Continental Europe Head of Financial Crime Risk for CIB and MSS(f/m/d)

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Being part of the Financial Crime Department of HSBC Continental Europe, you’ll gain strong expertise in the management of financial crime risks and you’ll support the Business in its growth strategy.

Are you curious, rigorous, proactive and keen to work on different topics in a challenging area?

Do you have strong knowledge of anti-money laundering, financing terrorism and anti-bribery and corruption regulation?

Do you enjoy analyzing data, identifying and preventing risks?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you!

What you will do:

The HBCE Compliance Department includes the Financial Crime (FC) and Regulatory Compliance (RC) activities. One of its key roles is to oversight and monitor the respect of the global and local requirements across HSBC Continental Europe. The Department also ensures the control’s efficiency of the non-compliance risks framework within HBCE.

The Continental Europe Financial Crime (FC) Advisory team reports into the HBCE Head of Financial Crime European Union. This is a Financial Crime team which provides support and advice to the Corporate and Institutional Banking (CIB Banking), Capital Markets and Advisory (CMA) and Markets (MSS) activities. The team also works closely with functional stakeholders as well as senior management.

The team is based in Paris but must have strong interaction and good relationship with Financial Crime teams in London and across the Continental Europe countries.

In this role, with a team of eight persons dedicated to specific risks or advice, you will exercize a leadership role in:

• Supervising the AML, AB&C, Tax evasion and Sanctions risks to which CIB and MSS are exposed to
• Guiding them to ensure an appropriate and seamless implementation of the Global and French Policy and procedure requirements
• Delivering a Risk Stewarship role supporting them in the identification and mitigation of FC risks, designing approach and guidance for specific activites, defining with them remediation action plans where necessary and looking for simplification
• Providing approval on specific sensitive cases  
• Managing the team by providing with a positive leadership, ensuring objectives are met, advice is provided on a timely manner and promoting a positive culture of compliance risks 
• Collaborating actively with the ten HSBC Continental Europe sites by providing them proactively oversight of FC risks and supporting them in the management of risks with the goal to prevent and manage the risks on a seamless approach
• Participating to several Business and function risks committees and forums providing with key messages and contributions

You should apply if you have:

• A strong experience in managing risks
• A strong leadership skill and capacity to support in one hand the Business in their growth plans, settling limits and convincing senior managers as well as Business and in another hand the CE sites and the team in making them grow
• A strong ability to review and digest a significant amount of information
• Legal/Consulting/Compliance backgroud, a Master 2 in Legal or Compliance or Business Management Schools, Financial/Banking experience a must
• Are fluent in French and English

Even if you feel you do not meet 100% of our qualifications, 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.

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