Join us as a Financial Crime Transformation expert on a 12 month fixed term contract where you will serve as a senior subject matter expert entrusted with immediate responsibility for multiple, concurrent financial crime change initiatives within the Investment Bank. You will be expected todemonstratethe capacity to manageand contribute todiverse change programmes in flight, providingstructured and high-quality inputs. Where you will have a proactive approach,operatingwith minimal supervision to drive transformation across both the First and Second Lines ofDefensefor all financial crime types, including Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC), and Fraud. A foundationalproficiencyin data and technology is essential, enabling the Lead to independently gather requirements and enhance transformation activities through the effective use of digital tools and platforms. As a Financial Crime Transformation expert you will be dedicated to ensuring global regulatory alignment, operational impact, and continuous improvement, with all initiatives executed precisely and with minimal disruption to business-as-usual operations.
Independently drive financial crime change initiatives,identifyingopportunities and executing solutions with minimal oversight. Champion transformation across 1st and 2ndLoD, ensuring robust controls and operational excellence.
Act as the senior SME, capturing actionable requirements and managing dependencies, risks, and assumptions early to set delivery teams up for success.
Define and scope requirements for new and ongoing projects, rigorously assessing firm-wide impacts. Build business cases with measurable outcomes to justify prioritization and investment.
Collaborate with regulatory change leads, operations, data & technology as well asregional teams to align initiatives with global standards, translating them into pragmatic operational solutions.
Partner with business representatives, programme managers, product owners, compliance, and data & technology teams to design,validate, and implement change solutions. Facilitateworkshops and influence senior stakeholders to achieve consensus and drive outcomes.
Proactivelyidentify, assess, and mitigate risks and issues, ensuring dependencies are managed and programme integrity ismaintained.
Contribute to resource planning, budget management, and efficient allocation of skills and capacity across projects.
Lead initiatives that deliver cohesive change with minimal disruption to business-as-usual activities.
To be successful in this role you will have:
- Demonstrated capacity for independent operation, with a proven track record of setting strategic direction and delivering results with minimal supervision.
- Extensive experience in driving change and embedding robust controls across both the First and Second Lines of Defense within financial crime contexts.
- Advanced proficiency in data analytics, including the ability to interpret complex datasets and generate actionable insights to support financial crime management information and reporting.
- High level of competence in Microsoft Office tools, including the development and execution of macros in Microsoft Excel, the use of Microsoft Project for planning and tracking, and the creation of SharePoint sites to facilitate project collaboration and documentation.
- Strong capability in defining and delivering data and technology requirements for diverse projects, with an understanding of customer experience (CX) principles and the ability to leverage digital tools to enhance transformation outcomes.
- Substantial experience in building and qualifying business cases for complex change programmes, with the ability to influence prioritization and investment decisions at senior levels.
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate and influence effectively across all organizational levels.
- Solid understanding of project management methodologies, with demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity and complexity in large-scale initiatives.
- Experience operating within large, matrixed financial institutions and in the context of regulatory change programmes.
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 is located in London, Glasgow or Northampton.
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.