Barclays
Financial Crime Investigations
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Financial Crime Investigations
Investment Bank Financial Crime Investigations Role
Join us as an Investment Bank Financial Crime Investigations specialist within Investment Banking, where you will be responsible for handling money laundering, bribery, corruption, and sanctions investigations carried out as part of the first line of defence.
Purpose of the Role
This role focuses on delivering data-led oversight to ensure Barclays operbot within legal, regulatory, and ethical responsibilities.
Key Accountabilities
- Executing financial crime investigations across diverse financial crime typologies.
- Conducting manual reviews, including negative media referrals and referrals from internal/external sources.
- Contributing to the design and maintenance of investigative procedures, quality assurance frameworks, and risk-based methodologies.
- Ensuring adherence to:
- AML standards
- Global sanctions requirements
- Internal policies and standards
- Driving continuous improvement in investigative controls through data analytics and emerging technologies.
- Managing stakeholder relationships effectively.
Location
This role is available based in:
- Birmingham
- Knutsford
- London
- Glasgow
To Be Successful in This Role, You Will Have
Core Requirements
- Experience in conducting financial crime investigations.
- A robust understanding of:
- Investment banking products
- Stock markets
- Developed communication skills, enabling effective interactions across diverse stakeholders.
- A curiosity to continuously learn about:
- Financial crime risk environment
- Emerging trends and typologies
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Other Highly Valued Skills
- Experience with trade surveillance systems.
- Understanding of:
- Investment Banking
- International Corporate Banking
- Expertise in handling and assessing complex datasets.
Possible Assessment Areas
- Key critical skills, such as:
- Risk and controls
- Change and transformation
- Business acumen
- Strategic thinking
- Digital and technology
- Job-specific technical skills
Assistant Vice President Expectations
Leadership & Operational Responsibilities
- Advise and influence decision-making while contributing to policy development.
- Lead a team, demonstrating operational effectiveness by:
- Setting objectives
- Coaching employees to meet goals
- Assessing performance and determining reward outcomes.
- For leadership roles, adhere to LEAD behaviours:
- Listen and be authentic
- Energise and inspire
- Align across the enterprise
- Develop others
- Alternatively (for individual contributors):
- Lead complex assignments via structured guidance.
- Integrate specialist inputs for project completion.
- Identify new strategic project approaches through combined methodologies.
Individual Contributor Responsibilities
- Consult on high-impact, complex issues, offering expert guidance to resolve escalations.
- Identify risk mitigation strategies and develop new policies/procedures for governance.
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Collaborative & Analytical Responsibilities
- Coordinate workflows across functions/divisions for alignment with organisational objectives.
- Analyse multi-source data (internal/external, including global procedures/practices) to solve problems innovatively.
Communication & Influence
- Communicate complex/sensitive information to diverse audiences.
- Influence stakeholders effectively to achieve organisational outcomes.
Compliance Accountabilities
- Overview involves identification and challenge of compliance risks related to:
- Business activities
- Process changes
- Testing
- Systems
- Investigation and oversight of market abuse risks (e.g., insider dealing, unlawful disclosure, market manipulation, anti-competitive conduct).
- Examination of financial crime risks, such as:
- Money laundering
- Terrorist financing
Policies & Compliance
- Implement policies/standards aligned with:
- Regulatory requirements
- Jurisdictional standards
- Collaborate with 1LOD, Compliance teams, legal, and risk management for comprehensive oversight.
Barclays Values & Mindset
Colleagues must align with Barclays Values and Barclays Mindset:
- Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, Stewardship.
- Mindset: Empower, Challenge and Drive.
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