Financial Crime Regulatory Change Lead

Job Description

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.

Join us as a Financial Crime Policy & Regulatory Change Lead is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of financial crime regulatory change impacting the Investment Bank (IB) 1st Line of Defence (1LoD). The role will scope and mobilise change, define roles and responsibilities across IB 1LoD teams, inc. Operations (and wider stakeholders including 2nd Line of Defence (2LoD), Business Management and Technology), perform gap analysis and impact assessments, and drive implementation through to embedding in BAU. You will ensure IB 1LoD teams implement relevant policy and standards into 1LoD procedures, processes and controls, including where change requires Technology delivery and wider operating model updates. Where you will prioritise across multiple concurrent change initiatives to ensure strategic objectives are met (thinking across the wider change portfolio, not just a single regulation) and that implementation is delivered on time to support compliance within 1LoD.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Having worked in financial crime compliance within Corporate & Investment Banking.
• Understanding of AML, Sanctions, ABC, and Fraud risk in wholesale banking products and services (e.g., trade finance, capital markets, correspondent banking).
• Experience translating regulatory requirements and 2LoD policy/standards into implemented 1LoD processes, procedures, controls and technology-enabled solutions.
• Concise written communication and policy drafting skills
• Experience in managing stakeholder relationships across multiple jurisdictions.
• Prior experience with major regulatory change programs (e.g., 6AMLD, OFAC updates, UK Economic Crime Act).
• Knowledge of regulatory expectations across multiple geographies (e.g., US, UK, EU, APAC).
• CAMS, ICA, or similar financial crime certifications

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 based in London or Birmingham.