Finance Risk and Controls Manager

Who is HSBC Innovation Banking? 
HSBC Innovation Banking is the power behind the UK’s forward-thinkers, future-makers, and leap-takers, helping them ignite the bold ideas that reshape our world. We offer flexible banking solutions for start-ups, scale-ups, growth businesses, investors and those working towards IPO typically within the technology and life science sectors. 
Whether it’s comprehensive banking, managing cashflow, plans for buyouts or Strategic Fund Solutions, we power ideas at every stage of their journey. From the first-time founders to the funds that back them, and everything in between. We're proud to accelerate growth for our clients, create meaningful connections and communities, and open a world of global opportunity for entrepreneurs and investors alike.  
Here’s to never standing still. Come and join us!
 
The Role
The individual will be part of HSBC Innovation Banking (HINV) Chief Control Office (CCO) responsible for providing oversight and delivery of the Business Risk and Control governance reporting and analysis for Finance across key sites and sub-Functions within Finance. This is an outstanding opportunity to support the UK innovation economy. It is ideal for a Financial Reporting, Tax or Treasury subject matter expert looking to broaden their experience in the controls area. The role's critical success factors include attention to detail, data handling skills, business challenge, ability to create quality Management Information under pressure, as well as devise and implement efficient processes for key deliverables.

 
The Value You Will Add
•    Support the control environment for Financial Reporting, Tax and Treasury risks.
•    Support the delivery of the Finance Risk and Control governance (e.g. risk and control forums), the Risk and Control Assessment (RCA) refresh, and update of RCAs with Risk Owners, Risk Stewards and Control Owners as required (annual requirements or trigger event).
•    Improve RCA assessment including calibration of risk assessment and read-across of issues and internal events.
•    Identify, document, manage and ongoing monitoring of Internal Events, Issues and Actions: ensuring timely management of items within NFR inventory system (Helios) as well as supporting a proactive culture for raising and closing issues on a timely basis.
•    Drive effective Finance Risk and Control governance.
•    Provide Quality Assurance and oversight into key processes, governance reporting and ad hoc reporting requirements (projects, one-off).
•    Help improve data quality & consistency (e.g. data corrections made once, centrally).
•    Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills for direct face-off with senior business partners /stakeholders, including HINV CFO.
•    Perform process walkthroughs of key Finance and business processes to ensure completeness of the control environment.
•    Provide active challenge to Finance, and related functions, to ensure their compliance with minimum standards and risk management framework.
•    Support the monthly Account Reconciliation and Control Certificate (ARCC) process, including agreement of general ledger to account role holder mappings, exception reporting, preparation of the final ARCC across all parameters within specified timelines, and timely escalation.
•    Ensure weekly and monthly MI dashboards are completed timely and accurately.
•    Ensure End User Computing are recorded in line with frameworks, appropriately assessed, recorded, and managed.
•    Work in close co-operation with the wider HINV business risk control teams and HBUK control teams.

Skills and Requirements 
•    Experience working in a Non-Financial Risk, Operational Risk, Control Office, Audit or Assurance Function, preferably in Finance.
•    Undergraduate degree, and Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA) and/or finance subject matter expert qualified by experience.
•    Ability to work in fast-paced environment with proven ability to handle multiple outputs at one time.
•    Strong communication skills including verbal, business writing and effective presentation skills.
•    Knowledge of Finance functions such as accounting, reconciliation and reporting, regulatory reporting, treasury in the financial services sector is a must.
•    Strong risk and control understanding with experience in performing risk and control assessments, issue identification and remediation follow-up.
•    Experience in producing high quality information and presentation to risk committees/ forums.
•    Prior experience in balance sheet reconciliation & substantiation policy and ARCC requirements would be desirable.
•    Intermediate to expert knowledge in MS Excel and other automation tools would be desirable.
•    Experience with HSBC Helios (IBM Openpages) would be desirable.
•    Experience of interacting with auditors / performing audits and assurance engagements would be helpful.

Where you’ll be based:
Our home office in Finsbury Square, London. We offer hybrid working to our employees, so you can flex between home and the office, with a current requirement to be in the office 2 days per week.

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 - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. 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.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 207 832 8500