Screening Configuration and Analytics Workstream Lead

Embark on a transformative journey as a SCA (Screening Configuration and Analytics) Workstream Lead at Barclays. In this role, you will act as a key process expert within the Data Monitoring function, ensuring the smooth day-to-day operation of team workflows while maintaining high standards of accuracy and efficiency.

You will lead and support a team by managing daily workloads, delivering training to colleagues (both new and experienced), and ensuring all activities align with the bank’s risk and control framework. The role also involves overseeing ORAC actions and issues, responding to regulatory requests, and engaging with a range of high-profile stakeholders across the organisation.

Working in a fast-paced and high-pressure environment, you will be responsible for prioritising tasks dynamically throughout the day, making informed decisions, and maintaining precision when handling data. Your ability to balance multiple priorities while upholding compliance standards will be critical to success.

To be successful as a SCA (Screening Configuration and Analytics) Workstream Lead, you should have experience with:

• Knowledge of Financial Crime Screen, particularly Data Monitoring within a Screening environment.
• Good knowledge of the banks risk and control framework.
• Able to work well under pressure and manage varying priorities.
• Strong decision-making skills.
• Precision and accuracy when dealing with data.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Collaboration skills.
• A drive to make positive improvements to processes.
• Stakeholder Management at all levels.
• Ownership and accountability skills.
• Ability to make sense of data and identify trends.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role can be performed in Glasgow or Bournemouth, with a hybrid working model of working a minimum of 2 days per week in the office.

Purpose of the role

To monitor the banks operations and ensure that operations are conducted in a compliant, efficient, and effective manner whilst mitigating risk and complying with relevant regulation.  

Accountabilities

• Support the development of initiatives that aim to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Development and implementation of operations procedures and controls to mitigate risks and provide efficient operations.     .
• Collaborate with various teams across the bank to promote operational processes and alignment with the bank’s objectives.
• Development of reports and presentations on operational performance and communicate key findings to internal senior stakeholders.
• Support various business areas with administrative support within the bank's operations, collaborating alongside third-party providers.
• Monitoring of banking operations to align and comply with regulatory requirements and internal policies.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.