Senior External Relationships Oversight Specialist VP

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

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a Senior External Relationships Oversight Specialist VP to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory obligations. This high-impact role requires expertise in risk management and stakeholder engagement while driving strategic initiatives and overseeing compliance risks.

Qualifications

• Experience in risk management and identification.
• Proven experience in supplier or service management in a regulated environment.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight on compliance matters.
• Identify compliance risks and investigate potential financial crimes.
• Collaborate with risk management and compliance teams.

Skills

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Compliance knowledge

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

As a Senior External Relationships Oversight Specialist VP, you'll provide data-led expert oversight and check and challenge on business and compliance matters to evidence that the organisation is operating in compliance with Barclays legal, regulatory, and ethical responsibilities. This is a high-impact role that enables the success of senior leaders by helping them navigate complex challenges, drive strategy, and meet regulatory and board-level expectations. You will work closely to manage risk and controls, collaborating with our CCO partner and procurement teams. You'll identify risks, educate teams on risk identification and mitigation, and ensure compliance with governance.

What we're looking for:

• Experience in risk management and identification, with exposure to first or second line defence risk.
• Proven experience in supplier management or service management, ideally within financial services or another highly regulated environment.
• Extensive experience in high-level stakeholder management and cross-functional team engagement.
• Ability to manage multiple deliverables, shifting priorities, and complex service change initiatives.
• Solid understanding of the bank’s Risk framework, focusing on compliance, governance, and internal controls.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and present insights for decision-making.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, with experience in producing high-impact reports for board-level audiences.
• Experience supporting transformation and change projects within service management or financial operations.
• Strong communication and organizational skills, with a solutions-driven approach.
We will consider applications from those who can work from London, Northampton, or Knutsford for their anchor days.
• If we receive a high number of applications, we may close the advert sooner. Please submit your application promptly.
• We are holding an informal coffee chat on Thursday 12th June at 10.30am. Join to learn more about the role, meet the hiring manager, and ask questions.

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Purpose of the role

To provide data-led oversight and challenge on business and compliance matters, ensuring the organisation operates in line with Barclays' legal, regulatory, and ethical responsibilities.

Accountabilities:

• Identify and assess compliance risks through reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing, and systems.
• Investigate potential market abuse, including Insider Dealing, Unlawful Disclosure, Market Manipulation, or Anti-Competitive Conduct.
• Conduct investigations of compliance risk events or breaches and oversee corrective actions.
• Implement compliance policies aligned with regulatory requirements and international standards.
• Collaborate with 1LOD, other Compliance teams, legal, and risk management functions.
• Identify, investigate, and oversee potential money laundering, terrorist financing, or other financial crimes.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute to strategy, drive requirements, and recommend changes. Manage resources, budgets, policies, and continuous improvements.
• If managing a team, define roles, plan for future needs, and oversee performance and development.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energize and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• For individual contributors, act as a subject matter expert, guide technical direction, and mentor less experienced staff.
• Advise stakeholders and senior management on functional and cross-functional impacts.
• Manage and mitigate risks, demonstrating leadership in controls and risk management.
• Understand organizational functions to support business goals.
• Collaborate across areas to stay aligned with business strategies.
• Create solutions through analytical thinking and research.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders to achieve business objectives.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays' Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and embody the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.