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Financial Crime Investigations

Knutsford
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Financial Crime Investigations

Vice President – Financial Crime Compliance & Investigations

Or Vice President – Senior Compliance Expert

Purpose of the Role

To provide data-driven expert oversight and independent check & challenge on compliance matters, ensuring Barclays operates in full alignment with legal, regulatory, and ethical responsibilities. This critical role is responsible for:

  • Compliance risk assessment, including reviewing business activities, policy changes, workflows, controls, and systems.
  • Investigating potential compliance breaches, particularly within market abuse (e.g., insider dealing, unlawful disclosure, market manipulation, anti-competitive conduct) and financial crime (e.g., money laundering, terrorism financing, bribery, sanctions violations).
  • Conducting thorough investigations into compliance incidents and ensuring corrective actions prevent recurrence.
  • Implementing and maintaining compliance policies, ensuring alignment with regulatory frameworks (local, regional, and global).
  • Collaborating cross-functionally with 1st Line of Defence (1LOD), Compliance teams, Legal, and Risk Management functions to strengthen risk governance.
  • Modelling strong stakeholder relationships (internal/external) to drive informed decisions and impact risk-sensitive strategy.

Base location: Birmingham, Knutsford, Glasgow, or London.

Key Accountabilities

1. Financial Crime Investigations &AML/GFBR Compliance

  • Execute high-impact financial crime investigations across Banking, Markets, and International Corporate Bank.
  • Conduct manual reviews (e.g., media sentiment analysis, whistleblowing referrals) and independent investigations across compliance typologies.
  • Assess internal/external risk referrals to drive clarity in exposures.
  • Maintain investigative rigour, offering actionable insights based on data analytics, emerging trends, and case precedents.
  • Ensure adherence to AML, sanctions, and financial crime regulatory standards, with a proactive approach to mitigation.

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2. Risk Assurance & Governance

  • Identify, assess, and escalate high-priority compliance risks, engaging stakeholders to implement remediation where required.
  • Drive continuous improvement in controls, investigations, and data-driven surveillance leveraging technology and methodologies.
  • Own risk removals and escalations, with a focus on business growth alignment.

3. Policy & Process Compliance

  • Design/strengthen compliance research strategies (AML, Market Abuse, financial crime) to align with global risk priorities.
  • Be the anti-corruption voice, curb bad behaviour and safeguard the firm’s reputation.

Core Expectations (Vice President Level)

Strategic Leadership & Excellence

  • Drive change agendas: Sets strategy, defines requirements, and delivers cohesive recommendations to influence decision-making.
  • Budget & resource management: Allocates resources effectively across teams, ensuring process efficiency and performance consistency.
  • ** koal vision pragmatism**: Balances short-term needs with strategic execution aligned to business objectives.

If Leading a Team

  • Define roles & career pathways, ensuring employees thrive at their levels of capability.
  • Provide leadership coaching, with a structured focus on performance, development, and change management decision alchemy.
  • Adopt behaviours aligned with LEAD model:
    • L: Listen & be authentic
    • E: Energise & inspire solidarity
    • A: Align for enterprise impact
    • D: Develop local shine in global perspective.

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If Not Managing Directly

  • Lead as a SME expert: Interpret regulatory acumen across teams, contribute to long-term risk strategy, and cultivate citizen Γιاق experts.

Stakeholder Collaboration

  • Partner with senior leadership (Risk, Legal, Compliance) to address cross-functional challenges.
  • Strengthen risk mitigations and controls, addressing compliance gaps effectively.
  • Ensure probabilistic appetite aligns with business strategy.

Skills & Qualifications

Professional Competencies

  • Banking/Financial Services expertise (strong preference).
  • Compliance, AML, and/or sanctions deep knowledge.
  • Meticulous investigatory experience—preferably in financial crime or similar regulatory environments.
  • Investment banking products understanding (trading, markets, fund management).
  • Proven ethical & critical thinking to challenge bias and complexity.
  • Current industry certifications (e.g., ACAMS, ICA) are a strong advantage.

Behaviours at Barclays

  • Commit Wealth of Integrity: Act ethically at all times.
  • Build Freedom from Fear: Foster an environment of creativity and collaboration.
  • Deploy the GEM Strategy (win with data, humility).
  • Act as corporate patrons to our diverse communities.
  • Demonstrate collaboration and resilience during crises.

About Barclays Works

We empower innovation by aligning risk & opportunity. Our employees exemplify focal clarity, enabling shared success. Here, governance is woven into every decision we make.

This role is an opportunity to shape global financial integrity, driving our mission to build a more inclusive bank.

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Skills

Financial Crime Investigations
AML Compliance
Global Sanctions
Market Abuse Monitoring
Risk Assessment
Data Analytics
Stakeholder Management
Investment Banking Products
Trade Surveillance
Regulatory Compliance
Internal Audit
Case Management

Location

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

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