Compliance Assurance Specialist - Trade Transaction Reporting

Job Title:  Compliance Assurance Trade & Transaction Reporting Specialist

Location: London- Hybrid ( Office days: Monday, Tuesday and Friday)

Contract: 6 Months

PAYE only

Overall Purpose of the Role

We are seeking an experienced Compliance Assurance Trade & Transaction Reporting Specialist to join Barclays on a contract basis, supporting the oversight and review of controls relating to trade and transaction reporting. This is a hands-on compliance-focused role requiring audit-level attention to detail and deep familiarity with trade lifecycle and regulatory reporting obligations under EMIR, MiFIR, SFTR and other global regimes. The successful candidate will lead Compliance reviews, perform issue validation, and support ongoing testing of transaction data – with a focus on equity cash products.

This role suits professionals with a background in audit, compliance testing, or assurance reviews—especially those with Big 4 trade and transaction reporting experience—who have exceptional attention to details, are confident communicators and able to engage senior stakeholders in challenging conversations.

Key Accountabilities:

Control Review & Compliance Testing:

• Lead and execute structured compliance reviews of trade and transaction reporting controls, including identifying and validating control gaps, with an average review duration of 6–12 weeks per topic.

Regulatory Compliance Validation:

• Test transaction reporting data for completeness, accuracy, and timeliness in accordance with EMIR, MiFIR, SFTR regulations, across assets classes and products.

Trade Lifecycle Analysis:

• Assess the full transaction cycle from initiation to reporting, understanding booking models, exceptions, and breaks across front-to-back systems.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Confidently engage with senior internal stakeholders—including risk, compliance, and operations leads—managing conflict and influencing resolution pathways in control assessments.

Data Analysis & Tool Use:

• Work with large, complex datasets in Excel to validate trade data and reconcile reporting. Use Python for data testing and automation where applicable (desirable).

Team Collaboration & Reporting:

• Report directly into Vice President, collaborate with Compliance Business Oversight Compliance, Operations, Technology, and Front Office to understand reporting flows and identify potential gaps .

Key Skills:

• Strong experience in trade and transaction reporting controls within financial services, compliance, or audit.

• Strong knowledge of European trade and transaction reporting regulations (MiFIR, EMIR, SFTR).

• Familiarity with trade lifecycle, reporting systems, and control frameworks.

• Demonstrated experience in control testing, compliance reviews, or audit assurance related to transaction reporting.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing and issue escalation to senior stakeholders.

• Proficient in Excel, including working with large data sets, formulas, and data validation techniques.

• Ability to work independently on one, or more, compliance review at a time over a 6–12 week period.

• Experience managing potential issue towards resolution and driving alignment with senior stakeholders across complex organisations.

Desirable Skills:

• Exposure to testing or automating data validation processes

• Understanding of control frameworks and operational risk principles in investment banking.

• Understanding of data lineage, reconciliation processes, and exception management in reporting.

• Experience using data analytics tools (e.g., SQL, Python, Power BI) to enhance assurance work.

• Professional certifications (e.g., ICA, ACAMS, CFA, FRM) are advantageous.

• Experience in non-regulated compliance testing roles with a strong control assurance focus.

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measures and rewards the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.

Hybrid Working

Barclays is currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Barclays is flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. Barclays also has a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances

Your Benefits

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.