Barclays
Fintech and Correspondent Banking - Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance VP
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Senior Vice President – Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance
Barclays – London
About the Role
Join Barclays as a Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance Vice President, responsible for providing second-line oversight of financial crime systems and controls. This multidisciplinary role oversees compliance strategies across the bank, focusing on preventing money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.
You will:
- Support Fintech and Correspondent Banking portfolios within the International Corporate Bank.
- Work collaboratively with first and second lines of defence to enhance controls and mitigate risks.
- Advise senior stakeholders on client risk assessments, onboarding, and ongoing management, including complex payment structures.
Roles & Responsibilities
Core Duties
- Lead oversight of financial crime controls and systems in a major international bank.
- Assess risks tied to Fintechs, Payment Service Providers (PSPs), e-money institutions, embedded finance, and digital asset businesses.
- Provide technical expertise on payment products, schemes, cross-border clearing, settlement, and emerging models.
- Challenge and validate complex client structures, business practices, and payment flows for compliance gaps.
- Conduct in-depth investigations of compliance risks, including:
- Market abuse (e.g., insider dealing, fraud, market manipulation)
- AML/TF breaches (money laundering, terrorist financing permeation)
- Design and execute preventative measures to align policies with international regulatory standards.
- Escalate breaches, enforce procedural compliance, and ensure remediation measures are effective.
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Strategic & Leadership Expectations
- Shape compliance strategy by analysing risks, setting priorities, and driving system enhancements.
- Set budgets, resources, and policies for compliance teams with oversight authority.
- If managing a team, define roles, mentor employees, and align with strategic organisational goals using effective LEAD behaviours (Listen, Energise, Align, Develop).
- Serve as a subject-matter expert (SME), leading multi-year assignments, and advising senior stakeholders.
- Drive collaboration across teams, regulators, and legal functions to advocate compliance excellence.
- Apply data-driven insights, advanced analytics, and research to solve complex compliance challenges.
Key Requirements & Skills
Essential Qualifications
- Proven leadership in financial crime oversight or compliance at an international payments institution/bank.
- Technical expertise in:
- Payment technologies, schemes (e.g., FedWire, SWIFT, ISO 20022), and cross-border settlement mechanisms.
- Transaction Monitoring (risk assessing alerts, monitoring suspicious activity).
- Compliance with jursidictional and global financial crime (AML/CFT) regulations.
- Ability to interpret complex client structures and payment flows for regulatory compliance.
- Experience advising senior management on risk appetite, onboarding, and client lifecycle management.
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Highly Valued Competencies
- Second-line/oversight experience, including third-party controls assessment.
- Deep understanding of data analytics, predictive modelling, and fraud detection tools.
- Proven track record in high-pressure regulatory environments with adaptability.
- Whether a leader or individual contributor, expected to demonstrate:
- Strategic vision (risk, controls, transformation).
- Digital/technical acumen (AI, fintech infrastructure).
- Influencing skills (committees, forums, cross-functional governance).
Barclays Values & Mindset
As a key compliance leader, you will embody our five core values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship; and embody our Barclays Mindset—to Empower, Challenge, and Drive.
Location: London, UK
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