Financial Crime- Programme Advisory (6 month FTC / Secondment)

Purpose of the role

To ensure that the institution’s activities are conducted in compliance with applicable financial crime laws and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal and reputational risks associated with its activities. 

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance.
• Legal advice and support to the business on financial crime laws, regulations, and rules, including anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) laws and regulations.
• Support other legal teams in representation, of the bank in legal proceedings that raise financial crime issues, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
• Advising on financial crime compliance policies and procedures including to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws and regulations that may impact the bank's financial crime compliance practices.
• To support Compliance, contributing to and delivering training to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to financial crime.
• Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs). Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area. Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

We are looking for a hands-on Financial Crime- Programme Advisory to join our Investment Banking division in Birmingham. You will play pivotal role within the First Line of Defence (1LOD), responsible for connecting programme-level risk oversight with the practical execution of Customer Due Diligence (CDD) processes, driving consistency, control, and operational effectiveness.

This is a hands-on role that goes beyond advisory support, requiring active involvement in implementing change, challenging existing processes, and ensuring global policies are effectively embedded within local operations.

Key Accountabilities include:

• Lead end‑to‑end risk oversight across CDD and Financial Crime, ensuring effective identification, assessment, and mitigation of operational, regulatory, and change risks.
• Deliver robust, independent challenge to CDD teams, strengthening control environments and ensuring consistent adherence to regulatory and internal policy standards.
• Drive the implementation and embedding of Financial Crime change initiatives, ensuring alignment with policy intent and sustainable integration into business processes.
• Translate Financial Crime policy into clear, practical application, combining strategic oversight with hands-on support to enable effective and controlled operational delivery

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Proven experience in a dedicated Financial Crime Advisory within 1LOD and 2LOD role is essential.
• Extensive knowledge of KYC/CDD requirements, with proven experience across multi-jurisdictional regulatory environments within Corporate & Investment banking, Markets and Banking is essential.
• A track record of implementing policy changes on a global scale, including managing complex jurisdictional differences.

Other desirable skills include:

• Ability to influence and "challenge" stakeholders effectively.
• A proactive approach to problem-solving in a fast-paced Investment Banking environment.
• Adaptability to handle both advisory tasks and "doing" the work.
• Experience in developing or managing customer risk assessments, and the drafting and experience in implementing methodology.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for this 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 Birmingham and is an initial 6 months fixed term contract/ secondment.