Job Title - FCE (Financial Crime Execution) Governance & Control Manager
Location - London - Hybrid - 3 Days per week in the office
Contract - 6 Months - Potential to extend
Shift Pattern - Monday - Friday
PAYE only
Barclays Overview
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.
Overall purpose of role
The role is a high profile role with responsibility for identifying, leading and delivering significant end to end improvements for Governance & Control key processes undertaken by UKC / IB colleagues.
You will need to manage difficult discussions, drive decisions and make complex judgements. By the use of in-depth analysis, the role holder will define problems and develop innovative solutions including making priority calls as part of their lead role.
Key Responsibilities:
* Role holder is key to driving the Governance & Control agenda of the Financial Crime Execution team and wider UKC / IB Financial Crime controls.
* Plays a key role in supporting Financial Crime reporting and Financial crime oversight.
* The role holder is required to make critical judgements and come up with solutions based on critical analytical thinking, comparing and selecting complex alternatives as each situation requires.
* Duties include design and delivery of E2E process and policy improvements with demonstrable cost/benefit analysis.
* The role holder is required to have a good understanding of financial crime policy, operational processes and AML regulations in order to consider and challenge any control issues.
Stakeholder Management and Leadership
* Build strong relationships and develop a network of ‘business partners’ across other parts of UKC / IB, E.g. Product Operations to ensure E2E governance and control requirements satisfy business/client strategy (i.e. cost efficiencies etc.) and to drive cross function collaboration in order to deliver significant improvements to processes which have considerable impact on business units.
* Ability to communicate at a mid-senior level, with superior influencing and negotiating skills and the ability to challenge effectively and constructively.
* Work with key stakeholders to define on-going frameworks for audit, control, governance and accountability.
* Influence a wide-ranging audience to gain buy-in to changes in policy & process to ensure adherence to regulation.
* Manage and influence key stakeholders across UKC / IB, Financial Crime, KYC Operations and the wider Group and secure support of stakeholders/interested parties, both within UKC / IB and external, to achieve strategic goals and to drive performance improvements.
Decision-making and Problem Solving
* Develop, and support decision making with senior representatives from key functions such as KYC Operations, Financial Crime, Compliance etc. to drive forward priority decisions required to address current governance issues and unblock policy/resource issues.
* High level of ability to assimilate multiple levels of data and information and identify key themes and opportunities. Uses initiative to understand / get to the root cause of the underlying issue – not just fix the immediate problem.
* Strong decision making skills that will support and lead the strategic direction for process improvement in the business.
* Manage and ensure all relevant governance, control, risk management and compliance requirements are considered and adhered to, adopting a rigorous, logical and analytical approach.
Person Specification
* Strong knowledge of UK Corporate Banking, Investment Banking, Financial Crime, Barclays organisation and processes/products.
* Comprehensive knowledge of the above areas and how their processes and resources interact with UK Corporate and Investment Bank to achieve business objectives.
* Strong IT skills (MS Visio, MS Excel).
* Strong degree of organisational awareness across multiple areas of the organisation (UK Corporate and Investment Bank) and key functions.
* Strong experience of stakeholder management with a proven track record of the ability to influence stakeholders.
* Proven track record of delivery in a fast paced high expectation culture with a collaborative approach and the ability to work across a complex matrix organisation.
* Ability to analyse complex data from multiple sources.
Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:
* Strong business analysis skills. Able to quickly break down complex problems and produce inventive solutions.
* Strong stakeholder management & communication skills.
* Good understanding of governance and control lifecycle. Any experience in managing a project end to end would be advantageous.
* Ability to produce MI and/or use MI applications such as Excel, Visio, PowerPoint.
Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:
* Become a role model and subject matter expert in Governance & Control & Issues Management.
* Ability to operate, communicate, challenge and influence from peer up to senior management via strong presentation and communication skills.
* Good understanding of financial crime policy, operational processes and AML regulations in order to consider and challenge any control issues.
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