Procurement and Sourcing Controls Lead

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.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Procurement and Sourcing Controls Lead

You’ll be accountable for establishing, monitoring, and improving the governance, compliance, and internal controls framework across our global purchasing activities. Making sure that procurement processes are standardised, auditable, and aligned with company policies and regulatory requirements.

You’ll play a critical role in ensuring all aspects of the source to contract controls and process are documented in a clear and concise manner, implemented and embedded by operational teams, and that compliance is tracked and reported. You will also ensure that all controls and processes are fit for purpose and translated from technical documents to clear and easily understood customers and end users focused guidance.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

In This Role You’ll

• Lead the design and delivery of global source to contract controls, embedding consistent standards, governance, and ways of working
• Develop and deliver an improvement initiative to uplift all control processes to ensure they are customer centric, and outcome focused
• Develop and deliver a multi-year compliance programme that ensures adherence to all relevant policies and regulatory requirements
• Lead projects to deliver regulatory and policy changes
• Identify, assess and mitigate risk associated with the source to contract process ensuring an appropriate balance between risk, cost and delivery
• Provide assurance oversight of processes to ensure adherence to quality, procedural, and compliance standards
• Embed strong oversight and governance as part of Global Procurement’s risk and control management accountabilities
• Educate customers and delivery teams on control requirements, why these are important, how they keep us safe, and the consequence of what failure of our key controls means

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

• Significant experience in strategic sourcing, procurement operations, and supply chain management for a large multinational organisation
• Experience in management of process controls in a regulated industry, ideally within the financial services
• Strong ability to analyse and distil complex data sets, applying insights to design, and then right-size process and control oversight capability
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management capability, with the ability to craft compelling narratives and influence decision making
• Demonstrated experience acting as a senior leader and trusted advisor within a complex, global organisation, operating with credibility at executive level
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams, fostering accountability and a high performing culture, while role-modelling collaborative behaviours
• Relevant and demonstrable professional qualifications in controls for commercial, contract, procurement, sourcing, or a related discipline
• Knowledge of procurement software and data-driven process improvement (for reference HSBC uses Coupa as it sourcing workflow tool and contract repository)

Opening up a world of opportunity

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.

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