Description
HSBC is seeking a Risk Steward to join our team in Courbevoie, France. As a Risk Steward, you will play a key role in protecting the organisation by managing third-party risks. You will be responsible for ensuring that HSBC Continental Europe respects the norms of third-party risk management defined within the Group's risk management framework. Your primary responsibilities will include:
Managing third-party risks for HSBC Continental Europe and Europe, including regulatory activities and managing regular notifications. Providing oversight, guidance, and constructive challenge on third-party risks for the European market. Supervising outsourcing, in accordance with local regulatory requirements, creating and tracking risk appetite, and tracking concentration risk. Ensuring that this risk is managed within the scope of transformation activities, with a particular focus on the impact of outsourcing on non-financial risks. Conducting thematic reviews to ensure that your perimeter operates resiliently. Leading or supporting thematic reviews to identify potential weaknesses in the control environment, working closely with First Line of Defence teams to identify improvements. Being responsible for assurance of risks and controls, including directing Second Line activities, in accordance with Group-defined standards. Supporting Business Line/Function leaders in HBCE and Europe to strengthen their understanding of third-party risk management. Preparing, presenting, and supporting analyses on third-party risk subjects in governance committees. Analytically evaluating and providing opinions on the control environment within your perimeter. Supervising emerging risks, strategic initiatives, and local activities related to new or significantly modified products linked to the aforementioned risk. Supporting the ongoing implementation of the Group's risk management framework, defining governance, policies, and practices aimed at identifying, evaluating, measuring, and mastering exposures to risks associated with HSBC's activities. Collaborating with Business Lines to contribute to the implementation of Business Line strategies within the limits of the entity's risk appetite. Promoting a strong risk culture within HBCE, enabling the identification and rapid escalation of residual significant or locally significant risks that are either outside the risk appetite or in a deteriorating trend. Ensuring that HBCE maintains a solid and trusted partnership with the local regulator and actively participates in the regulatory remediation plan. This includes defining remediation plans, ensuring compliance with agreed-upon deadlines, and executing them within specified timelines through active collaboration with all stakeholders. Driving achievement of objectives in accordance with organisational strategy and enabling achievement of entity results. Being an operational leader, with a technical specialist or expert exercising control over resources, formulating policies, and planning, and being primarily responsible for final results. Promoting and integrating best practices in management and administrative procedures within your area of responsibility, and supporting or driving the implementation of transformational changes. Providing expertise to respond to priorities of stakeholders. Driving major projects or programmes with a significant impact on activity within the service, sector, and operational unit. Managing teams, providing clear guidance, setting performance objectives for subordinate managers, and contributing to the professional development of colleagues.
If you consider yourself in alignment with these skills, typical qualifications include a university degree (e.g., in business administration, finance), a professional qualification, and/or equivalent risk management certification. Experience:
- Experience and knowledge of third-party risk management
- Experience working in a highly regulated environment and effective collaboration with regulatory authorities
- Significant experience in risk management, with in-depth expertise in non-financial risks
- Experience working in different countries and cultures
- Experience managing in a complex matrix environment
Technical knowledge:
- Solid knowledge of risk governance, risk management framework, and risk policies of the Group, particularly on third-party risk, as well as relevant experience in at least one of the resilience risk disciplines
- Excellent understanding of the regulatory environment
- Data-related knowledge
- In-depth knowledge of the external environment (risks, regulation, geopolitics, etc.)
- Understanding of the business model, strategies, and product offerings
- A knowledge of sustainability, ESG, and climate risks is a plus.
If you think this role is made for you, even if you don't meet 100% of the criteria above, we encourage you to apply!
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