Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance - KYC Advisory

Join us as an AVP in the Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance - KYC Advisory team at Barclays, where KYC Advice (KYCA), within Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance, is responsible for providing advice to the business and operations teams with respect to Financial Crime Policy & Standards; guidance on risk mitigation approach as part of Customer Due Diligence and enhancing first line of defense management of financial crime risk.

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Providing consistent and risk-based advice to BB PLC business on Customer Due Diligence queries to ensure the business effectively mitigate the risks of products and services being abused for the purposes of money laundering, terrorism financing, or other financial crime.

To be a successful AVP in Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance - KYC Advisory team, you should have experience with (Mandatory)

1.  Stakeholder Management.

2. Decision Making & Problem Solving.

3. Risk & Control Objective.

4. KYC Advice :

• As a Financial Crime SME, provide sophisticated risk sensitive advice and guidance to the business with respect to client and transactional risk in a time sensitive environment. For example, through periodic client reviews or on-boarding.

• Provide guidance and support to the business line with respect to implementation of policy requirements and, or legislation.

• Support ad-hoc projects which look to enhance or remediate controls with respect to Customer Due Diligence.

• Coordinate across regional teams to provide a single view on client risk across the organization. 

•  Provide the Head of Financial Crime for BBPLC and BU/Regional Heads of Financial Crime oversight of emerging trends/themes into customer populations.

• Work with business stakeholders to address gaps and issues with respect to    Customer Due Diligence procedures and controls.

• Develop, enhance and maintain financial crime related management information.

Person Specification/ Essential Skills 

•Strong SME across Financial Crime regulation, guidance and risk mitigation strategies.

• Understanding of different business segments and the associated financial crime risks.

•Creative and forward thinking, striving to improve and find solutions through effective innovation and ability to manage project and programmes of work end to end.

• Highly organized and structured with excellent written communications skills and proficient with Excel and PowerPoint.

• Skillful co-ordination in working across a wide range of stakeholders both within and beyond the function

• Robust understanding of jurisdictional risks and geopolitical developments.

• Decision making capability, in particular with respect to complex cases, applying risk based approach in line with risk appetite.

Location: Pune

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.

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.