PBWM Fin Crime Risk Analyst

PBWM Financial Crime Risk Analyst | Barclays | Geneva.

The Financial Crime Risk Analyst role is responsible for providing administrative and operational support to the governance team in delivering effective governance and oversight of the Financial Crime control environment of PBWM. The role holder will assist PBWM governance AVPs in maintaining a robust governance framework, assessing the effectiveness of the financial crime control environment through comprehensive reporting and proactive thematic analysis, and identifying opportunities for continuous enhancement of risk management. The analyst will also collaborate with the wider 1st line Financial Crime team members and external stakeholders from Compliance and Operations.

KeyAccountabilities

The Role will be responsible for the tasks below with further allocation developing as the management team is expanded:

• Provide administrative and operational support to ensure the smooth functioning of the governance team.
• Gather and compile data from various sources, including KRI and ORAC issues for comprehensive analysis and reporting.
• Record minutes of meetings and maintain accurate documentation of governance process and decisions.
• Keep a log of governance documents, ensuring they are up to date and easily accessible.
• Maintain meetings calendar, scheduling meetings, sending invites and tracking attendance.
• Monitor team’s mailbox, allocate requests to relevant team members, and track progress to ensure timely completion.
• Assist in generating insights, identifying trends, and conducting thematic analysis to inform governance decisions.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to the development and implementation of governance best practices.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

• Identify and propose enhancements to governance processes and frameworks, driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work closely with various departments and teams to gather input, share insights, and support cross functional projects.
• Build and maintain strong relationship with key stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure alignment with governance objectives.

Decision-making and Problem Solving

• Financial Crime Governance Analyst is expected to be able to apply analytical reasoning and judgement to solve problems and deliver the highest levels of support to colleagues and stakeholders in the management of Financial Crime risks and issues.
• The role holder must be capable of employing appropriate resources to drive continuous improvement and innovation. 
• In this role they must escalate in a timely manner any potential issues identified in the governance process.

Risk and Control Objective

Promote a strong Risk & Control agenda to all colleagues, including those outside of direct management lines. Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Person Specification

• The Financial Crime Governance Analyst role requires the successful candidate to ideally have experience in a governance role.
• The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate a self-starting attitude.
• The ideal candidate should be able to demonstrate evidence of successful experience of working with others in various roles in an organisation.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Strong analytical and presentation skills.
• Excellent attention to details and organisational skills, with an ability to multitask effectively and deliver on commitments.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficient use of applications such as management of SharePoint sites and Microsoft Excel.

Desirable Skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in or exposure to Financial Crime working in risk/control, assurance, or audit environment.
• Experience of writing operational procedures, creating dashboards, and producing Business MI.
• An understanding of Private Bank and/or Wealth Management businesses is desirable.

This role is based in Geneva

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.

Purpose of the role

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.  

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.
• Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations.
• Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders.
• Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice.
• Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.