Director – Head of Compliance Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE) and Head of India Compliance COO

Job Title: Director – Head of Compliance Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE) and Head of India Compliance COO

Reporting Line – MD, Head of India Compliance (primary) and MD, Head of Compliance Data Analytics (functional)

Job Location: Pune

Job Summary: We are seeking a seasoned analytics-driven leader to head our Compliance Analytics Center of Excellence (CoE) in Pune. This role demands a strong command of data-driven decision-making, strategic oversight, and operational leadership across multiple compliance functions.

As the Head of Compliance Analytics CoE, the role will be responsible for architecting and executing analytics initiatives that enhance regulatory adherence, risk intelligence, and process optimization within Compliance. This includes leveraging advanced analytics to identify trends, monitor compliance effectiveness, and drive continuous improvement.

Additionally,  as the Head of India Compliance COO, the individual will lead and manage all India-based Compliance COO functions—including Compliance Analytics, Business Management, Change Management, and Learning & Development—ensuring alignment with global compliance objectives and operational excellence.

The position also serves on the India Compliance Management Team (ICMT), contributing to the strategic buildout and execution of the India compliance hub, with a focus on scalable analytics capabilities and cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a team of compliance analytics, change management and business management professionals, providing guidance, mentorship, and performance management.
• Develop and implement the strategic vision for the Compliance Analytics CoE in alignment with the Digital Strategy and Innovation vision and strategy.
• Create a multi discipline CoE including coding languages, AI, visualisation and automation techniques.
• Build a workstyle and culture of colleagues, with the right skills, coming together to deliver Compliance Analytics initiatives at pace and to required standards.
• Input into design and lead the execution of compliance analytics projects, ensuring full utilisation of resources and transparency of progress.
• Lead the Compliance COO set up in India and provide supervision and people management for all functions in this set up.
• As part of ICMT, provide leadership and management support for a fast expanding compliance hub in India, including contributing to the people agenda, governance and value proposition.
• Create a safe environment where experimentation and a “fail fast” mentality is celebrated.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and address compliance risks and opportunities.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• Drive continuous improvement in compliance processes through the use of advanced analytics and technology.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to senior leadership and other stakeholders.
• Stay current with industry trends and best practices in compliance and data analytics.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Business, Engineering, Finance, Data Analytics, Economics).
• Strong preference for qualified candidates from Banking and Financial Services industry, in risk or compliance
• Demonstrated experience delivering Gen AI/Agentic AI and data analytics for a large multinational organization with measurable benefits
• Extensive experience delivering process efficiency, automation, and cost optimization through use of analytics and technology
• Proven leadership experience, with the ability to manage and motivate teams with varying responsibilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Knowledge of relevant regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Proficiency in data analytics tools and technologies.

Desired Skills:

• Strong preference for qualified candidates from Banking and Financial Services industry.
• Good understanding of COO activities and business management in a complex matrixed global environment.
• A Master's degree or relevant certification is preferred.
• Familiarity with machine learning and artificial intelligence applications in compliance analytics.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Purpose of the role

To lead the development and execution of the bank's Data & Analytics strategy, aligned with the bank's overall business goals and risk appetite, ensuring data is used effectively to drive business growth, optimise operations, and mitigate risks.  

Accountabilities

• Enablement of Business or Function Unit Strategy through fostering and embedding a comprehensive understanding of how data can be used, bringing thought leadership on best practices and new capabilities to deliver Business outcomes.   .
• Adherence to data policies standards and controls and inform this over time, driving Data Quality in support of use cases.
• Partnership with the Business or Function leadership to lead the definition and prioritisation of data use cases, business data products and their implementation and realisation of benefit.
• Prioritisation of activity required for Data and Analytics and challenge the overall end to end design and architecture.

Director Expectations

• To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide..
• They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
• Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
• Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
• Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
• Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

All Senior 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.

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.