Senior Financial Crime Advisory Manager

Barclays Bank Plc; Sunderland; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Senior Financial Crime Advisory Manager responsible for managing the Transaction Monitoring Risk Assessment. You will be tasked with providing expert guidance on anti-money laundering and compliance regulations. Collaborating with colleagues across regions, you'll ensure compliance policies are aligned with international standards. This role also includes oversight of financial crime risk management initiatives. The position is based in Sunderland or London and requires strong analytical and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing complex financial crime investigations.
• Ability to provide clear guidance on compliance processes.
• Strong background in regulatory compliance and risk assessment.

Responsibilities

• Own the Transaction Monitoring Risk Assessment.
• Collaborate with teams across multiple regions.
• Implement compliance policies in line with regulatory and international standards.

Skills

Expertise in financial crime risk management

Knowledge of AML and compliance regulations

Strong analytical skills

Collaborative team player

Excellent communication skills

Job description

As a Senior Financial Crime Advisory Manager, you will own the Transaction Monitoring Risk Assessment, providing detailed advice on anti‑money laundering, sanctions, and anti‑bribery and corruption. You will collaborate with first‑ and second‑line colleagues across UK, US, APAC and Europe, support the Head of Financial Crime Advisory, and ensure Barclays transaction monitoring risk coverage remains commensurate to the level of business risk exposure. Your work will enhance the efficiency of monitoring, implement strategic initiatives, manage emerging risks, and engage regulators, industry bodies and law‑enforcement agencies. This role is based in London or Sunderland.

Qualifications and Skills

• Working closely with operational teams and supporting complex reviews, assessments and investigations with expert staff.
• Involvement in giving advice to teams preparing financial crime risk management processes.
• Supporting business change initiatives.
• Overseeing the performance of financial crime risk management functions and managing team inbox queries.
• Reviewing AML controls, providing guidance and review of operational process documents and giving advice on live Customer Due Diligence/Enhanced Due Diligence or investigations.

Accountabilities

• Identification and assessment of compliance risks through thorough reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing and systems.
• Identification and investigation of potential market abuse, including but not limited to insider dealing, unlawful disclosure, market manipulation or anti‑competitive conduct.
• Conduct investigation of compliance risk events or breaches, and oversee and challenge corrective actions and preventative measures to avoid future occurrences.
• Implement compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements and ensure that the bank's internal policies are aligned with international standards, including jurisdictional requirements.
• Collaborate with 1L0D, other relevant Compliance teams, legal and relevant risk‑management functions to facilitate a comprehensive approach to compliance and risk management.
• Identify, investigate and oversee potential money laundering, terrorist financing or other financial crime.

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 elevate breaches of policies or procedures.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department's future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, contribute to pay decisions, and lead specialists to influence operations in alignment with strategic and tactical priorities, balancing short‑ and long‑term goals and ensuring 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, act as a subject‑matter expert, guide technical direction, lead collaborative, multi‑year assignments, guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments, and train and coach less experienced specialists to influence 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 organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work 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 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, guiding our moral compass and how we 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.