Governance and Framework Risk Assessment Associate in Edinburgh

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As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, improved maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

HSBC Market & Securities Services (MSS) provides comprehensive global, regional and domestic fund services including fund administration, global custody and sub-custody settlement and services. Securities Lending Operations is a dynamic department that works with partners across the HSBC Global Banking and Markets business to deliver Securities Lending solutions to clients.

We are currently seeking a professional to join our team in the role of: Governance and Framework Risk Assessment Associate working within our MSS business, Non-Financial Risk team.

The effective management of Non-Financial Risk (NFR) is a high priority for Markets and Securities Services (MSS). The MSS Governance and Framework team sits within the 1LOD Non-Financial Risk function and is responsible for the oversight and effective embedding of the NFR Framework

A high level overview of the role is. Support the coordination the review of conduct risks across Markets in conjunction with Asset Class Risk Owners, Control Owners and NFR leads. The successful candidate will need to manage multiple stakeholders globally to ensure appropriate input and review/ challenge of our risk assessments in a timely manner. The role holder will also ensure the HSBC values are present in everything they do, both individually and as an organisation. This will be achieved by consistently displaying the behaviours of: Dependable and do the right thing, Open to different ideas and cultures, Connected to customers, communities, regulators and each other.

The role has a hybrid working pattern allowing for home based and office based working at HSBC offices at Lochside, Edinburgh

In this role you will

• Provide support for the coordination of the annual refresh of our conduct risk assessments across all Global Markets asset classes (Equities, Securities Financing, Global Debt Markets, Markets Treasury, Global Sales, Global FX & Commodities)
• Supporting asset classes globally in completing the assessments
• Ensuring output meets defined minimum standards
• Co-ordinating with control owners to provide a view of control effectiveness for global controls

To be successful, you should meet the following requirements

• An understanding of Risk: Frameworks, Regulations, Compliance, Control Assessments is essential, including knowledge within Financial Services
• Solid Project and Change Management skills, ideally benefitting from knowledge of formal methodologies
• Excellent stakeholder management of peer groups above and below your reporting line
• Very good Microsoft Excel skills - VLookup, Pivot tables as a minimum, VBA an advantage
• Markets or Securities Services experience are not necessarily required if you can demonstrate experience of Risk Frameworks & Compliance in other business areas

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

As a business operating in markets all around the world, we believe diversity brings benefits for our customers, our business and our people. This is why HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and encourages applications from all suitably qualified applicants irrespective of ethnicity, religion, age, physical or mental disability/long term health condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by local law in the jurisdictions in which we operate. Within the work place you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.  HSBC has in place processes in order to avoid nepotism, which means to avoid creating circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process. 

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