Financial Crime (IFC) Transaction Monitoring Senior Project Manager

Barclays; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for an Integrated Financial Crime Transaction Monitoring Senior Project Manager to spearhead critical initiatives in a dynamic environment. This role demands a strategic thinker with a strong background in financial controls and change management, who can navigate complex stakeholder relationships and ensure project success. You will lead teams, manage budgets, and develop innovative solutions that align with the organization's goals. If you thrive in fast-paced settings and are passionate about driving change, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing change projects in financial settings.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in various MS Office tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage change projects ensuring timely delivery and compliance.
• Communicate with stakeholders and manage project teams effectively.

Skills

Financial controls/management

Change Delivery Management governance

Senior stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Project management

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

MS Visio

Navigator

Reporting and Dashboards

Job description

Barclays is seeking an accomplished Integrated Financial Crime (IFC) Transaction Monitoring Senior Project Manager to join our team. Within the role you will be working in a fast-paced environment, responsible for multiple financial crime initiatives in the Transaction Monitoring (TM) space.

To be successful as a Integrated Financial Crime (IFC) Transaction Monitoring Senior Project Manager you should have:

• Exposure to Financial controls/management.

• Experience in Change Delivery Management governance.

• Experience in Senior stakeholder management.

• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Power point and Vision.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Strong analytical skills for quality assurance.

• Experience in Navigator, Reporting and Dashboards.

• Understanding the Governance environment of Banking industry.

• Experience in working as a Change delivery PMO.

• Exposure to Internal Audits and external audits on governance controls.

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.

This role is based in Glasgow and London.

Purpose of the role

To manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures.

Accountabilities

• Management of change projects within the organisation, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Development and management of project plans that outline the scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements for change projects.
• Communication with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure that they are informed about project progress and that their needs and expectations are being met.
• Management of project teams, ensuring that they are properly resourced and that they have the necessary skills and expertise to deliver on project objectives.
• Management of project budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered within the agreed budget.
• Creation of reports on project progress to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Management of project risks, ensuring that risk, assumptions, issues and dependencies are identified, assessed, and mitigated as necessary.
• Facilitation of change management activities, including training and communication, to ensure that change projects are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.