Sustainability and Reputation Risk Compliance VP

Barclays; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

This innovative firm is seeking a Sustainability and Reputation Risk Compliance VP to lead compliance oversight in sustainability efforts. You will leverage your expertise in ESG commitments and sustainability regulations to ensure adherence to legal and ethical standards. The role involves assessing compliance risks, conducting investigations, and collaborating with various teams to foster a comprehensive compliance culture. If you are passionate about sustainability and have a proven track record in compliance within large organizations, this is a remarkable opportunity to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in sustainability and understanding of ESG commitments.
• Expertise in compliance regulations impacting the financial industry.

Responsibilities

• Identify and assess compliance risks through thorough reviews.
• Conduct investigations of compliance risk events or breaches.

Skills

Sustainability expertise

Understanding of ESG commitments

Change management in compliance frameworks

Training delivery

Job description

Sustainability and Reputation Compliance is a team within CWR Compliance responsible for designing and operating the Compliance oversight model for Sustainability and Reputation Risk. This includes supporting the bank in its development of policies aligned to its Transition Plan and overseeing adherence to our stated ambitions. As a Sustainability and Reputation Risk Compliance VP, you will have experience in the sustainability transition with an understanding of the key actions required to support the aims of the Paris Climate Accord and other key international commitments, the regulatory landscape as it applies to sustainability, and how actions can give rise to reputation risk amongst key external stakeholders. You will use this experience to support the design of the internal control environment, challenge bank strategy on its efficacy and achievability, and train Business Oversight Compliance colleagues so they can challenge the business on specific activities in their day-to-day roles.

To be successful as a Sustainability and Reputation Risk Compliance VP, you should have:

• Experience in Sustainability and an understanding of the requirements of key international ESG commitments.
• Understanding of Sustainability regulations impacting the financial industry.
• Experience in affecting change within the internal control frameworks of large corporate institutions.

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Experience in designing and delivering training to colleagues.

Purpose of the role:

To 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.

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 investigations of compliance risk events or breaches. Oversight and check and challenge of corrective actions and preventative measures to avoid future occurrences.
• Implementation of compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements and ensuring that the bank’s internal policies are aligned with international standards, including jurisdictional requirements.
• Collaboration with 1LOD, other relevant Compliance teams, legal, and relevant risk management functions to facilitate a comprehensive approach to compliance and risk management.
• Identification, investigation, and oversight of 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 escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance, and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.
• 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.
• For an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within their own discipline and will guide technical direction.
• 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 strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
• Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives.

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.