Barclays is a UK-headquartered banking and financial services group serving individuals, businesses, institutions and investors. Its businesses span retail and consumer banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth and private banking, capital markets, and a specialist US consumer bank. Barclays also provides digital banking, financial research and insights, and financing programmes focused on sustainability, climate technology and green bonds. With a workforce of more than 10,000 employees, the company operates across consumer, corporate and investment finance under UK financial regulation.
Financial Crime Investigations Vice President - Birmingham UK Onsite
Barclays is seeking a Vice President to lead AML, sanctions, market-abuse and broader financial crime investigations across UK Investment Banking, Markets and International Corporate Banking. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract or secondment.
Description
- Provide data-led expert oversight and constructive challenge on business and compliance matters
- Identify and assess compliance risks through reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing and systems
- Identify and investigate suspected market abuse, including insider dealing, unlawful disclosure, market manipulation and anti-competitive conduct
- Investigate compliance risk events and potential breaches
- Oversee corrective actions and preventative measures
- Implement compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements and international standards
- Partner with first-line teams, Compliance, Legal and risk management functions
- Identify, investigate and oversee potential money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crime
- Conduct financial crime investigations across multiple typologies
- Perform manual reviews, including negative-media checks and internal or external referrals
- Contribute to investigative procedures, quality-assurance frameworks and risk-based methodologies
- Ensure compliance with AML, Global Sanctions and internal policies and standards
- Improve investigative controls through data analytics and emerging technologies
- Manage stakeholder relationships
- Advise functional leadership teams and senior management
- Manage and mitigate risks while strengthening controls
- Develop solutions through advanced analysis and extensive research
- Build and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience in banking or the broader financial services sector
- Substantial experience conducting financial crime investigations
- Strong understanding of investment banking products and stock markets
- Effective communication skills and the ability to engage a range of stakeholders
- A commitment to learning about financial crime risks, emerging trends and typologies
- Experience with trade surveillance systems is advantageous
- Understanding of Investment Banking and International Corporate Banking is advantageous
- Experience handling and assessing complex datasets is advantageous
- Experience delivering project change and transformation is advantageous
- ACAMS or ICA certification is advantageous; relevant skills include risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, and role-specific technical expertise.
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Benefits
- 12-month fixed-term contract or secondment
- Alignment with Barclays values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship
- A Barclays mindset focused on Empower, Challenge and Drive
- Training, guidance and coaching opportunities
- The opportunity to work with senior stakeholders and specialists across Banking, Markets and International Corporate Bank