Financial Crime Screening - Data Scientist

Barclays; Glasgow; On-site; USD 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading bank as a Data Scientist focusing on Financial Crime Screening in Glasgow. This role requires expertise in data analytics and machine learning to improve financial crime detection. Candidates should have strong skills in Python and an understanding of compliance regulations like AML and KYC. Work collaboratively with a dynamic team to drive innovative solutions and enhance operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience in data science, analytics, or quantitative research.
• Knowledge of financial crime screening concepts like AML, KYC.
• Ability to work collaboratively with business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Identify and collect data from various sources.
• Design machine learning models to analyze patterns in data.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to add value from data.

Skills

Data Analytics

Risk Management

Statistical Analysis

Machine Learning

Communication

Education

Degree in Data Science or related field

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Barclays Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of data science, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency — delivering innovative solutions that drive smarter financial crime detection and prevention.

To be successful as a Financial Crime Screening – Data Scientist, you should have:

• Experience in data science, analytics or quantitative research (preferably within financial services, compliance or risk domains).
• Solid experience with Python, SQL.
• Knowledge of financial crime screening (e.g. sanctions screening, PEP, AML, KYC or transaction monitoring) is highly desirable.
  
  
  

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 will be located in our Glasgow office.

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Banking and Financial Services

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