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Date live: Mar. 17, 2025

Business Area: Wholesale Onboarding and Group FCO

Area of Expertise: Banking Operations

Reference Code: JR-0000023937

Contract: Permanent

Join us as a Know Your Customer Subject Matter Expert at Barclays, where you will act and lead as a specialist member of the Know Your Customer refresh team, specialising in obtaining, completing and maintaining all regulatory Know your Customer documentation for our investment banking clients. You will have an exciting opportunity to provide technical Know Your Customer support to stakeholders, take ownership of training provision and implement procedural enhancements.

Key sills required for this role include:

  • Know-Your-Customer experience.

  • Strong attention to detail.

  • Demonstrable Analytical skills.

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Additional relevant skills include:

  • Project management experience.

  • Workload management.

  • Time management.

  • Training and coaching experience.

You may be assessed on 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 will be available in Northampton and Glasgow.

Purpose of the role

To support Wholesale Onboarding with day-to-day processing, reviewing, reporting, and issue resolution. 

Accountabilities

  • Support with day-to-day Wholesale Onboarding initiatives including KYC processing, reviewing (which can include Quality Checking), reporting, trading and issue resolution.
  • Collaboration and engagement with clients/front office to gather Customer Due Diligence information/evidence in order to onboard or refresh a clients KYC in line with documented policy.
  • Collaboration with teams across the bank to align and integrate Wholesale Onboarding processes.
  • Identification of areas for improvement and providing recommendations for change in Wholesale Onboarding processes.
  • Development and implementation of Wholesale Onboarding procedures and controls to mitigate risks and maintain operational efficiency.
  • Development of reports and presentations on Wholesale Onboarding performance and communicate findings to internal senior stakeholders.
  • Identification of industry trends and developments to implement best practice in Wholesale Onboarding.
  • Participation in projects and initiatives to improve Wholesale Onboarding efficiency and effectiveness.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

  • To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
  • Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
  • 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
  • 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.

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