Financial Crime Risk & Controls Manager
Barclays
Date: 13 hours ago
City: Northampton
Contract type: Full time

Join us as a Financial Crime Risk & Controls Manager within our Financial Crime team in Barclaycard Payments. You will support and deliver the strategy for maintaining the Financial Crime risk and control framework for Barclays Payments; embedding a culture of responsibility and accountability to support and enable the accountable risk owners to discharge ownership, responsibility and accountability for the assessment, control and mitigation of Financial Crime risk.
The role holder will work with key stakeholders to fully understand the nature of the Barclays Payments Financial Crime risk exposure and promote, embed and support an open and participative culture that champions proactive risk management, governance and control. Promoting the continuous improvement to the control environment and where appropriate instigate change to deliver this. Support the ExFo and management to understand Financial Crime risk exposure and ensure that it is managed in accordance with the set risk appetite and complies with Group policies, legislation and regulations.
Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications
This role is based in Northampton, London or Birmingham.
Purpose of the role
To provide data-led expert oversight and check and challenge on business and compliance matters to evidence that the organisation is operating in a compliance with Barclays legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities.
Accountabilities
The role holder will work with key stakeholders to fully understand the nature of the Barclays Payments Financial Crime risk exposure and promote, embed and support an open and participative culture that champions proactive risk management, governance and control. Promoting the continuous improvement to the control environment and where appropriate instigate change to deliver this. Support the ExFo and management to understand Financial Crime risk exposure and ensure that it is managed in accordance with the set risk appetite and complies with Group policies, legislation and regulations.
Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications
- Expert knowledge of Financial Crime regulatory, compliance, and risk management frameworks (preferably in the issuing/ acquiring/ gateway business).
- Excellent verbal and written communication, presentation, negotiation, and influencing skills.
- Strong stakeholder management at Senior Executive Committee level with ability to create and maintain highly engaging relationships, challenging the status quo, and driving strategic, innovative and competitive solutions.
- Outstanding ability to effectively prioritise changing business needs and drive results with a diverse and inclusive leadership style, which promotes advocacy.
- Recognised Financial Crime/ Anti-Money Laundering risk management qualification or equivalent - e.g. ACAMS, IRM, CIIA, ICA, etc.
- Experience in a financial institution in the 1st or 2nd Line of Defence supporting Financial Crime functions is preferred.
- Good working knowledge of Barclays Payments businesses, clients, operations and the sectors in which we operate, including high risk industries.
- Good working knowledge of general IT applications.
This role is based in Northampton, London or Birmingham.
Purpose of the role
To provide data-led expert oversight and check and challenge on business and compliance matters to evidence that the organisation is operating in a compliance with Barclays legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities.
Accountabilities
- Identification and assessment of compliance risks through thorough reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing and systems to.
- Identification and investigation of potential market abuse, including but not limited to, Insider Dealing, Unlawful Disclosure, Market Manipulation or Anti-Competitive Conduct.
- Conduct investigation of compliance risk events or breaches. Oversight and check and challenge of corrective actions and preventative measures to avoid future occurrences.
- Implementation of compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements and ensuring that the bank’s internal policies are aligned with international standards, including jurisdictional requirements.
- Collaboration with 1LOD, other relevant Compliance teams and legal, and relevant risk management functions to facilitate a comprehensive approach to compliance and risk management.
- Identification, investigation and oversight of potential money laundering, terrorist financing or other financial crime.
- To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
- 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 will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
- 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.
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