Financial Crime AVP

Barclays UK; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading financial institution as a Financial Crime AVP in London. You will oversee compliance frameworks pertaining to financial crime, ensure adherence to laws, and provide expert guidance on high-risk industries. This role requires strong analytical skills, knowledge of AML practices, and effective communication abilities to drive compliance excellence across the organization.

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of financial crime and AML frameworks.
• Proven ability to analyse regulatory guidance effectively.
• Exceptional written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess compliance risks across business activities.
• Conduct investigations into potential compliance breaches.
• Implement compliance policies aligned with regulatory requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Adaptability

Education

Experience in Anti-Money Laundering practices

Knowledge of UK and international legislation

Job description

Join us as a Financial Crime AVP within BBPLC Financial Crime (FC) Business Oversight Compliance (BOC). You will be responsible for the setting and monitoring of the systems and controls framework relating to financial crime within Barclays and providing appropriate check and challenge to ensure compliance with laws, rules and regulations and approved risk appetites. This role will sit within the International Corporate Bank FC BOC team but cover all activities within BBPLC where they relate to the provision of guidance on high-risk industries, products and typologies. You will be focusing on providing guidance to Business Units in the interpretation of financial crime policies and standards as well as providing advice to Business Units on the assessment and mitigation of key financial crime risks associated to high-risk industries and products. As a result, the role requires financial crime knowledge, with a focus on money laundering and the ability to assess and interpret UK and international legislation, guidance and best practice. You will also support activities related to financial crime transformation programs, including coordination of feedback and representation of BOC in workstream activities

To be successful in this role, the ideal candidate must have:

-In-depth knowledge of financial crime, with a particular emphasis on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) practices and frameworks.

-Proven ability to analyse, interpret, and apply UK and international legislation and regulatory guidance effectively.

-Exceptional written communication skills, ensuring clarity, precision, and professionalism in all documentation.

-Highly adaptable, demonstrating flexibility in dynamic environments and responsiveness to evolving challenges.

You may be assessed on 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.

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.

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.