Fintech and Correspondent Banking - Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance VP

Overview

Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance Vice President – responsible for providing second‑line oversight and ensuring that all Business Units have appropriate systems and controls to prevent financial crimes, including money laundering and terrorist financing.

• Provide data‑led expert oversight and challenge on business and compliance matters to ensure alignment with Barclays legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities.
• Identify and assess compliance risks through thorough reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing, and systems.
• Investigate potential market abuse (Insider Dealing, Unlawful Disclosure, Market Manipulation, Anti‑Competitive Conduct).
• Conduct investigations of compliance risk events or breaches and oversee corrective actions and preventive measures.
• Implement compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements and ensure alignment with international and jurisdictional standards.
• Collaborate with 1
  
  LOD, other compliance teams, legal, and risk management functions to promote a comprehensive compliance and risk management approach.
• Identify, investigate, and oversee potential money laundering, terrorist financing, or other financial crime.
• Contribute to strategy, drive requirements, and provide recommendations for change.
• Plan resources, budgets and policies; manage and maintain policies and processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalations when needed.
• Lead a team – define roles, develop staff, and influence department operations while balancing short and long‑term goals and budgets.
• Act as a subject‑matter expert – guide technical direction, lead multi‑year assignments, train and coach less experienced specialists, and influence long‑term profitability, risk and strategic decisions.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management, on functional and cross‑functional impact and alignment.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk, strengthening controls, and contributing to business objectives.
• Collaborate with other functional areas and keep up to speed with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
• Build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders using influencing and negotiating skills.
• Represent Barclays values:
  Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset – Empower, Challenge, Drive.

• Experience leading oversight of financial crime systems and controls within a major international bank or payments institution.
• Experience assessing financial crime risk associated with Fintechs and Payment Service Providers (PSPs), e‑money institutions, embedded finance platforms and digital asset businesses.
• Deep technical knowledge of payment products and models, including payment schemes, cross‑border payment clearing, settlement mechanisms and new payment models.
• Ability to assess and challenge complex client structures and payment flow models.
• Strong understanding of payment products, clearing and settlement mechanisms and evolving payment models.
• Ability to advise senior stakeholders on risk appetite, onboarding and ongoing client management.
• Experience in a second line of defence or oversight function.
• Experience providing oversight on transaction monitoring capabilities, including conducting risk assessments and advising on alert coverage suitability.
• Proven track record of operating across complex organisational environments.
• Ability to operate under pressure and adapt to changing regulatory and business priorities.
• Ability to participate in and represent Compliance on senior leadership committees, control forums and working groups.
• Advanced data skills and proficiency in risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital & technology.
• Role based in London.

• Involved in a multidisciplinary team focused on financial crime risk.
• Opportunity to influence senior leadership and control forums.
• Competitive compensation package and career development.