Business Analyst (Sanctions)

Barclays; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading British universal bank is seeking a Business Analyst (Sanctions) (AVP) for a key Financial Crime Transformation Programme. This hybrid position involves working 3 days in Canary Wharf, London, and 2 days remotely. The successful candidate will possess expert sanctions knowledge, previous BA experience on sanctions projects, and effective stakeholder management skills. This position offers an opportunity to drive significant changes and enhance compliance across global operations.

Benefits

Paid holiday entitlement

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Access to lifestyle and retail discounts

Qualifications

• Expert-level understanding of global Sanctions regimes.
• Proven Business Analyst experience on major Sanctions projects.
• Experience in process mapping and designing compliant operating models.
• Ability to articulate sanctions checking methods and challenges.
• Track record of influencing senior stakeholders.
• Understanding of regulatory expectations to mitigate Financial Crime risk.

Responsibilities

• Act as the subject matter expert on sanctions.
• Take ownership of process mapping and re-engineering.
• Elicit, analyze, validate, and document business requirements.
• Manage complex stakeholders to secure buy-in for changes.
• Analyze risks and translate them into system requirements.
• Support the Change Delivery VP with workstreams.

Skills

Deep Sanctions Knowledge

Sanctions Programme BA Experience

Process Design & Re-engineering

Sanctions Screening

Stakeholder Influence

Regulatory Context

Job description

Job Title : Business Analyst (Sanctions) (AVP)

Location : Canary Wharf, London

Working mode : Hybrid, 3 days per week on-site and 2 WFH

Contract : 6 months initially (opportunity for a contract extension)

Overall Purpose of the Role

Barclays is seeking a high-calibre, experienced Business Analyst (Sanctions) (AVP) to join a major, high-priority Financial Crime Transformation Programme. This is a crucial, hands‑on role where you will apply your deep sanctions domain expertise to drive significant change across the global organisation.

You will be instrumental in delivering the transformation across the whole suite of the programme, encompassing strategic workstreams such as Sanctions Case Management Tool implementation, screening system enhancements, and Target Operating Model (TOM) design.

Key Responsibilities (The Functional Focus)

• Sanctions Domain Expertise : Act as the subject matter expert, providing heavy domain knowledge to the wider change delivery team, ensuring all solutions meet complex OFAC, UN, EU, and UK Sanctions regimes and regulatory requirements.
• End-to-End Process Engineering : Take ownership of process mapping, design, and re-engineering (As-Is and To-Be models) for global Sanctions processes, including screening, list management, and escalation workflows.
• Requirements Management : Elicit, analyse, validate, and document functional and non-functional business requirements for key Sanctions systems (e.g., screening tools, workflow / case management systems).
• Stakeholder Management : Influence and manage highly complex and challenging stakeholders across Compliance, Technology, Operations, and Business units to secure buy-in for strategic process changes and design decisions.
• Risk & Breach Analysis : Analyse and articulate the ways sanctions can be breached or bypassed and translate these risks into concrete, preventative system and process requirements.

Change Delivery

Support the Sanctions Change Delivery VP in overseeing and executing workstreams and actively driving the transformation agenda.

Essential Skills & Experience (The Must Haves)

To be successful in this autonomous and fast-paced environment, you must demonstrate :

• Deep Sanctions Knowledge : Expert-level understanding of global Sanctions regimes (OFAC, UN, EU, UK) and the implications for a universal bank.
• Sanctions Programme BA Experience : Proven Business Analyst experience working specifically on major Sanctions Change / Transformation Programmes (e.g., screening vendor upgrades, case management deployments).
• Process Design & Re-engineering : Significant hands‑on experience in process mapping, gap analysis, and designing efficient, compliant 'To‑Be' Sanctions operating models.
• Sanctions Screening : Ability to articulate the main methods for Sanctions checking (e.g., batch screening, real‑time transaction screening, name screening) and the associated challenges.
• Stakeholder Influence : A proven track record of influencing, negotiating with, and managing challenging senior stakeholders in a complex financial services organisation.
• Regulatory Context : Understanding of the regulatory expectations and controls required to mitigate Financial Crime risk.

Working Environment

Hybrid working model : 3 days per week on-site in Canary Wharf (Mon / Tues / Weds in office) and 2 days working from home remotely.

Fast-paced, evolving environment with shifting priorities

Hands‑on, autonomous role with no direct reports

Candidates must be adaptable, confident, and able to contribute immediately

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank, operating across retail banking, payments, and top‑tier corporate and investment banking. We’re driven by our mission to help people achieve their ambitions – in the right way.

Our Values

Respect • Integrity • Service • Excellence • Stewardship

These values guide everything we do – for our clients, customers, colleagues, and communities.

Diversity and Inclusion

We’re committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels they belong. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are central to our culture and how we operate.

Contractor Benefits (via Randstad Sourceright)

• Paid holiday entitlement
• 24 / 7 Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to lifestyle and retail discounts