.-Job description**Role purpose**:Regulatory Affairs deals with regulators and / or regulatory developments affecting the Bank, and in particular as they relate to Compliance risks, which include and are not limited to:- Regulatory Engagement: Delivering proactive and more consistent management and oversight of regulator relationships globally/regionally/country- Regulatory Development: Identification and oversight of upcoming and in train material regulatory compliance developments, supporting the Group to address regulatory change.**Principal Accountabilities and Responsibilities**:- Act as an SME in respect of the Compliance supported regulatory engagement, ensuring that the region and the country maintains full oversight of all relevant engagement with the regulators. For these purposes the manager of Regulatory affairs supports meetings, visits, reviews, thematic work, investigations, enforcement activities, reporting, information provision, correspondence and similar and whether of a regular, recurring or ad hoc nature.- Supports the respective Regulators' agendas and requirements.- Provide updates related to active regulatory engagements.- Support the delivery of Regulatory Affairs strategic projects.- Contribute to the formalization and maintenance of the Compliance portfolio of regulatory development and change themes, to be agreed as the demand requires.- Perform follow up and provide support on the implementation of regulatory changes.- Proactively support the engagement and consultation responses in relation to material regulatory developments, working collaboratively with other relevant internal stakeholders a Group and other level, including e.G. the Legal function, Group Public Affairs and regulatory development specialists in the Global Businesses and other Global Functions**Leadership & Teamwork**- Build solid relationships by collaborating to execute the required processes minimizing conflicts- Collaborate to innovate and adopt new methodologies or best practices- Follow up industry standards- Fully interact with other internal and external areas as required in order to meet regulatory deadlines- Effective communication skillsRequirements**Functional Knowledge**- Deep understanding of:- Regulators globally and their agenda / approach- Regulation globally as applicable to a global systemically important financial institution- HSBC organization and governance structures; - Design and coordination of processes; and- Stakeholder management.- Typical qualifications would include an undergraduate or post-graduate degree in Business Administration, Finance or a related field, or a Legal, Accounting or Corporate Secretary professional qualification.- Ability to manage people effectively.- Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to project authority, negotiate effectively and influence others.- Excellent time and project management skills, including the ability to handle multiple outputs simultaneously