.com/careers