Senior Manager - Business Risk, CCM Asia Middle East

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Senior Manager - Business Risk, CCM Asia Middle East.

In this role you will: 

• Drive and implement a consistent, forward-looking approach to end-to-end risk management across the regionaligned to HSBC’s risk management framework
• Collaborate closely in-regional CCM teams Global Business Risk Teams providing subject matter expertise in areas such as Operational Risks, Regulatory Compliance, Resilience, and Financial Reporting Risk, ensuring we meet the expectations of regulators, stakeholders, and shareholders
• Provide daily oversight on risk and control matters, and constructive challenge to business leaders and risk owners
• Deliver a robust Business Risk agenda in a complex regulatory environment, supporting sustainable growth and increased technology adoption at pace
• Ensure proactive management of both financial and non-financial risks, adhering to the CCM organizational design and Business Risks framework
• Be a regional contact point for escalations within the region, ensuring visibility of the issues and facilitating remediation if needed within area of responsibility
• Drive the automation and simplification of the end-to-end control framework protecting CCM processes and products
• Oversee day-to-day risk operations, ensuring the adoption of globally consistent policies and practices across CCM and sub value streams
• Work with regional CCM Leadership and Market CCM Stakeholders to manage compliance with all relevant policies, laws, and regulations, including local regulatory requirements and changes, escalating into Global Business Risk and Leadership teams where required
• Work with regional CCM Leadership and Market CCM Stakeholders to manage compliance with all relevant policies, laws, and regulations, including local regulatory requirements and changes, escalating into Global Business Risk and Leadership teams where require
• Work with the Global CCM Business Risk Team to align with global strategy, collaborating with regional stakeholders across the CCM and CCM COO including Business Credit Office, Transaction Services (Operations), Product Management, Design and Innovation, Data Management and Control, Sub Value Stream Transformation Teams, Strategic Origination, Balance Sheet Velocity and Portfolio Management
• Act as first point of contact for designated CCM pillars, working closely with Pillar heads and other stakeholders to support and deliver agreed risk priorities
• Establish and lead governance frameworks to ensure that risks and issues are understood, escalated and resolved appropriately with the relevant CCM pillars
• Facilitate the management of Risk Assessments, Control Monitoring, Issues and Actions, ensuring timely and effective remediation
• Ensure comprehensive end-to-end risk and control coverage including ensuring key processes are demonstrably resilient
• Support Audit & MSII read across and identify areas where a consistent remediation approach can be applied across the region, sharing themes and best practices withglobal stakeholders wher relevant
• Drive audit recommendations and maintain satisfactory audit outcomes across areas of designated responsibility
• Support and develop training and education for the Business Risk team and CCM on risk matters
• Oversee risk management, audit, and control governance matters, ensuring frameworks and escalation paths are clear and effective
• Identify and proactively manage risks related to changes in services, products, processes, and systems
• Oversee the production of risk and control management reports, presenting findings and recommendations to senior audiences
• Promote awareness and engagement in risk activities, ensuring risk is considered in all decision-making
• Educate management on the overall health of the control environment
• Develop and implement a strong people strategy, ensuring team engagement and support
• Deliver efficient processes and engagement models across CIB and CIB COO
• Partner with and constructively challenge risk oversight functions, Internal/External Audit, third-party control owners, and Risk Stewards.  Increasingly, facilitate Audit and Assurance reviews within the relevant domain, working closely with all parties to deliver streamlined outcomes
• Assess and build the capabilities required to enhance the risk and control environment across CCM in designated areas of responsibility
• Concurrently, own the delivery of individual contributor work, collaborate as team member and act as lead for work initiatives as necessary, motivating and inspiring those around you
• Manage relationships across Regional Leadership Teams and relegant Global stakeholders
• Drive risk and control activities across CCM
• Make decisions that uphold and enhance HSBC’s values and reputation
• Serve as a role model for a positive internal risk and control culture
• Promote and foster a positive people agenda
• Engage with peers in the global and regional teams to share best practices and tackle and solve shared problems through collaborative working.  This role is regional in focus, with opportunities to deliver change/capabilities globally

To be successful you will need: 

• Strong understanding of lending products and credit risk. Ability to identify both existing and emerging risks that will impact our ability to service our clients
• Familiarity with the lending journey, from origination, due diligence, credit approvals, client and portfolio monitoring and distribution
• Awareness of the external environment, including regulatory, compliance, ESG and political factors
• Previous experience in risk management within a complex, multicultural organisation
• Ability to present complex issues clearly and confidentially to executives and regulators, using straightforward language suitable for a global audience
• Exceptional relationship management, collaboration, and influencing skills
• Proven decision-making ability, especially under pressure
• Experience building senior relationships through effective communication, influence, and negotiation
• Initiative and a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Expertise in risk and control management
• Ability to distil complex information into clear, actionable recommendations and execute against those
• Skilled at identifying, assessing, and communicating the need for risk management interventions in a fast-paced environment often with imperfect information
• Ability to translate strategy into actionable plans
• Self-starting, practical, able to work individually, as part of a team and as a leader of designated work areas
• Commitment to delivering the highest standards and embedding them within the team
• Set ambitious goals for self and team, delivering with determination
• Making decisions that protect and enhance HSBC’s values, reputation, and business
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, with experience working across cultures and at all organisational levels
• Practical experience in business transformation initiatives

Issued by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. 

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