FCS People Leader

Barclays; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in Gurugram seeks a FCS People Leader to manage operations within the screening and regulatory compliance space. The role focuses on ownership of processes, risk controls, and adherence to global standards. You will drive dashboards, reporting, and continuous improvement across the KYC/AML domain.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration with screening teams, and the embedding of policy changes to strengthen controls. Based in Gurugram, it offers growth within the banking sector.

Qualifications

• Experience in team management and regulatory compliance.
• Knowledge of KYC, AML, Sanctions, Adverse Media, Payment, and customer screening processes.

Responsibilities

• Support screening and compliance initiatives, reporting and issue resolution.
• Develop and maintain MIS dashboards on financial crime controls and alerts.
• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly reports for stakeholders and leadership.
• Ensure reports reflect KYC/AML alerts and sanctions metrics.
• Monitor transactions and customer data against global sanctions lists.
• Maintain watchlist filtering tools and screening logic.
• Collaborate with Screening operations to resolve data issues.
• Lead people-related issues and strengthen risk controls.

Skills

Team management

KYC & AML

Regulatory compliance

Reporting & dashboards

Risk & Controls

Stakeholder management

MS Excel

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Embark on a transformative journey as FCS People Leader at Barclays, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future. In this pivotal role you will manage operations within a business area and maintain processes, risk management initiatives, and compliance with relevant regulators. You will take ownership of your work, ensuring it aligns with the relevant rules & regulations, and codes of conduct. With competitive benefits and opportunities for career advancement, Barclays is a great place to grow your career in the banking industry.

Key critical skills required for this role include:

• Experience in Team management.
• Knowledge of KYC, AML, Sanctions, Adverse Media, Payment, and customer screening process to ensure adherence to internal policies and regulatory standards.
• Identify and report quality gaps or process deviations, work with relevant teams to drive corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain MIS dashboards and reports related to financial crime controls, customer due diligence, and alert handling.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports for internal stakeholders and compliance leadership.
• Ensure reports reflect accurate status of KYC, AML alerts, and sanctions screening metrics.
• Support the monitoring of transactions and customer data against global sanctions list.
• Assist in maintaining and updating watchlist filtering tools and screening logic.
• Work closely with Screening operations teams to identify and resolve data issues.
• Ensure people related issues are handled.
• Clear understanding of Risk & Controls.
• Should have basic MS Excel knowledge.

You may be assessed on key essential skills relevant to succeed in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital technology, as well as job-specifictechnical skills.

This role is based out of Gurugram.

Purpose of the role

To support Screening with day-to-day processing, reviewing, reporting, trading and issue resolution, making decisions in line with comply with relevant regulatory and industry standards.

Accountabilities

• Support with day-to-day screening initiatives including processing, reviewing, reporting, trading and issue resolution through lending technical expertise.
• Execution of screening checks on customers, transactions, and other activities to identify potential risks and comply with regulatory requirements.
• Collaboration with teams across the bank to align and integrate screening processes.
• Identification of areas for improvement and providing recommendations for change in screening processes.
• Development and implementation of screening procedures and controls to mitigate risks and maintain operational efficiency.
• Development of reports and presentations on screening performance.
• Identification of industry trends and developments to implement best practice in screening Services.
• Participation in projects and initiatives to improve screening efficiency and effectiveness.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your workand areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.