Financial Crime Risk Transaction Monitoring Control Owner

Barclays; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Glasgow seeks a Financial Crime Risk Transaction Monitoring Control Owner to design, develop, and maintain models that support decision-making and address complex data challenges. Ideal candidates will have proven expertise in transaction monitoring, strong data analysis skills, and exceptional stakeholder management capabilities. This role emphasizes innovation and the ability to manage risk effectively.

Qualifications

• Proven expertise in Transaction Monitoring and Financial Crime Risk.
• Strong data analysis capabilities and experience resolving data integrity issues.
• Exceptional stakeholder management across senior levels.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain statistical and machine learning models.
• Acquire and collect data from various sources for model development.
• Monitor model performance and identify potential issues or biases.

Skills

Transaction Monitoring expertise

Data analysis capabilities

Stakeholder management

Coding proficiency (Python, SQL)

Project management experience

Familiarity with machine learning tools

Education

Financial crime qualifications (e.g., IFC, ACMAS)

Job description

Join us as a Financial Crime Risk Transaction Monitoring (TM) Control Owner, where you will shape the future of Banking at Barclays. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of financial crime risk, data integrity, and technology delivery. You’ll be responsible for ensuring robust TM controls across multiple business lines, driving strategic tech initiatives, and managing complex data challenges.

To be successful as a Financial Crime Risk Transaction Monitoring (TM) Control Owner, you should have:

• Proven expertise in Transaction Monitoring and Financial Crime Risk.
• Strong data analysis capabilities and experience resolving data integrity issues.
• Exceptional stakeholder management across senior levels.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Coding proficiency (e.g., Python, SQL).
• Project management experience in financial crime or risk domains.
• Familiarity with machine learning or AI tools in TM or fraud detection.
• Recognized financial crime qualifications (e.g., IFC, ACMAS).

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.

Purpose of the role

To design, develop, implement, and maintain various statistical, mathematical and machine learning models to support decision‑making by analysis and solving complex problems.

Accountabilities

• Acquisition and collection of data from various sources, including internal databases, external datasets, and real‑time feeds.
• Performing data cleaning and pre‑processing tasks to ensure data quality and suitability for model development.
• Design and implementation of data management strategies for model maintenance and future development.
• Designing, development, and implementation of statistical and machine learning models for various applications, including credit risk assessment, fraud detection, customer segmentation, and marketing optimisation.
• Monitoring model performance in real‑time and identify any potential issues or biases.

Vice President Expectations

• 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.