Compliance Officer FC Sanctions Paris (f/m/d)

At HSBC, our purpose is opening up a world of opportunity. By joining our team, you’ll help shape the future of banking and ensure our business remains at the forefront of regulatory excellence. We’re committed to building an inclusive, accessible environment where everyone can thrive.

Are you passionate about compliance and regulatory matters? Do you have a keen eye for detail and a drive to make a real impact? Do you enjoy collaborating with diverse teams in a fast-paced, international setting?
If you answer yes, we’d love to hear from you!

What you will do:

As a Compliance Officer for FC Sanctions, you’ll play a key role in safeguarding HSBC Continental Europe’s adherence to sanctions and regulatory requirements, with a particular focus on Global Markets. You’ll act as a subject-matter expert, supporting our business lines and driving operational excellence.

In this role you will:

• Advice & Guide: Act as the go-to expert for sanctions and regulatory compliance, providing technical advice to business and operational teams. Represent the function at governance forums and act as delegate approver for client sanctions exposure.
• Manage Risk & Controls: Oversee the review and validation of products, services, and marketing materials from a sanctions risk perspective. Develop and update local procedures, ensuring alignment with evolving regulations and HSBC Group standards.
• Engage Stakeholders: Build strong relationships with business lines, relationship managers, and regional sanctions teams. Support engagement with domestic and international regulators and respond to ad hoc advisory requests.
• Drive Reporting & Analytics: Prepare and consolidate internal and regulatory reports Monitor issues through systems such as Helios and IRIS, analyze trends, and address compliance exceptions.
• Deliver Operational Excellence: Manage BAU cases, ensuring timely escalation and resolution of incidents. Review Name Screening and transactions screening sanctions alerts and contribute to the continuous improvement of compliance processes. Assess and review customers’ exposure to sanctions.

You should apply if you have:

• A Master’s degree in Compliance, Law, Economics, Crime Prevention, or a related field.
• Significant experience in sanctions, regulatory compliance, or audit within a major bank or financial institution.
• A strong understanding of FR/UK/EU/UN/US sanctions regimes and relevant legislation (e.g., ACPR, FCA, OFAC).
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to clearly articulate business and regulatory implications.
• Strong interpersonal skills, open communication style, and a collaborative approach.
• High level of autonomy, initiative, and organisational rigour.

Bonus points for:

• Proficiency in French (verbal and written).
• Advanced Excel skills (macros, VBA, data analysis).
• Ability to work under pressure, make sound decisions quickly, and manage competing priorities.

Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply if you believe this role is right for you!

What you’ll get in return:

HSBC has been certified “Top Employer 2026” in Europe. This recognition from the Top Employers Institute rewards our HR practices and recognises HSBC as an HR Leader in several countries in Continental Europe. Not only is HSBC a great place to work, but we also offer the following unique and exciting benefits & opportunities!

• We’ll help you progress your career, including access to development programmes, through HSBC University and our Degreed platform
• You can work your way and will have a say in when, where and how you and your team flexibly work together
• Our benefits will give you financial security, and can include company savings plan (PEE), savings plan for collective retirement, mutual insurance for you and your family, loyalty bonus, a Time Savings Account to monetize untaken off days (CET)…
• A Work Council which offers ticketing, travel, sports, legal aid, Christmas vouchers, Summer break vouchers…
• Our family-focused benefits can help you to support your loved ones and include family events days off (wedding, civil union…), additional maternity or breastfeeding leave, birth bonus, partial reimbursement of childcare costs, assistance to employees taking care of a relative with disability…
• We’ll give you a huge range of resources that support your well-being (yoga, sophrology, Mindfulness app)
• You’ll have international opportunities - this can be your place to start and branch out to anywhere we have offices
• A work environment that promotes Diversity & Inclusion, where you’ll be able to join our different Employee Resource Groups
• These benefits are on top of local usual benefits in France (refund of transport fees at 50%, 5 weeks of paid vacation & RTT, meal voucher card or corporate restaurant depending on location)

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. We are committed to removing barriers & ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please let us know.

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