Adverse Media Screening - SME

Step into the role of Adverse Media Screening - SME at Barclays, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future. In this pivotal role you will manage operations within a business area and maintain processes, risk management initiatives, and compliance with relevant regulators. You will take ownership of your work, ensuring it aligns with the relevant rules & regulations, and codes of conduct.

 You will focus on supporting and providing subject matter expertise in financial crime screening, ensuring accurate identification and assessment of adverse media risks. The role supports operational excellence by reviewing complex cases, strengthening screening controls, and partnering with stakeholders to ensure compliance with AML and KYC requirements within Barclays.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role such as:

• Review and asses complex adverse media alerts, transaction monitoring cases, and KYC screening results to support effective financial crime risk management.

• Provide subject matter expertise to operational teams, offering guidance on screening methodologies, regulatory requirements, and risk -based decision-making.

• Collaborate with compliance, financial crime, and business stakeholders to resolve high-risk cases and ensure timely escalation where appropriate.

• Monitor screening quality, identify process improvement opportunities, and contribute to the enhancement of operational controls and governance.

Desirable skills set:

• Strong experience in Adverse Media Screening, Transaction Monitoring, KYC, AML, and Financial Crime Compliance.

• In depth understanding of financial crime regulations, sanctions screening, and risk assessment frameworks.

• Strong analytical, investigative, and decision-making skills, with the ability to evaluate complex risk scenarios.

• Excellent stakeholder management, communication skills.

You may be assessed on key essential 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 based out of Gurugram

Purpose of the role

To support Screening with day-to-day processing, reviewing, reporting, trading and issue resolution, making decisions in line with comply with relevant regulatory and industry standards. 

Accountabilities

• Support with day-to-day screening initiatives including processing, reviewing, reporting, trading and issue resolution through lending technical expertise.
• Execution of screening checks on customers, transactions, and other activities to identify potential risks and comply with regulatory requirements.
• Collaboration with teams across the bank to align and integrate screening processes.
• Identification of areas for improvement and providing recommendations for change in screening processes.
• Development and implementation of screening procedures and controls to mitigate risks and maintain operational efficiency.
• Development of reports and presentations on screening performance.
• Identification of industry trends and developments to implement best practice in screening Services.
• Participation in projects and initiatives to improve screening efficiency and effectiveness.

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.