Analyst, Investigative Reporting

Roles & Responsibilities

Impact on the Business/Function

• Play a key function (anti-money laundering investigation) of the FC to support in identifying and containing financial crime risks; deter, detect and protect the Bank from financial crime risks.
• Ensure appropriate proactive use of media reports and relevant websites to gather intelligence and identify customers of HSBC involved in financial crime, including money laundering and terrorism.

Customers / Stakeholders

• Handle enquiries from colleagues across HSBC business areas professionally and promptly, providing appropriate guidance and escalating to management where required.
• Regional and local functions of the IR, and the wider Financial Crime function.
• Maintain enhanced quality on an on-going basis and improve performance.

Leadership & Teamwork

• Interact and maintain an effective relationship with regional and local counterparts on matters related to IR.
• Work closely with respective Manager to develop personal capability.
• Work effectively and professionally with colleagues across Investigations and the organization.

Operational Effectiveness & Control

• Responsible for conducting an effective and timely investigation into local assigned cases in accordance with agreed standard reporting requirements and service levels.
• Responsible for high quality case investigation and recording, and appropriate escalation, as per defined procedures - via the appropriate channel where necessary.
• Responsible for ensuring that at the conclusion of each investigation, a comprehensive recommendation is to be made on whether a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) should be filed or not.
• Responsible for identifying possible violations of law or regulation (e.g., structuring, suspicious wire activity through a non-cooperative country, foreign corruption).
• Generate ideas to improve team and process efficiencies.

Qualifications & Experience

• Diploma / Bachelor degree
• 2-3 years of experience in Banking / Finance,
• Knowledge of HSBC core banking systems is preferable
• Teamwork spirit
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Exhibit strong investigative and analytical skills
• Strong communications skills, particularly competent with English written and spoken skills.
• Ability to interpret and disseminate complex data and perform analysis as required by the business.

FC (or equivalent environment) knowledge and experience

• Relevant work experience (e.g. Customer Due Diligence, Investigation, Quality Assurance) which allows role holders to have the ability to recognize suspicious financial activities
• Experience in undertaking investigations/ analysis to customer activity with the ability to draw inferences from the information
• Experience in compilation of reports and /or SARs reporting experience.
• Good communicator with strong interpersonal skills, sharing information in a clear concise manner.