Head of Financial Crime Taiwan

• The articulation of Taiwan risk appetite and policies with respect to money laundering, sanctions, internal and external fraud, tax evasion, terrorist financing, bribery and corruption.
• Working with the Business Facing Financial Crime Officers, identifying, analysing, and investigating Financial Crime risk to support informed risk management and effective information sharing with internal and external stakeholders (including government), grounded in advanced analytics and technology.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to the Taiwan Board and Taiwan senior executive stakeholders (including the leadership of the Compliance and ASP Financial Crime function) on all material financial crime risk and related reputational issues involving Taiwan that arise in relation to the operational management of financial crime risk.
• Coordinating a consistent approach to managing Taiwan positive relationship with its regulators, and, in conjunction with the Business Facing Financial Crime Officers, ensuring timely reporting and disclosure of relevant information both to our regulators and within the Group in relation to financial crime matters.
• To ensure second line governance of financial crime risk exposure, providing analysis, reporting and governance that is independent of the first line of defence, thereby maintaining an objective assessment of risk exposure.
• Lead the Taiwan Financial Crime team, establishing guiding principles and strategic operational objectives, owning budgeting and managing costs, headcount and resources to ensure that the Taiwan Financial Crime team is fit for purpose and that the team's delivery of its critical services is both effective and cost-efficient.
• This role is a senior role, with oversight responsibility for financial crime across Taiwan, which is a key, business-critical senior position, representing the financial crime risk agenda up to the highest levels of governance, including as an attendee at the Taiwan Board meeting to report on progress and issues in relation to the operational effectiveness of HSBC's policies, processes, systems and controls in countering financial crime.

• Significant financial crime experience as a regulator, a senior financial crime manager, or a senior compliance manager within a global firm, in the financial services industry.
• Successful track record in strategic leadership and influencing is essential, in particular the application of this skill in areas outside their direct span of control
• Significant knowledge of a financial crime risk framework and experience in its execution, together with knowledge of business and products
• Track record of resilience and confident challenge when dealing with senior stakeholders to influence change without direct responsibility for resources or budget
• Experience of dealing with regulatory matters and confident interaction with Regulators and Law Enforcement Agencies
• Experience of creating, leading and motivating a team and working within a matrixed environment preferred
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, with experience of dealing with executives at all levels, including the capacity to articulate the case for risk management and policy in the language of business
• Ability to develop practical, cost effective solutions to what are often complex issues, to interpret and analyse a large volume of information and / or data and provide succinct summary for senior management, to prioritise conflicting demands and problem solve in a dynamic environment.
• Qualifications specified under the relevant regulation.
• Personal Account Dealing (PAD) Covered

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