WPB BFCR - Manager of Financial Crime Analytics & Intelligence

Business Financial Crime Risk (BFCR) is responsible for the oversight and mitigation of Financial Crime Risks (FCR) in the First Line of Defence (1LOD). 

The Wealth and Personal Banking (WPB) Business Financial Crime Risk team (BFCR) is responsible for ensuring safe, sustainable growth, and compliance with policies and standards, underpinned by effective and efficient control design and execution with regards to all FCR matters across UK WPB. This involves providing guidance and oversight of FCR within UK WPB to ensure these risks are managed appropriately and proportionately, balancing risk mitigation with good customer outcomes and will be responsible for holistic oversight of key business FCR deliverables, undertaking thematic reviews across new typologies, horizon scanning activities.

The position holder will support with leveraging data and analytics to help WPB UK understand, prevent, and detect financial crime.  

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, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.   

In this role you will: 

• Develop analytical capabilities and insights to identify financial crime, analysing customer behaviours associated to mules, money laundering, including fraud victims where we suspect financial crime risk. Be curious & be willing to collaborate with others.
• Support Investigation, strategic and Operational teams with data and analysis and be prepared to share your insights at all levels.
• Take the opportunity to use HSBC tools and supporting data to enhance your own awareness of customer behaviour and uncover emerging trends.

• Enhance existing tools by preparing insights into their performance. For example, helping to understand how effective our financial crime models are at detecting risks

• Deliver insights to support the business and stakeholders across various business areas. This may include product teams, Fraud and Financial Crime teams.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements: 

• An understanding of Python with strong analytical SQL, SAS knowledge
• A degree (or equivalent certificate) with a computer science or mathematical focus

• Understanding of financial institutions, products, and financial crime themes like sanctions evasion, money laundering and Fraud. 

• Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into business insights. 

• Excellent communication, relationship management, and influencing skills

• Ability to link issues to root causes and help people understand complex problems. 

This role can be based in Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Edinburgh or Chester. 

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. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 207 832 8500