Senior Investigator - Markets and Securities Services Investigations

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential - whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or an exciting new direction, we offer opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

We’re one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with a network that covers more than 50 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We’re currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Investigator – Markets and Securities Services Investigations.

This is a fantastic opportunity to shape investigative standards, collaborate on globally complex and diverse issues, and contribute to a culture where speaking up and doing the right thing are valued.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you’ll 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’ll:

• Lead complex investigations into allegations of market misconduct, market abuse, and material regulatory breaches in/or affecting the Global Markets and Securities Services business, ensuring outcomes that protect our customers, our organisation, and the financial markets in which we operate
• Support the Global Head of MSS Investigations in their role as Conduct and Culture Regulatory Compliance Champion in order to identify emerging Conduct and Culture risks
• Set investigative strategy, apply sound judgment in ambiguous scenarios, and ensure findings are robust, defensible, and delivered with precision
• Direct document review and evidence assessment, maintaining rigour and consistency in investigative outcomes.
• Conduct interviews with employees and other relevant parties, extracting key facts while demonstrating sensitivity, empathy and professionalism
• Engage and influence senior business leaders, Legal, HR, and Compliance, often in sensitive, high-stakes and confidential contexts
• Navigate investigations spanning diverse regulatory environments, adapting approach to local requirements while maintaining global standards
• Ensure appropriate upward reporting and timely escalation of investigative findings to Global Markets and wider Compliance leadership teams
• Where appropriate, identify actions, lessons learned, and control enhancements to strength global markets controls/ ways of working.

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

• An experienced, senior, investigator with demonstrable expertise in handling complex, sensitive, investigations
• Experience working in house or at a regulator as well as in private practice is highly desirable
• Ability to dissect complex scenarios, weigh competing considerations, and reach defensible conclusions.
• Confidence to challenge constructively, hold difficult lines, and engage senior business, legal and regulatory compliance stakeholders with authority
• Ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion, empathy, and resilience, maintaining independence of thought under pressure.
• Ability to communicate complex information succinctly with precision and gravitas
• Demonstrated ability to operate autonomously, balancing assertiveness with diplomacy, and maintaining composure in challenging circumstances.

Opening up a world of opportunity.

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. Our recruitment processes are accessible to everyone - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age.

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.

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