Manager, Complex Investigations

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 an exciting new direction, we offer opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

We’re one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with a network that covers more than 50 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We’re currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Manager, Complex Investigations.

Financial Crime Investigations (FCI) focuses on the specific financial crime threats the firm faces now and, in the future, pioneering the techniques and technology that protect our business, our customers, and the many communities in which we operate from the harms associated with financial crime. FCI harnesses intelligence, analytics, technology, investigation, information sharing, and public-private partnership to achieve this end, always seeking the most effective and efficient means.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you’ll 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:

• Supporting the delivery of high-profile, complex financial crime investigations across the Bank, including fraud, anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing (CTF), sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption. Helping to ensure investigations are delivered to a consistent standard, with appropriate quality controls and resources across the programme.
• Helping to design and execute proactive investigations focused on current and emerging financial crime risks, ensuring projects meet the threshold and criteria for Complex Investigations.
• Identifying financial crime typologies and trends through detailed analysis of transaction activity, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and internal systems and records.
• Providing clear, timely updates on the most significant and sensitive matters, along with recommending mitigating actions—to senior management, enabling informed risk decisions.
• Contributing to the development of strategic investigative capabilities to reduce future threats based on investigation outcomes.

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

• Strong investigations experience within a regulator, investigative body, or financial intelligence agency, or within a global financial services firm.
• Expertise in developing and delivering strategic approaches to mitigate harms associated with financial crime (FC), with a proven track record of shaping direction and driving outcomes.
• Strong understanding of the current regulatory environment and supervisory expectations, including relevant regulations, codes, and HSBC Group Standards, and how these mitigate risk to the financial system and support effective information-sharing with public sector, law enforcement, and security partners.
• Strong verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build credibility and trust with stakeholders.
• Ability to support the development of efficient and effective responses to complex, global issues.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear, concise reporting for stakeholders, analyse large volumes of information and to present data analytics outputs and investigative findings accurately and objectively.

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. Our recruitment processes are accessible to everyone - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.

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.

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