Financial Crime Investigator

Job description

Tasks

• Conduct effective and timely investigations of assigned cases in accordance with agreed standard reporting requirements and service levels
• Investigation of anomalous activity reports from various parts of the bank and other HSBC entities
• Investigation and reporting on production orders
• Perform an initial high level assessment upon receipt of a new investigation to identify potential suspicious activity reports (SAR)
• Writing a high-quality investigation narrative and recording the case history with supporting findings in a digital case file
• Escalation of cases upon first reliable indication of SAR-related facts
• Ensuring that suspicious activities are reported to the relevant authorities
• Ensuring that decisions on notifications to the authorities are properly justified and documented
• Provision of guidelines for internal business units as required
• Creation of accurate and timely management information

Requirements

• Experience in money laundering investigations, including transaction monitoring
• Familiarity with transaction monitoring and related case management systems
• Experience in identifying activities that indicate money laundering (ML) or terrorist financing (FT)
• Experience in conducting research/analysis of client activity with the ability to draw conclusions from noted behavior
• Experience in preparing reports to identify ML/CFT risks and/or SAR reporting
• Very good written and spoken communication skills
• Creativity and ability to think independently and take action to improve own performance
• Strong organizational skills
• Managerial experience in a knowledge-based context

We offer

• Career support, including access to development programs, mentoring and coaching
• Flexible working, mainly from home
• Health and medical insurance, public transportation or similar allowances
• Single-parent allowance and flexible working hours to support family members
• Emergency childcare through the HSBC Child Guardian Scheme
• Parent participation scheme (buddy system, guided tours, introduction, well-being, lunch)
• Accident insurance cover (group life insurance) for the employee
• Various sports and fitness activities organized by employees for employees
• Confidential service for support with personal problems (Employee Assistance Program; EAP)