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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 simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further. HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 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. Description The Azure Security Operations lead will work within the Azure & Power Cloud Services team, leading a Security Operations team that are responsible for making sure all aspects of the platform are secure, and all operational risks are managed. Reporting to the global Head of Azure & Power Platform and engaging with Microsoft, Chief Controls Office, Cyber Security teams, ITSR, Azure Engineering, Azure Operational team and customers to ensure that we are providing a platform that is secure-by-design and compliant with HSBC mandatory policies and security standards. Be an Azure Platform evangelist with customers, partners and external communities. Key Accountabilities Responsibilities will include: • Ensure that Azure foundation platform conforms to HSBC Cyber Security standards and adheres to the bank's controls and compliance requirements. Incorporate Security standards and best practice into Azure Cloud Services functional patterns, whilst ensuring the Azure Foundation Platform conforms to all regulatory requirements, • Maintain and manage all customer facing Security information and knowledge bases, and support the Cloud Controls Office and Internal audit functions with requests for information., • Accountable for ensuring that robust SIEM (logging) and Monitoring processes are in place. Provide Management reporting to ensure data driven discussions for continuous improvement. Develop and promote the reuse of patterns., • Ensure and maintain Business continuity plan for the Azure platform and carry out regular tests in line with HSBC standards Business contingency standards, • Gather requirements and provide continuous feedback loops between Cyber security, Controls office and the wider Azure Cloud Services team, • Lead Wiz implementation and develop close working relationship with Cyber and multi-cloud security leads Qualifications and experience The ideal candidate for this role will have the below experience and qualifications: • Experience working in a security related discipline and dealing and responding to IT Audit, • Awareness of data security and regulatory requirements within financial services, • Experience working with one or more Cloud service providers, • Strong leadership and teamwork skills - Works collaboratively in an agile environment with Stakeholders to deliver the service, • Operational effectiveness - delivers solutions that align to approved design patterns and security, risk and regulatory standards, • A track record of constantly looking for ways to do things better and an excellent understanding of the mechanism necessary to successfully implement change We offer hybrid style working and the site location could be any offices of your choice including Birmingham and Edinburgh 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 - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. 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.

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions. Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent. We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role. Head of Life Underwriting Reporting to: Director of Individual Annuities Location: Preference for candidates based in Scotland (Stirling or Edinburgh). We're flexible on location for the right person. The Role: M&G Life is a division of M&G and runs the Prudential Assurance Company and its subsidiaries. Individual Life & Pensions is the division of M&G Life responsible for the manufacture and management of individual insurance products within the UK and internationally. We are recruiting a Head of Life Underwriting to support our launch of an individual lifetime annuity offering, and to lead the team responsible for the underwriting of individual annuities and discounted gift trusts. This role represents a unique opportunity to play a key role in the launch of a new innovative annuity product, and to design, set up and lead a new underwriting function. This role is critical in assessing and underwriting complex annuity applications, ensuring robust risk management, and supporting the development of underwriting strategies and processes. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering high-quality underwriting decisions, mentoring junior underwriters, and contributing to product development and innovation. Key accountabilities for this role • Lead the design and set up of a new annuity underwriting team, including recruitment; the team will also cover discounted gift trust underwriting., • Liaise closely with reinsurers to establish the required processes and guidelines for manual underwriting., • Act as a referral point for junior underwriters and provide management, training, and quality assurance., • Assess and underwrite more complex enhanced annuity applications, in line with underwriting guidelines and risk appetite., • Provide expert medical and financial risk assessments using evidence-based decision-making., • Collaborate with the Pricing, Operations, and Proposition teams to support the development and refinement of annuity products., • Contribute to the set up and continuous improvement of underwriting processes, tools, and automation initiatives., • Deep understanding of UK life insurance products and concepts is essential, with both technical and commercial knowledge of annuities., • Excellent knowledge of annuity products, services and distribution methods., • Thorough familiarity with regulatory requirements and compliance standards in the insurance industry., • Highly experienced annuity underwriter, with experience of managing underwriting teams., • Customer centric mindset - a genuine passion for putting the customer at the heart of decision making and delivering high-quality customer outcomes., • Strong analytical and decision-making skills with the ability to assess complex underwriting cases., • Familiarity with reinsurance practices and treaty arrangements; experience working with reinsurers' underwriting rules engines and underwriting manuals., • Excellent stakeholder management skills and communication skills with the ability to explain underwriting decisions clearly and to effectively convey technical information to a wide variety of stakeholders., • Proven ability to lead and collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Pricing, Propositions, Distribution, and Product Development. What we offer: At M&G, we're committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include: • As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18% , with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions . We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan , together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work., • Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy - to balance your work and personal commitments., • Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture., • Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare , Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind. To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks. M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader , and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at:

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions. Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent. We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role. The Group Financial Crime Governance Manager is a management level role with day-to-day responsibility for managing the Group Financial Crime Governance arrangements. Financial crime responsibilities: • Produce and maintain the M&G Group Financial Crime Governance and Management Information Framework, including minimum requirements for financial crime governance., • Establish, review and maintain Group minimum financial crime management Information requirements., • Produce the Head of Group Financial Crime reports., • Maintain the Financial Crime Accountabilities & Responsibilities Model., • Maintain the Risk Decisioning Matrix., • Maintain the framework for setting financial crime risk appetite., • Maintain the Financial Crime Strategy statement and list of priorities across Group 2LoD Financial Crime., • Manage the production of PLC level attestations and external communications, such as the Public Policy and Associated Documents (AML/comfort letter and Wolfsburg Questionnaire). Additional responsibilities: • Coordinate the dissemination of Group governance and management information related frameworks and expectations across the organisation., • Identify training requirements as a result of changes to Group governance and management information related frameworks., • Build collaborative relationships with other Group Risk and Compliance stakeholders as well as local 2LoD financial crime teams to enhance risk management and compliance culture., • Other tasks and activities within the scope of your role or team as required from time to time. Skill requirements: • Established experience in financial crime with subject matter knowledge in anti-money laundering, counter terrorist financing, sanctions, tax evasion, fraud and ABC., • Experienced in designing and running of financial crime governance models and reporting (at Group/1LOD/2LOD function levels)., • Experienced in designing and managing the risk appetite and risk decisioning frameworks., • Experienced in designing and maintaining the financial crime RACIs and Accountability models (at Group/1LOD/2LOD function levels)., • Sound communication skills and ability to work with diverse range of stakeholders within and outside of the team., • [Desired] Experienced in financial crime risk management within the context of Asset management and or insurance sectors. Experience Level: Manager/Expert Recruiter: Helen Simons What we offer: At M&G, we're committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include: • As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18% , with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions . We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan , together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work., • Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy - to balance your work and personal commitments., • Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture., • Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare , Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind. To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks. M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader , and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at:

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions. Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent. We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role. The role: We are seeking a Quantitative Risk Analyst - Sustainability to support our efforts in strengthening our second line sustainability risk oversight activities. The ideal candidate will have experience in working on modelling sustainability risks in the context of asset management or could leverage her/his previous experience in other applied quantitative fields. This is a highly technical role requiring a strong quantitative and coding background. The Quantitative Risk Analyst - Sustainability will interact mostly with Investments, Stewardship & Sustainability, Product and other second line teams to collectively enhance sustainability risk measurement and representation across the Group. The Quantitative Risk Analyst - Sustainability will report to the Head of Risk Europe with global responsibilities for Sustainability Risk, Risk Analytics & Modelling for Asset Management. Responsibilities: • Contribute to further developing quantitative sustainability risk analysis for our asset management business, • Support the design and implementation of specific sustainability stress tests on portfolios across public and private market investment strategies, • Support integration of sustainability into asset management risk processes and activities, • Support presentation and communication of sustainability risk assessments to internal committees, and other key stakeholders, • Support training and upskilling of investment and risk teams, • 1 to 3 years' experience in sustainability risk modelling in asset management or related field is a plus, • Strong coding skills (i.e. Python) is essential, • Prior experience in asset management is essential, • Strong entrepreneurial mindset, taking initiative to continuously learn, and, develop and implement ideas to enhance risk oversight practices, • Strong technical skills and ability to apply these skills to business problems, • Prior experience in a second line risk oversight function a plus, • Strong communication skills. Comfortable in communicating ideas and analysis at different levels What we offer: At M&G, we're committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include: • As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18% , with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions . We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan , together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work., • Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy - to balance your work and personal commitments., • Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture., • Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare , Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind. To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks. M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader , and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at:

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