Manager - Traded Risk Assurance (MR)

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Manager - Traded Risk Assurance.

In this role, you will:

• Support in the definition and scoping of the Traded Risk Assurance function and its ways of working, promoting and implementing synergies and efficiencies while securing an optimal and best in class control environment.
• Work with risk stewards to review and challenge the first line (1LoD) control and risk owners by conducting reviews on their financial risk or regulatory reporting risk related processes. to ensure that risk management activities are working effectively.This may also include the following activities for Traded Risk
• Provide subject matter expertise, advice, guidance, and effective challenge to the Risk and Control Owners;
• Monitor compliance of the minimum requirements applicable to the management of Traded Risk, as set out in relevant policies.
• Report on the risk and control profile, including impacts of external environment changes, emerging risks and changes to the business strategy;
• Work with the business to understand the impact of emerging risks that require changes to controls, resources and business operations to ensure they remain within appetite;
• Support definition of the Risk and Control Library, including minimum control standards, with input from Risk Owners, and Control Owners, specifying key risks and key controls, and providing guidance on continuous monitoring expectations.
• Recommend Risk and Control Assessment (“RCA”) scoping, and challenge where this is not appropriately applied in the RCA; and challenge Risk and Control Owners on risk and control management, including inherent risk, residual risk, control effectiveness ratings, issues, actions and events.
• Work closely with Internal Audit (INA) to understand the outcomes of their reviews and how this affects the control environment.

To be successful you will:

• CA / MBA in Finance or Masters in similar and relevant field. At least 3 years of work experience in a Big4 or Financial Services firm in internal audit, assurance, regulatory capital reporting or traded risk.
• Good working knowledge of market or counterparty credit risk reporting requirements and regulations, across standardised and internal model approaches
• Good understanding of market or counterparty credit risk reporting metrics (e.g. greeks, VaR, EAD, PFE, EE, EPE, EEPE) and the calculation of them
• Practical experience of market or counterparty credit risk management &/or control within a financial institution
• Ability to provide independent and effective review and challenge of key traded risk processes including regulatory reporting to stakeholders at various level
• Good understanding of assurance techniques obtained in a big 4 accounting firm or internal audit department of a financial institution.
• Strong analytical, planning and organisational skills, and the ability to navigate ambiguity in a complex matrix environment with focus and execution
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with experience in interacting with individuals at all levels of an organization.

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