Compliance Assurance Manager (UAE Nationals Only)
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About the Role
HSBC seeks a Compliance Assurance Manager to lead assurance activities over regulatory compliance and financial crime risks in the UAE. The role involves designing and delivering assurance reviews, testing controls, and building stakeholder relationships.
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Responsibilities
- Design and deliver assurance activities, ensuring standards and policies are followed
- Act as subject matter expert on review scope and assurance work
- Provide Risk Owners and Control Owners with clear views on control effectiveness
- Escalate material control weaknesses promptly through governance channels
- Proactively identify and highlight emerging compliance risks
- Support delivery of approved Assurance Plan, ensuring high quality testing and reporting
- Promote consistent CA testing approach across Global Businesses, Functions and countries
- Deliver against regulatory deadlines and internal timelines
- Produce high quality management information covering CA activity and outcomes
- Complete assurance reviews within agreed timeframes through effective planning and prioritization
- Perform periodic controls testing in line with RMF requirements, including Sarbanes Oxley controls
- Communicate issues clearly and constructively to stakeholders
Requirements
- Graduation degree essential for UAE visa; attestation and equivalency required if from outside UAE
- 2 years of experience in Regulatory Compliance and/or Financial Crime compliance
- Clear understanding of regulatory and/or financial crime compliance risk within global financial services
- Capable of building positive and resilient partnerships with key stakeholders
- Lateral thinker with ability to interpret and solve complex issues
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Track record of working autonomously
- Decision making capability
- Strong English language skills (written and spoken)
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Role Overview
- This role is within Compliance Assurance (CA) sub function, providing assurance over regulatory compliance and financial crime risks.
- Contributes to global standardized CA approach aligned to the bank's Risk Management Framework (RMF).
- Responsible for end to end assurance work over RC and FC risks and controls.
- Subject matter expert on assessing effectiveness of risk management activities.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Help design and deliver assurance activities, making sure all applicable standards, policies and procedures are followed.
- Act as a subject matter expert, advising colleagues on setting the right review scope and delivering assurance work effectively.
- Provide Risk Owners, Control Owners and Risk Stewards with clear views on the design and operating effectiveness of controls.
- Escalate material control weaknesses promptly and through the appropriate governance channels.
- Proactively identify and highlight emerging compliance risks across Global Businesses and Functions.
- Support delivery of the approved Assurance Plan, ensuring testing and reporting are completed to a consistently high standard.
- Promote a consistent approach to CA testing across Global Businesses, Functions and countries.
- Deliver against agreed regulatory deadlines, targets and internal timelines.
- Produce and support high quality management information (MI) covering CA activity and outcomes.
- Complete assurance reviews within agreed timeframes through effective planning, leadership and prioritization.
- Perform periodic controls testing in line with RMF requirements, including Sarbanes Oxley controls assigned to CA.
- Communicate issues clearly and constructively to stakeholders, following the defined governance process.
Experience & Qualifications
- Graduation degree essential for UAE visa; attestation and equivalency required if from outside UAE.
- 2 years of experience in Regulatory Compliance and/or Financial Crime compliance, with some experience in assurance or testing activities.
- Clear understanding of regulatory and/or financial crime compliance risk within global financial services industry.
- Capable of building positive and resilient partnerships with key stakeholders.
- Lateral thinker with ability to interpret and solve complex issues.
- Excellent communication skills with very strong inter personal and influencing skills.
- Track record of working autonomously.
- Decision making capability.
- Strong English language skills (written and spoken).
Working Arrangements
- Support for flexible and alternative ways of working, including working from home and different hours subject to approvals.
About HSBC
- HSBC is committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count.
- Provides a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working, and opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment.
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