Financial Crime Transformation Lead​/Secondment

Overview

Join us as a Financial Crime Transformation Lead where you will be a senior financial crime subject matter expert responsible for leading the business analysis and discovery for complex, multi-year financial crime change initiatives. You will ensure that financial crime change requirements are accurately captured, assessed, and delivered across multiple projects, with a focus on global regulatory alignment and operational impact throughout the end-to-end financial crime framework (including onboarding, ongoing due diligence, screening, suspicious activity reporting, investigations, and transaction monitoring as well as MI reporting & governance).

Operating at the intersection of business analysis and transformation, the Lead will drive the prioritisation, qualification, and successful delivery of financial crime change projects in the Investment Bank (IB).

• Lead business analysis & discovery: act as the senior SME for business analysis, ensuring robust, accurate, and actionable requirements are captured for all financial crime initiatives; ensure that all dependencies, risks and assumptions are captured early to set up delivery teams for success.

• Change scoping & qualification: scope and define requirements for new and ongoing projects, rigorously assessing firm-wide impacts; build business cases with clear and measurable outcomes that justify prioritisation and investment in change programmes.

• Global regulatory & operational alignment: work with the regulatory change lead and regional teams to align all change initiatives with the global regulatory standards (AML, Sanctions, ABC, Fraud) and ensure that those are translated into pragmatic and efficient operational solutions.

• Cross-functional collaboration:
  
  partner effectively with business representatives, programme managers, product owners, compliance and data & technology teams to design, validate, and implement change solutions. Facilitate workshops and influence senior stakeholders to achieve consensus and drive tangible outcomes.

• Risk & issue management: proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks and issues associated with change programmes, ensuring dependencies are managed, and that programme integrity and compliance are maintained.

• Resource & financial management: contribute to resource planning, budget management, and the efficient allocation of skills and capacity across projects, ensuring delivery of value and alignment with strategic objectives.

• Continuous Improvement & Change Management: lead continuous improvement initiatives and ensure that change is delivered cohesively, with minimal disruption to business-as-usual activities.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Extensive experience in business analysis and transformation within financial crime, preferably in investment banking or high-risk financial product areas.

• Deep subject matter expertise in the financial crime framework (onboarding, due diligence, screening, SARs, investigations, transaction monitoring, etc.) and solid understanding of global regulatory requirements (AML, Sanctions, ABC, Fraud).

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional discovery and business analysis activities, ensuring operational and regulatory requirements are fully captured and translated into actionable change plans and clear outcomes.

• Demonstrated experience in building and qualifying business cases for complex change programmes, with a track record of influencing prioritisation and investment decisions.

• Strong stakeholder management, interpersonal, and communication skills, with the ability to operate and influence at all levels.

• Experience working in large, matrixed financial institutions and with regulatory change programmes.

• Familiarity with project management methodologies, and the ability to manage ambiguity and complexity.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in London or Birmingham.

To provide data-led expert oversight and check and challenge on business and compliance matters to evidence that the organisation is operating in compliance with Barclays legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities.

• Identification and assessment of compliance risks through thorough reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing and systems.

• Identification and investigation of potential market abuse, including but not limited to Insider Dealing, Unlawful Disclosure, Market Manipulation or Anti-Competitive Conduct.

• Conduct investigation of compliance risk events or breaches. Oversight and check and challenge of corrective actions and preventative measures to avoid future occurrences.

• Implementation of compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements and ensuring that the bank’s internal policies are aligned with…