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About Zing
Zing is a brand new fintech built to make international money worry-free for anyone who sends, spends, or converts international currencies. Zing has been developed within the HSBC Group to work for anyone, even if they don’t have a HSBC account. Zing is a separate brand and product so we can be an agile fintech whilst getting the benefits of having one of the world’s biggest international banks as a parent.
Zing has recently launched in the UK and has ambitious plans to scale both within the UK and internationally at pace. For more details about Zing, please visit .
We are currently seeking an experienced individual to join this team in the role of Technology Risk Lead. You will lead the successful management and implementation of the technology and resilience risk and control framework for a new FX and payments business within the group. You will drive the risk and control agenda for technology and resilience risks (product technology, platform, architecture, data) risks, providing professional risk support for the development of new features and online experiences. You will be responsible for helping to ensure the overall control environment is fit for managing risks within HSBC Group’s appetite.
If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join Zing by HSBC, and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, Zing by HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.
Your responsibilities will include:
● Support the CRCO in rolling out a best-in-class risk framework, including the embedding of risk and control assessment processes, incident and issue management across technology and resilience risks.
● Partner with the business tribes to provide risk advice, guidance, and challenge in the assessment of systems, infrastructure, and data security risks, ensuring the build out of a robust and effective risk and control profile.
● Playing a lead role in the management of technology and resilience risk incidents and issues.
● Developing and continually enhancing the framework policies, procedures, and monitoring MI to ensure effect oversight and challenge and ensuring trigger events are accounted for by assessing any impacts of changes, internal or external events to the risk and control profile of the business.
The ideal candidate for this role will have:
● Extensive practical experience in technology and resilience risk management in a financial services firm.
● Knowledge of technology platforms, best practice and industry expectations relating to resilience and data security risks.
● Strong understanding of core risk activities such as risk assessment, policy management, reporting, and testing, and with strengths in one or more of the financial or non-financial risk categories.
● Ability to present complex issues confidently and concisely to Senior Executives and other key stakeholders using easily understood language.
● Experience of payment solutions (particularly cross-border) or FX products is advantageous.
● Experience and aptitude in constructively challenging the status quo, particularly from a digital innovation perspective and risk management strategy in banking, whilst balancing the business strategic priorities and overall customer experience.
