Business Oversight Compliance Specialist - Operations & Functions

Business Oversight Compliance (BOC) activities for Barclays Europe (BE) focus on monitoring compliance with relevant Laws, Rules and Regulations (LRR) across COO & Functions, in line with the Compliance operating model. Key activities include the provision of detailed compliance advice, effective compliance challenge, and proactive compliance risk management across BE Operations and Functions. This VP role leads on specific projects and initiatives within a busy team, attending committees and project meetings and taking ownership for the delivery of assigned core BOC activities. These include oversight and governance forums, compliance breach and issue management, compliance risk escalations, compliance‑themed reviews, coordination of compliance risk assessments, and contribution to the team’s annual planning and prioritisation. The role also supports ongoing EU regulatory implementation and change, coordinating Compliance input across technical regulatory areas such as Outsourcing, DORA, and Trade and Transaction Reporting (including EMIR, SFTR, MiFIR and MMSR). Responsibilities also include the delivery of Compliance training and representation of BE Compliance at key industry forums as required. Strong stakeholder management skills are essential to support effective collaboration with Operations, Technology, Risk, Finance and Group Compliance colleagues, alongside the ability to provide clear, well‑reasoned Compliance challenge in line with the BOC framework. The role requires an extensive Compliance experience, direct experience working within an EU‑regulated firm, and a recognised compliance qualification (e.g. LCI).

To be successful as a VP Business Oversight Compliance Specialist - Operations & Functions, the ideal candidate must have:

• Extensive experience in Compliance and the delivery of Compliance training and representation of BE Compliance at key industry forums.

• Experience working within an EU‑regulated firm, and a recognised compliance qualification (e.g. LCI)

• Strong stakeholder management skills to support effective collaboration with Operations and Functions 

This role can be based in Dublin and Paris with 3 anchor days in the office.

You may be assessed on 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 is deemed as a Controlled Function role under the Central Bank of Ireland Fitness and Probity Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Purpose of the role

To provide data-led expert oversight and check and challenge on business and compliance matters to evidence that the organisation is operating in a compliance with Barclays legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities. 

Accountabilities

• Identification and assessment of compliance risks through thorough reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing and systems to.
• Identification and investigation of potential market abuse, including but not limited to, Insider Dealing, Unlawful Disclosure, Market Manipulation or Anti-Competitive Conduct.
• Conduct investigation of compliance risk events or breaches. Oversight and check and challenge of corrective actions and preventative measures to avoid future occurrences.
• Implementation of compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements and ensuring that the bank’s internal policies are aligned with international standards, including jurisdictional requirements.
• Collaboration with 1LOD, other relevant Compliance teams and legal, and relevant risk management functions to facilitate a comprehensive approach to compliance and risk management.
• Identification, investigation and oversight of potential money laundering, terrorist financing or other financial crime.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.