Head of Geopolitical Risk, Europe - London, United Kingdom - HSBC

HSBC

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Some careers open more doors than others.

If you're looking for a career that will unlock new opportunities, join HSBC and experience the possibilities.

Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

For this role we are looking for a Head of Geopolitical Risk, Europe & Americas to drive the bank's Geopolitical Risk capability across Europe & Americas.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package.

This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

In this role you will:

Proactively monitor relevant current affairs and political issues across Europe & Americas to help ensure leadership teams have timely information on emerging issues.
Expertly review political risks through a commercial lens to identify potential impacts on the bank.
Regularly draft accurate, succinct and persuasive written assessments of complex geopolitical topics for senior Europe & Americas stakeholders.
Proactively provide focused, forwardlooking and businessrelevant risk briefings to senior management across Europe & Americas.
Develop and maintain strong and productive relationships with a diverse set of internal and external customers and stakeholders.

Requirements

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

Essential:

Demonstrable experience in analysing current affairs and political issues across Europe & Americas.
Significant academic and/or professional analytical experience in relation to the politics of Europe & Americas.
Strong political risk assessment background to produce impactful assessments of highly complex geopolitical topics.
Ideally a qualification, certification or accreditation in a field related to Europe & Americas political risk or equivalent experience.
Proven professional experience in constructing clear, logical written arguments on complex geopolitical topics for senior audiences.
Experience writing assessments and briefing senior audiences on complex geopolitical topics.
Proven ability to approach critical geopolitical issues in a structured, highly logical, methodologically sound way.
Experience working in a corporate environment (financial institution, think tank, multinational, etc.)
Demonstrable experience in developing a risk assessment forward plan.
High level stakeholder management skills, including the ability to work confidently and effectively across multidisciplinary teams and with senior executives.

Desirable:

Network of contacts across Europe & Americas
Experience/knowledge of wholesale banking
Experience of intelligence analytics/investigations

The base location for this role is London and a minimum of 2 days in the office is required.

You'll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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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.