Assurance Manager

Job Description Brand: HSBC Area Of Interest Location: Hyderabad, TG, IN, 500081 Work style: Hybrid Worker Date: 16 Oct 2025 Some Careers Have More Impact Than Others. If you're looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you'll be. HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 62 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions. We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Assurance Manager Business: Finance Function Principal Responsibilities Risk Management & Operational Effectiveness - Managing the overall control environment and creating awareness across teams and levels with a view to manage operational incidents and ensure compliance with Global standards - Facilitate and evaluate the risk and control assessment for the finance processes to ensure that risks and underlying controls are adequately identified and assessed - Ensure adequate governance through risk committees and dashboards to highlight the status of risk and control environment - Perform management and thematic reviews for the high risk processes and socialize themes emerging from the reviews to prevent recurrence - Recording, tracking and assurance around Management self-identified issues to ensure compliance with internal audit criteria's - Liaise with internal/external auditors and ensure audit preparedness of operation teams. Also, track and provide issue assurance for audit findings - Work closely with regional control teams and global control office to manage the risks in the end to end processes - Ensure adequacy of framework around SOX controls which would include up to date inventory, training and monitoring - Building and managing relationship with the stakeholders Assurance - Strong Knowledge on SOX 404 Internal Controls, COSO Frame work and Guidelines. - Ability to interact with the Global Business and Process Owners to review the Process and Internal controls associated with the Business. - Conduct Walkthrough Meetings with Process Owners, along with In-country controls Team & PWC Auditors. - Strong Knowledge in Business Functions for the various Business Areas in HSBC. - Ability to understand the Process, Polices & Procedures to Assess the Effectiveness of SOX controls. - Adhere to the Controls Monitoring Plan and work closely with the In country Assurance & Chief Controls Office Team. - Understanding various Systems and their Functionality which are used by the Business Areas and are Under Scope of SOX Controls. - Preparation of critical Month end deliverables, SOX testing and highlighting of issues to business partner / management. Customers / Stakeholders - Maintain key stakeholder relationships to enhance awareness of operational risk including its identification, assessment, mitigation and control. - To support and ensure that local management fully considers and effectively manages operational risk in accordance with established policies and procedures. Leadership & Teamwork - Actively engage in establishing a strong control environment at GFOC - Be a good team player - Self-driven and motivated - Ability to deal with senior management What You Will Need To Succeed In The Role Knowledge - Knowledge of finance functions such as regulatory reporting, accounting, reconciliation and reporting in the financial services sector is a must - Understanding of SOX, operational risk and COSO frameworks would be required Skills - Stakeholder management - Good business writing skills, Strong communication and presentation skills - Should have eye for detail, problem solving and influencing skills - Ability to challenge information presented, providing explanation to ensure that agreement is reached by both parties - Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with team members/wider business including senior executive management and ability to develop a good rapport in challenging situations - Able to cope with pressure and tight deadlines - Assertive, with a positive attitude and open to feedback Qualifications And Experience - CA/MBA/B. Com: At least 6 years of relevant post qualification experience in a leading accounting firms / financial services sector. - Strong risk and control experience in first line of defense role. - Experience in performing risk and control assessments, conducting risk committees and managing SOX framework is recommended - Experience of interacting with auditors / performing audits would be preferred - Experience of managing SLA's You'll achieve more at HSBC HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role. Personal data held by the Bank relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with our Privacy Statement, which is available on our website. - Issued By HSBC Electronic Data Processing (India) Private LTD***