Barclays
Trade and Product Risk Financial Crime Manager
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Trade and Product Risk Financial Crime Manager
Trade and Product Risk Financial Crime Manager - Senior VP
A critical role within 1st Line of Defence (LOD) Financial Crime Execution, responsible for the end-to-end assessment and oversight of inherent financial crime risk within Trade & Working Capital (TWC) product design globally.
This Senior VP position provides deep subject-matter expertise on TWC products and associated financial crime risks, ensuring:
- Robust, fit-for-purpose product structures, control frameworks, and risk assessments
- Regulatory alignment with:
- FCA expectations
- JMLSG guidance
- UK Money Laundering Regulations
- Financial Crime governance frameworks
- Primary FCE interface for management of financial crime across:
- New Amended Product Approval (NAPA)
- Product reviews
- Ongoing product lifecycle governance
The role ensures risks are structures are:
- Effectively understood
- Mitigated
- Continuously monitored
About the Role
Based in London, this position will provide support to the Chief Risk Officer (s) in effective implementation and ongoing governance of the bank’s risk management framework across business units and internal functions.
Key Responsibilities
Implementation & Governance
- Support the implementation of risk management policies, standards, procedures, and controls
- Promote risk awareness and culture alongside controls framework alignment
- Review, challenge, and monitor effectiveness of existing risk practices
- Identify areas for improvement and innovation
Risk Assessment & Mitigation
- Identify emerging risks and evaluate:
- Likelihood of occurrence
- Potential financial and reputational impact
- Appropriate mitigation strategies
- Maintain documentation for:
- Risk management inventories
- Governance forums and meetings
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Vice President – Strategic & Leadership Expectations
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Strategic contributions:
- Set direction, draft requirements, provide change recommendations
- Map long-term objectives, resource planning, and budget oversight
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Leadership development:
- Ensure consistent ‘best practice’ from teams aligned to departmental and corporate needs
- Demonstrate the LEAD behaviours:
- L – Listening and authentic engagement
- E – Energising and inspiring teams
- A – Aligning across the organisation
- D – Developing talent
In team management roles:
- Define roles and management responsibilities
- Counsel employees on performance
- Set pay structure and career progression
In non-management roles:
- Act as subject matter expert
- Lead complex multi-year engagements
- Collaboration, training, and coaching of specialists
- Influence strategic decisions impacting long-term financial and organisational risk
Stakeholder Management
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Advising functional leadership and senior management on:
- Financial crime impacts
- Aligning risk control frameworks across business units
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Cross-functional collaboration to:
- Align risk governance with evolving business strategies
- Support decision-making on governance and controls
Analytical & Problem-Solving Expertise
- Use advanced analytical tools for:
- Comparing complex alternatives
- In-depth investigation of possible solutions
- Innovative solutions supported by research
- Maintain partnerships and relationships with internal/external stakeholders
- Negotiating on behalf of business objectives
Requirements
Essential Knowledge & Experience
- Strong financial crime expertise including:
- AML and sanctions compliance
- Fraud detection and mitigation
- Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML) risks
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Product-specific risk awareness:
- Trade & Working Capital products
- Their ownership structures
- Cross-border risks and beneficial ownership evaluation
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Technical and analytical skills:
- Designer of trade transaction flows
- Identification of financial crime vulnerabilities
- Control design and assessment aligned to inherent risk
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Deep understanding of:
- JMLSG guidance
- FCA regulatory expectations
- UK Money Laundering Regulations
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NAPA and product governance experience, including:
- Lifecycle risk management
Desirable Experience
- Experience with digital transformation and AI adoption in financial crime controls
Barclays Behaviours
Core Values
- Respect | Integrity | Service | Excellence | Stewardship
- Employee moral compass for guiding ethical behaviour
Barclays Mindset
- Empower teams and individuals
- Challenge conventional approaches
- Drive performance excellence
To prevailing economic conditions. The candidate will be required to pass all standard Barclays screening including but not limited to identity checking, clean criminal record, appropriate qualifications, financial crime history applicable to the role.
Salaries will reflect experience, seniority and grade levels, with opportunities for bonuses and long term incentives in line with company policy. Competitive benefits package aligned to grade includes:
- Pension.
- Healthcare.
- Life assurance.
Benefits include:
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
- Healthcare through monday.com.
- Private health, life insurance, and personal critical illness insurance.
- Cyber security training.
- Identity fraud insurance.
- Salary sacrifice schemes.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
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