Financial Crime Analyst

3761 Barclays - BX - UK; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking an experienced Financial Crime Analytics Assistant Vice President in Northampton. You will apply advanced SQL, Python and SAS to extract insights from diverse data sources, build predictive models, and support risk management across the bank.

You will lead analytics initiatives, collaborate with business units, and drive value through data science. This role emphasizes high-impact analysis, governance, and the ability to influence decision making while upholding Barclays

Qualifications

• Advanced SQL experience for data extraction and analysis.
• Strong Python and/or SAS skills for modelling and insight generation.
• Quantitative analytical education or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Identify and collect data from multiple sources for analytics.
• Design and maintain data pipelines for automated processing.
• Build and deploy statistical and ML models to detect patterns and risks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate analytics into business value.

Skills

SQL

Python

SAS

Education

STEM degree (Math/Stats/CS/Engineering)

Job description

Job Description Purpose of the role

To use innovative data analytics and machine learning techniques to extract valuable insights from the bank's data reserves, leveraging these insights to inform strategic decision-making, improve operational efficiency, and drive innovation across the organisation.

Accountabilities

Identification, collection, extraction of data from various sources, including internal and external sources. Performing data cleaning, wrangling, and transformation to ensure its quality and suitability for analysis. Development and maintenance of efficient data pipelines for automated data acquisition and processing. Design and conduct of statistical and machine learning models to analyse patterns, trends, and relationships in the data. Development and implementation of predictive models to forecast future outcomes and identify potential risks and opportunities. Collaborate with business stakeholders to seek out opportunities to add value from data through Data Science.

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.

Join us at Barclays! We are seeking an experienced Financial Crime Analytics Assistant Vice President. This role is responsible for developing and enhancing analytics capabilities that identify, prevent and disrupt money mule activity across the bank’s customer base and payment networks.

To be successful as a Financial Crime Analyst, you must have the following essential skills:

• Advanced experience analysing large, complex datasets to identify patterns, trends and emerging financial crime risks.
• Proven experience within Fraud, Financial Crime, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Credit Risk or other risk analytics functions, with an analytical focus.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL and Python and/or SAS for data extraction, transformation, modelling and analytical insight generation.
• Degree in a STEM discipline (e.g. Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering) or equivalent quantitative analytical experience.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Banking experience, with an understanding of customer account and transaction data.
• Understanding of controls, governance, model risk management, and regulatory compliance within a highly regulated environment.
• Ability to communicate complex analytical findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

This role is based in Northampton. #LI-Hybrid

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.