Financial Crime SME
- London, (GBR)
- £350 - £450 Per Day
- 6 Months
- Start date: ASAP
- Ref: Financial Crime SME - HINV
- financial crime risk assessment
Financial Crime SME
£400.00 per day PAYE
Finsbury Square, London (Hybrid Working)
Contract Until 20th Dec 2024
HINV (HSBC Innovation Banking) are currently searching for a Financial Crime SME to join their team in Finsbury Square, London. If successful within this position, you will report to a Senior Manager within the Financial Crime Risk & Controls (FCRC) Team.
Responsibilities:
• Reviewing client relationships that meet HSBC’s high risk business categories and geographies and performing reviews of existing clients and prospects.
• Serving as an SME for Relationship Teams to aid in identification of prospects & existing clients that may have increased AML, ABC or sanctions risk due to business model or geographic location.
• Reviewing and responding to financial crime related queries from the FLOD including reputational risk considerations.
• Assist clients/prospects to ensure compliance with HSBC’s high risk and sanctions requirements including internal scheduled and triggered refresh review escalations regarding client matters.
• Undertaking financial crime risk assessment including business and country of interest reviews and assessment of Actionable Intelligence alerts
• Escalation of issues in a timely manner for review and resolution in relation to financial crime including knowledge of SAR escalation.
• Supporting change in the right way and recommending enhancements to processes and procedures to ensure the firm remains compliant whilst aligning to a risk-based approach.
• Maintaining current industry awareness and demonstrating awareness and competence in relation to regulatory obligations.
• Providing guidance and direction to FLOD colleagues to ensure they remain protected from financial crime risks and embedding an effective financial crime risk culture.
• Assisting clients/prospects to ensure compliance with HSBC financial crime risk assessment requirements.
• Assisting with internal ongoing due diligence review escalations regarding client matters and supporting the preparation of papers to Reputational Risk and Client Selection Committees where required
• Working closely with UKFC to seek advice on complex global financial crime matters and serving as the FLOD escalation point of contact for financial crimes activity for HSBC.
Skills / Experience Required:
• Good knowledge of financial crime legislation including Anti-Money Laundering, Counter Terrorist Financing and Sanctions
• Solid experience related to financial crime compliance risk management processes.
• Good working knowledge of financial crime and/or fraud prevention within the UK regulatory environment
• Confident gathering reports and processing escalations where required.
• Good judgement, analytical, research, organisational and project management skills
• Strong understanding of Microsoft Office and ability to learn new internal systems quickly.
