Business Analyst (Sanctions)

Barclays Bank Plc; Romford; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services institution is seeking a subject matter expert in Sanctions to join their team in Romford. This role involves providing deep knowledge of global sanctions regimes, managing complex stakeholder relationships, and contributing to change delivery initiatives. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in leading sanctions transformation programmes and designing compliant operating processes. The position offers a hybrid working model, allowing for both onsite and remote work.

Benefits

Paid holiday entitlement 24/7

Employee Assistance Programme

Access to lifestyle and retail discounts

Qualifications

• Expert-level understanding of global Sanctions regimes (OFAC, UN, EU, UK).
• Proven Business Analyst experience in major Sanctions Change Programmes.
• Hands-on experience in process mapping and designing compliant operating models.
• Ability to articulate methods for Sanctions checking.
• Track record of managing senior stakeholders in financial services.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise on regulatory compliance for sanctions.
• Map and re-engineer global Sanctions processes.
• Elicit and document business requirements for Sanctions systems.
• Manage complex stakeholder relationships across departments.
• Analyze ways sanctions can be breached and translate risks into requirements.
• Support the transformation agenda for Sanctions operations.

Skills

Sanctions Domain Expertise

Requirements Management

Stakeholder Management

Change Delivery

Risk & Breach Analysis

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• 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.

Required Qualifications

• 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.

Hybrid Working Model

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

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

Values

• Integrity
• Service Excellence
• Stewardship

Diversity and Inclusion

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

Benefits

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