KYC Financial Crime Compliance Advisory - VP

KYC Financial Crime Advisory - VP

Location: London, Hybrid working

Length: 6 Month Initial Contract

PAYE only 

Overall purpose of the role 

Barclays are looking to appoint a KYC Financial Crime Advisory VP to collaborate with business units and transformation teams to seamlessly embed KYC practices into their operations, mitigating financial crime risks. The successful KYC Financial Crime Advisory VP will be able to assess issues within KYC and rectify them in a thematic, firm wide lens and be experienced in upwards reporting.

Key Accountabilities: 

• Collaborate with business units and transformation teams to effectively embed KYC processes and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Develop and implement a risk-based approach for identifying and managing complex transactions, focusing on high-risk areas.

• Build and maintain productive relationships with first and second lines of defence, ensuring a balanced and objective approach to risk management while influencing stakeholders using data insights.

• Engage with and challenge business stakeholders, providing expert advice and guidance to ensure they reach sound and compliant conclusions.

• Provide oversight for complex KYC cases, ensuring thorough investigation and appropriate resolution.

• Serve as a point of escalation for challenging situations, providing expert guidance and support.

• Manage breaches through established frameworks, ensuring timely and effective remediation.

Key Skills: 

• Understanding of KYC in Investment Banking and Corporate Banking

• Previous experience in 2nd Line Advisory within Financial Crime

• Be able to take a risk based approach for various types of complex transactions

• Experience in implementing new regulations (supporting implementations)

• Experience in identifying recurring issues which have led to thematic changes in programmes

• Working through breach frameworks

• Experience in partnering with businesses during change/transformation

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 measure and reward 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

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home.  We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

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.