Head of Regulatory Compliance, Macau

HSBC•, MO

About The Position

The Head of Regulatory Compliance, Macau leads the Regulatory Compliance sub-function as a business partner, supporting growth while maintaining appropriate risk management discipline. The role maintains constructive relationships with regulators and ensures timely, accurate, and consistent engagement and follow-up on regulatory matters. It partners with other risk stewards to maintain an effective control framework and compliance with applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, codes, and good market practice. The position advises Lines of Business on regulatory compliance risks relating to clients, transactions, and products, and develops market-wide risk and compliance capability by embedding these considerations into day-to-day activities. It supports the Macau CRCO with independent analysis, reporting, and governance oversight, and represents the Regulatory Compliance agenda at senior Group governance forums, including Macau Senior Management meetings as required.

Requirements

Significant regulatory compliance experience as a regulator or senior regulatory compliance manager within a global firm in the financial services industry.
Significant knowledge of regulatory compliance risk frameworks and experience executing them, together with knowledge of business and products.
Experience dealing with regulatory matters and confidence interacting with regulators.
Significant leadership experience and strategic-thinking capability.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including experience dealing with executives at all levels.
Ability to interpret and analyze large volumes of information or data and provide succinct summaries for senior management.
Ability to prioritize conflicting demands and solve problems in a dynamic environment.
Fluency in Chinese and English.

Nice To Haves

Cantonese-speaking ability.
Proficiency in Portuguese.

Responsibilities

Lead and direct the Regulatory Compliance sub-function, supporting business growth while maintaining appropriate risk management discipline.
Maintain effective, transparent, and constructive relationships with regulators, including timely, accurate, and consistent engagement and follow-up.
Partner with other risk stewards to maintain an effective control framework and ensure compliance with external laws and regulations, internal policies and codes, and recognized good market practice.
Advise Lines of Business on regulatory compliance risk exposure relating to clients, transactions, and products.
Build market-wide risk and compliance capability and embed risk and compliance considerations into day-to-day activities.
Support the Macau CRCO in second-line governance through independent analysis, reporting, and governance oversight.
Represent the Regulatory Compliance agenda at Group governance forums, including Macau Senior Management meetings as required, and report on the effectiveness of policies, processes, systems, and controls.