Financial Crime Complex Approver

As a Financial Crime Complex Approver you will be responsible for making exit/maintain decisions on a number of complex financial crime workstreams. The role encompasses the ability to identify potential risks or suspicious activities, capable of detecting subtle red flags that could indicate financial crime. You will be evaluating credibility of information and complex scenarios, a strong collaborator who works well with stakeholders across other departments to achieve the right result for the Bank and minimise the Bank’s exposure to risk. This role sits within the first line of defence in Financial Crime team and as a Financial Crime Complex Approval you will be also performing Team Leader duties and responsibilities.

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of Financial Crime

• Experience of High Risk Reviews/Enhanced Due Diligence/PEP cases/Transaction Monitoring Reviews

• Understanding of Red-flags and how to spot them

• Case Management experience

• Training and Quality experience

Desirable Criteria:

• Line Management experience

• Complaints Management experience

• Competent in Microsoft packages - Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook

• Workforce Planning experience

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 based in London, Glasgow or Northampton.

Purpose of the role
To support the Risk Function in delivering it’s objective of safeguarding the bank's financial and operational stability by proactively identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks across various business units and activities.

Accountabilities
· Development of strategic direction for risk, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes.
· Management of the risk department, including oversight of risk colleagues and their performance, implementation of risk priorities and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.
· Relationship management of risk stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third-party services.
· Adherence to the Risk policy, standards and frameworks, and maintaining a robust control environment.


Assistant Vice President Expectations
· 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.