Audit Manager - Financial Crime Risk & Legal

Role purpose

As an Audit Manager, you will be leading general audit activities across the Group as part of the Global Internal Audit (GIA) team and work mainly in Mexico. You will provide independent, objective assurance over the Group’s internal control framework and assist business line management by bringing a detailed, disciplined approach to the evaluation and improvement of the effectiveness of risk management, control, and governance processes. You will also coordinate monitoring and continual assessment of strategic, credit, operational, and other risks from business activities. You will assist in the preparation and delivery of written evaluations and recommendations to management and ensure external audit or regulatory criticisms of assigned businesses are corrected.

Main activities

Here’s what you can expect in a typical day as an Audit Manager for the Financial Crime Risk (FCR) Audit Team:

• Support the Mexico FCR Audit team in delivering annual FCR audit plan and effectively participate and/or lead large and complex audits on a risk-based approach.
• Be able to work in a dynamic and multinational culture and cope with high pressure and be a team player who can proactively engage with stakeholders and team members.
• Be a confident communicator with excellent soft people skills and management skills.
• Provide analytical support to the FCR audit colleagues to improve the effectiveness of sample selection, testing and continuous auditing.
• Assist, support, or lead a team of related professionals in assigned audits.
• Attend and actively participate in audit tollgates and governance meetings where required to represent the GIA function.
• Clearly communicate financial crime risk issues and associated risks to the stakeholders and assist the Senior Audit Manager in drafting audit observations and issues, identifying the root causes and possible strategic implications where necessary.
• Lead and or support execution of ongoing continuous monitoring activities.
• Support the ongoing analysis of businesses’ risk profiles and updates of the assigned audit entities within the FCR Audit universe in line with emerging FCR risks impacting Mexico and the Group.
• Professional training opportunities may be provided such as Association of Certified Anti Money laundering Specialists (ACAMS)/ International Compliance Association (ICA) Certification.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate for this role will:

• Minimum of 5 to 8 years’ experience in risk or control aspects gained within any of the 3 lines of defense functions relating to Financial Crime Risks.
• Experience in assurance or audit roles preferred.
• Business Proficiency.
• Excellent spoken and written communication skills who can adapt style and approach to the audience and message to be delivered.
• Advanced Spanish and English language use (spoken, written, and read).
• Be a team player who can contribute productively to team objectives, leading activities to achieve shared goals.
• Understanding of the regulatory frameworks and financial crimes compliance requirements associated with financial services preferable.
• Required to undertake training/study and obtain certifications required in this role, i.e. Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMs) and an Advanced Anti-Money Laundering qualification such as the ICA.
• An analytical thinker who is confidently approaching areas outside of your expertise in a logical, thorough and detailed manner, getting to the heart of key issues quickly.
• Quantitatively capable.
• 1+ years of hands-on work experience in SQL, SAS, Qlickview, Spotfire, Python and other analytical and visualization tools is preferred, but not mandatory.
• Hands on experience or strong interest in modelling including (but not limited to) both traditional and machine learning techniques is preferred, but not required.
• Preferably bachelors/master’s in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, IT or Statistics.
• Good understanding of transaction monitoring, customer due diligence and customer screening processes.

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.