Economic Crime Risk Manager - Product Review

8192 Barclays Bank UK PLC; Northampton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking an Economic Crime Risk Manager – Product Review to provide expert guidance on new product approvals and embed economic crime risk assessments across Business Banking products.

You will review proposals, oversee governance artefacts, and ensure robust control frameworks to identify, mitigate and monitor financial crime risks throughout the product lifecycle, working with cross‑functional stakeholders in London or Northampton.

Qualifications

• Extensive product management experience across the product lifecycle.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to engage senior leadership.
• Strong knowledge of UK financial crime legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Experience in First‑line Economic Crime and risk management.
• Experience in Financial Services, especially Business Banking products and risk frameworks.
• Proven influencing and execution capabilities across cross‑functional environments.
• Critical skills in risk, controls, change, transformation, and strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic risk direction and modern methodologies.
• Oversee risk department performance and objectives.
• Manage relationships with risk stakeholders and external services.
• Ensure adherence to risk policies and robust controls.
• Advise and influence decision making, supporting policy development.
• Lead teams on complex tasks and drive collaboration across functions.

Skills

Product management

Stakeholder management

Financial crime knowledge

Economic crime experience

Financial services experience

Influencing and execution

Cross-functional leadership

Job description

Job Description Purpose of the role

to support the Risk Function in delivering it’s objective of safeguarding the bank's financial and operational stability by proactively identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks across various business units and activities.

Accountabilities

Development of strategic direction for risk, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes.

Management of the risk department, including oversight of risk colleagues and their performance, implementation of risk priorities and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.

Relationship management of risk stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third‑party services.

Adherence to the Risk policy, standards and frameworks, and maintaining a robust control environment.

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.

Economic Crime Risk Manager – Product Review

Join us as an Economic Crime Risk Manager - Product Review colleague, where you will provide expert guidance to product teams and leadership on new product approvals, ensuring appropriate economic crime risk assessments and controls are embedded across Business Banking products.

You will support effective product management by reviewing and challenging product proposals, overseeing the completion of governance artefacts and documentation, and ensuring robust control frameworks are in place to identify, mitigate and monitor financial crime risks throughout the product lifecycle.

Working closely with cross‑functional stakeholders, you will provide oversight and assurance that products are launched and managed in line with regulatory requirements, risk factors, and business objectives.

Essential Skills

• Considerable product management experience with the ability to provide expert advice and challenge on Business Banking products throughout the product lifecycle.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build effective relationships and collaborate across diverse cross‑functional teams and senior leadership groups.
• Comprehensive knowledge of UK financial crime legislation, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices relating to Economic Crime and risk management.
• Some other highly valued skills may include First‑line Economic Crime experience, with an understanding in identifying, assessing, and mitigating financial crime risks across business operations and products.
• Proven experience within the Financial Services sector, with a ample understanding of Business Banking products, customers, and associated risk frameworks.
• Exceptional influencing and execution capabilities, with a experience of driving outcomes and delivering strategic projects across complex cross‑functional environments.
• 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.

Location

This role will be based in our London or Northampton office.

Culture

Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people.

Our employees are self‑disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful.

They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.