Senior Data Scientist, Data Platforms

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential - whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Data Scientist, Data Platforms.

The Financial Crime (FC) Data Platforms team’s role is to manage data products, processes and applications on the Compliance/FC Data Lakes and Cloud Environments and define the strategy for their future evolution. This encompasses the end-to-end design, modelling and delivery of enhanced datasets to optimise the performance of our crime detection models and yield the greatest possible insight for all users, including FC Analyst, Investigator, Data Scientist and MI communities, many of whom we collaborate with closely. The team is also responsible for regulating the data environment, including platform architecture, management and configuration, security and data quality.

You’ll sit within Financial Crime Data functions and is responsible for developing, deploying and continuously improving data-driven models and analytical solutions to support detection, prevention and investigations of financial crime. You’ll combine advanced analytics, domain knowledge and engineering collaboration to deliver production grade capabilities that enhance detection effectiveness, reduce false positives and support regulatory compliance.

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’ll:

•         Design and oversight of the core data assets for Compliance and Financial Crime Risk

•         Exploratory analytics and defining transformations for data from across the bank to optimise the data for Compliance and Financial Crime Risk

•         Contribute to prioritisation of use cases based on risk, value and feasibility.

•         Manage the inventory, capacity, development and security of the Compliance data lake

•         Support Product Owners to ensure effective stakeholder engagement and user interaction at all levels leading to informed and well-judged trade-offs and priority decisions to maximise business benefit.

•         Ensuring requirements are communicated clearly, consistently and in context to IT colleagues at all levels

•         Optimise systems usage. Identify and eradicate duplication or underutilisation across Compliance.

•         Manage a team of data analysts, nurturing talent and encouraging innovation.

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

•         Knowledge and experience analysing large and complex datasets to yield actionable technical and business insight

•         Strong experience with Hadoop and/or Cloud Technologies (ideally GCP) and a willingness to build knowledge in these areas quickly

•         Proficient understanding of data types and fluency in SQL and complex (50 lines+) queries is essential 

•         Expertise in python or other scripting languages. Learning and using python (or alternative languages in future) for data analysis/analytics purposes is a requirement of the role

•         Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate technical matters effectively with senior leaders in Compliance, the business, and the public sector.

•         Comprehensive knowledge of technology issues relevant to Data Platforms and the financial sector in general

•         Proven expertise across end-to-end data engineering and analytics—including transformation, modelling, architecture, and database performance tuning/optimisation—delivering robust solutions to complex problems in a global environment.

•         Experience / knowledge of financial crime and reputational risk

Opening up a world of opportunity

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, socio-economic background 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 via hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com.