Financial Crime Complex Approver

Northampton, United Kingdom; London, United Kingdom; Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Date live: Sep. 25, 2024

Business Area: Product Operations and Control

Area of Expertise: Risk and Quantitative Analytics

Reference Code: JR-0000010556

Contract: Permanent

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As a Financial Crime Complex Approver you will be responsible for making exit/maintain decisions on a number of complex financial crime workstreams. The role encompasses the ability to identify potential risks or suspicious activities, capable of detecting subtle red flags that could indicate financial crime. You will be evaluating credibility of information and complex scenarios, a strong collaborator who works well with stakeholders across other departments to achieve the right result for the Bank and minimise the Bank’s exposure to risk. This role sits within the first line of defence in Financial Crime team and as a Financial Crime Complex Approval you will be also performing Team Leader duties and responsibilities.

To be successful as a Financial Crime Complex Approver, you should have experience with

Experience working in Financial Crime environment, ideally in an approvals function or risk assessment unit.
Experience in decision making and adhering to escalation procedures when dubiety presents itself.
Exceptional planning and communication / presentation skills (both written and verbal).
Extensive experience in stakeholder management and ability to work collaboratively to reach a common goal.
Self-motivated, capable of working independently to a high standard.
Adherence to compliance and operational procedures and processes.
Ability to prioritise work across multiple workstreams.
Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret data, MI and business challenges, making recommendations and decisions.
Leadership experience - ability to coach, train and be able to identify development needs across wide team of colleagues.
Good awareness of financial crime risk management.

Some other highly valued skills may include

Experience in retail banking, financial services industry within a PEP, High Risk or Exits environment.
Knowledge of Financial Crime Customer Life Cycle Standard.
Experience in interpreting compliance, operational procedures and processes, translating into operational processes and controls.
Interpersonal and problem solving skills including experience in producing and reviewing reports and presenting to senior audiences.
ICA advanced certificate in Anti-Money Laundering.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

This role can be based in Northampton, Glasgow or London (Canary Wharf).

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by arclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

Purpose of the role

To support the Risk Function in delivering it’s objective of safeguarding the bank's financial and operational stability by proactively identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks across various business units and activities.

Accountabilities

Development of strategic direction for risk, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes.
Management of the risk department, including oversight of risk colleagues and their performance, implementation of risk priorities and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.
Relationship management of risk stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third-party services.
Adherence to the Risk policy, standards and frameworks, and maintaining a robust control environment.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

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.

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Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

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