Financial Crime Execution, Governance & Control Manager

Job Title - FCE (Financial Crime Execution) Governance & Control Manager

Location - London - Hybrid - 3 Days per week in the office 

Contract - 6 Months - Potential to extend

Shift Pattern -  Monday - Friday 

PAYE only 

Barclays Overview

Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our 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 our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.

Working Flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs.

Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.  If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager.

About Financial Crime Execution

The team was set up to provide dedicated support to Corporate & Investment Bank Colleagues on interpreting, guiding and Business as Usual (BAU) support of Financial Crime policy and regulations. This is to protect the bank, our clients and our shareholders while maintaining our licence to operate.

Overall purpose of role

The role is a high profile role with responsibility for identifying, leading and delivering significant end to end improvements for Governance &  Control key processes undertaken by UKC / IB colleagues.

You will need to manage difficult discussions, drive decisions and make complex judgements. By the use of in-depth analysis, the role holder will define problems and develop innovative solutions including making priority calls as part of their lead role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Role holder is key to driving the Governance & Control agenda of the Financial Crime Execution team and wider UKC / IB Financial Crime controls.

• Plays a key role in supporting Financial Crime reporting and Financial crime oversight.

• The role holder is required to make critical judgements and come up with solutions based on critical analytical thinking, comparing and selecting complex alternatives as each situation requires.

• Duties include design and delivery of E2E process and policy improvements with demonstrable cost/benefit analysis

• The role holder is required to have a good understanding of financial crime policy, operational processes and AML regulations in order to consider and challenge any control issues.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

• Build strong relationships and develop a network of ‘business partners’ across other parts of UKC / IB, E.g. Product Operations to ensure E2E governance and control requirements satisfy business/client strategy (i.e. cost efficiencies etc.) and to drive cross function collaboration in order to deliver significant improvements to processes which have considerable impact on business units.

• Ability to communicate at a mid-senior level, with superior influencing and negotiating skills and the ability to challenge effectively and constructively

• Work with key stakeholders to define on-going frameworks for audit, control, governance and accountability

• Influence a wide-ranging audience to gain buy-in to changes in policy & process to ensure adherence to regulation.

• Manage and influence key stakeholders across UKC / IB, Financial Crime, KYC Operations and the wider Group and secure support of stakeholders/interested parties, both within UKC / IB and external, to achieve strategic goals and to drive performance improvements

Decision-making and Problem Solving

• Develop, and support decision making with senior representatives from key functions such as KYC

• Operations, Financial Crime, Compliance etc. To drive forward priority decisions required to address current governance issues and unblock policy/resource issues.

• High level of ability to assimilate multiple levels of data and information and identify key themes and opportunities. Uses initiative to understand / get to the root cause of the underlying issue – not just fix the immediate problem

• Strong decision making skills that will support and lead the strategic direction for process improvement in the business

• Manage and ensure all relevant governance, control, risk management and compliance requirements are considered and adhered to, adopting a rigorous, logical and analytical approach.

• Risk and Control Objective

• Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards

Person Specification

• Strong knowledge of UK Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, Financial Crime, Barclays organisation and processes/products.

• Comprehensive knowledge of the above areas and how their processes and resources interact with UK

• Corporate and Investment Bank to achieve business objectives.

• Strong IT skills (MS Visio, MS Excel)

• Strong degree of organisational awareness across multiple areas of the organisation (UK Corporate and Investment Bank) and key functions

• Strong experience of stakeholder management with a proven track record of the ability to influence stakeholders

• Proven track record of delivery in a fast paced high expectation culture with a collaborative approach and the ability to work across a complex matrix organisation.

• Ability to analyse complex data from multiple sources

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Strong business analysis skills. Able to quickly break down complex problems and produce inventive solutions.

• Strong stakeholder management & communication skills.

• Good understanding of governance and control lifecycle. Any experience in managing a project end to end would be advantageous.

• Ability to produce MI and/or use MI applications such as Excel, Visio, PowerPoint.

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Become a role model and subject matter expert in Governance & Control & Issues Management

• Ability to operate, communicate, challenge and influence from peer up to senior management via strong presentation and communication skills

• Good understanding of financial crime policy, operational processes and AML regulations in order to consider and challenge any control issues

Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.

Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect

We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone & their contribution.

Integrity

We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.

Service

We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.

Excellence

We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.

Stewardship

We prize sustainability and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower

Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.

Challenge

Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.

Drive

Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal

responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.