Investment Bank Financial Crime Investigator

London, England

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Date live: Jan. 07, 2026

Business Area: International Corporate Banking

Area of Expertise: Legal

Reference Code: JR-0000088863

Contract: Permanent

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Join us as a Investment Bank Financial Crime Investigator where you will provide oversightformoney laundering, bribery,corruptionand sanctions investigations carried out in the first line of defence. This role is accountable for the execution and continuous improvement of investigative frameworks to detect, assess, and mitigate financial crime risks, ensuring compliance with globalfinancial crimeregulatory standards while enabling sustainable business growth.

The individual will act as a delegate for the Head of Investment Banking Investigations,representingthe function in senior forums and leading strategic initiatives. You will be responsible forcarrying out financial crime investigations across Banking,Marketsand the International Corporate Bank and ensuring the bank meets regulatory expectations and internal standards while enabling sustainable businessgrowth.

Key Accountabilities

Help the team define and implement the global investigations strategy for the Investment Bank, aligned with enterprise-wide Financial Crimeobjectives.
Act as a delegate for the Head of IBInvestigationsin senior governance forums and regulatory engagements.
Managethe execution of complex investigations arising from transaction monitoring alerts, internal escalations, and external referrals.
Support thetimelyandaccuratefiling of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and other regulatory submissions.
Oversee the design and maintenance of investigative procedures, quality assurance frameworks, and risk-based methodologies.
Ensure adherence to AMLand GlobalSanctions requirements, as well as internal policies and standards.
Drive continuous improvement in investigative controls,leveragingdata analytics and emerging technologies.

To be successful in this role you will have:

Expertise in Excel and data analysis tools to assess large, complex datasets
Prior background in financial investigations or financial crime compliance
CAMS certification or equivalent financial crime certification
Solid understanding of stock markets, trading activity, and investment banking products.
Written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to draft investigation summaries, SARs, and regulatory submissions

Some other highly valued skills may include:

Ability to manage multiple investigations simultaneously while working under high pressure and tight timelines.
Experience with trade surveillance systems and familiarity with common alerts and escalation procedures.
Ability to identify emerging trends in market abuse and financial crime typologies and propose control enhancements
Detail-oriented with the ability to connect disparate data points into meaningful risk insights.
Strong stakeholder management skills

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in this 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.

Purpose of the role

To ensure that the institution’s activities are conducted in compliance with applicable financial crime laws and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal and reputational risks associated with its activities.

Accountabilities

Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance.
Legal advice and support to the business on financial crime laws, regulations, and rules, including anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) laws and regulations.
Support other legal teams in representation, of the bank in legal proceedings that raise financial crime issues, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
Advising on financial crime compliance policies and procedures including to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws and regulations that may impact the bank's financial crime compliance practices.
To support Compliance, contributing to and delivering training to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to financial crime.
Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.

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.