Associate Director

**Associate Director - Regulatory Engagement and Governance**

**Some careers shine brighter than others.**

HSBC Global Private Banking (GPB) is a leading international private bank for business owners and their families. It provides clients with wealth, business and family succession solutions in the largest and fastest growing markets around the world.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our Trust and Fiduciary Services (TFS) team in Jersey (Channel Islands) as an Associate Director, Regulatory Engagement and Governance.

The TFS business in Jersey is the primary centre for the management of planning solutions for Ultra High Net Worth clients based in one of GPB’s key growth markets, the Middle East, with significant connectivity across Asia and the UK.

The role holder is accountable to direct, lead and facilitate regulatory engagement and regulatory reporting. The overall purpose of the role is to ensure that the business can respond swiftly and proactively to new and changing regulations whilst also supporting with regulatory reviews.

There is a significant level of strategic leadership expected to fulfil this role, including the ability to challenge and influence internal stakeholders, manage multiple priorities, and adequately communicate progress to internal and external stakeholders both locally and globally.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer (“COO”), the role holder will be the lead and key point of contact within the business for regulatory matters and will deputise for the COO in relevant meetings and Governance committees.

Principal responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate key regulatory change and reporting initiatives.
- Support with regulator engagement activities including production of meeting packs and drafting of notifications.
- Lead the production of appropriate, measurable, and achievable action plans.
- Train and empower the wider COO and front office teams to assist and support with deliverables, providing training and supervision, where necessary.
- Coordination and oversight of training sessions to colleagues in the business where needed.
- Maintain close collaboration with Group, Channel Islands and global TFS stakeholders to ensure TFS compliance with latest policies, guidelines, and ongoing business directives for overall TFS senior management.
- Assist with production of governance papers for local, regional, and global forums.

Requirements

**Requirements**:

- Experience working in relevant environment (e.g. Regulatory Reporting, Risk, Transformation, Business Management, Remediation).
- Experience working in relevant markets/context (e.g. Jersey, Trust business, etc.).
- Role relevant qualifications such as Trust, Risk or Compliance qualifications (desirable but not essential).
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills including working closely with front office colleagues.
- Highly communicative and able to summarise complex details for senior stakeholders.
- Proven experience of motivating others to deliver high performance and long-term results.
- A successful track record of delivering complex projects and/or programmes, utilising appropriate techniques and tools to ensure and measure success.
- Experience of promoting and leading best practice in risk and compliance management in a similar organisation.
- Experience contributing to the implementation and monitoring of policies, governance frameworks, procedures, practices, and standards to ensure quality, effective risk management and regulatory compliance.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to appropriately feedback and drive improvement, consistency and efficiency across various teams.
- Strong integrity, disciplined work ethics, self-motivated and ability to work under pressure.

**You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.**

Telephone: +44 2078328500.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism. This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.”