Senior Client Risk Governance & Escalation Lead

Barclays; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in London seeks an Investment Banking Financial Crime Client Risk Governance & Risk Appetite Lead to design, operate and continuously enhance the client risk governance framework across Investment Banking businesses. You will ensure material client risk matters are escalated, challenged and resolved with evidence-based governance.

You will lead the Client Risk governance operations, drive escalation criteria, and produce executive committee packs for senior stakeholders across Business,

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Financial Crime, risk, controls, governance or a related discipline within a complex financial services organisation.
• Experience designing, leading or enhancing senior governance forums and producing executive-level committee reporting.
• Knowledge of client risk governance, financial crime risk appetite, escalation, risk acceptance and decision-making frameworks.
• Experience operating across Investment Banking, Corporate Banking and/or Markets, with an understanding of complex client, product and jurisdictional risk.
• Proven ability to provide credible challenge and influence senior stakeholders across the first and second lines of defence and partner functions.
• Excellent written communication, with the ability to convert complex risk information into succinct executive narrative and decision-ready materials.
• Experience managing multiple recurring governance cycles alongside transformation, remediation or control enhancement activity.
• Experience leading and developing teams in a high-accountability environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and evolve client risk governance and escalation frameworks.
• Lead and develop a high-performing governance team with clear accountabilities, service standards and succession plans
• Oversee Financial Crime Risk Appetite governance and exceptions management.
• Produce executive-level committee reporting and risk insights.
• Drive governance transformation, control enhancement and regulatory readiness.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to influence complex risk decisions.
• Act as the principal 1LoD governance contact for senior Business stakeholders and other control functions on client risk governance and risk appetite.
• Prepare senior leaders for material forum decisions and executive governance discussions
• Governance Transformation and Control Enhancement
• Lead simplification and enhancement of the client risk governance landscape
• Design and embed sustainable operating processes and metrics for escalation initiation, case tracking, prioritisation, breach management, decision implementation and evidence retention.
• Define requirements for supporting technology, workflow and document repositories, partnering with delivery and operational teams on implementation.

Skills

Governance leadership

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Risk appetite governance

Regulatory readiness

People leadership

Strategic risk

Communication skills

Tools

Governance software

Job description

Barclays in London seeks an Investment Banking Financial Crime Client Risk Governance & Risk Appetite Lead to design, operate and continuously enhance the client risk governance framework across Investment Banking businesses. You will ensure material client risk matters are escalated, challenged and resolved with evidence-based governance.

You will lead the Client Risk governance operations, drive escalation criteria, and produce executive committee packs for senior stakeholders across Business,