Head of Regulatory Compliance, Macau

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Head of Regulatory Compliance, Macau.

In this role you will:

•    Lead and direct the stewardship of the Regulatory Compliance sub-function, as a partner to the business, supporting growth aspirations whilst retaining the appropriate risk management discipline to achieve the Group’s strategic goals.
•    Maintain effective, transparent and constructive relationships with regulators, ensuring timely, accurate and consistent engagement, responses and follow-up on regulatory requests and matters.
•    Partner with and support other risk stewards to maintain an effective control framework and ensure compliance with applicable external laws and regulations, internal policies and codes, and recognized good market practice.
•    Provide advisory services to Line of Businesses in order to ensure clear understanding of regulatory compliance risk exposure with respect to clients, transactions and products.
•    Build market-wide risk and compliance capability, embedding risk and compliance considerations into day-to-day activities to protect the organization and enable sustainable business growth through robust risk management.
•    Support the Macau CRCO in second line governance of Regulatory Compliance by providing independent analysis, reporting and governance oversight, enabling objective assessment of risk exposure, strengthening the risk and compliance culture, and enhancing engagement with risk and control owners.
•    Represent the Regulatory Compliance agenda at the highest levels of Group governance, including attending Macau Senior Management meetings (as required) to report on progress and issues relating to the effectiveness of HSBC’s policies, processes, systems and controls in managing Regulatory Compliance risk.

To be successful you will need:

•    Significant regulatory compliance experience as a regulator or a senior regulatory compliance manager within a global firm, in the financial services industry.
•    Significant knowledge of regulatory compliance risk framework and experience in its execution, together with knowledge of business and products.
•    Experience of dealing with regulatory matters and confident interaction with Regulators.
•    Significant leadership experience and an experienced strategic thinker.
•    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with experience of dealing with executives at all levels.
•    Experience of dealing with regulatory matters and confident interaction with Regulators.
•    Ability to interpret and analyze a large volume of information and / or data and provide succinct summary for senior management.
•    Ability to prioritize conflicting demands and be problem solving oriented in a dynamic environment.
•    Fluency in Chinese and English required. Cantonese speaking is preferred. Proficiency in Portuguese is an add-on.