VP, Americas Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance

Barclays•New York, NY

About The Position

Join us as a VP, Americas Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance, Payment Clearing Oversight, where you’ll play a critical role in leading regulatory oversight and supporting strategic business initiatives for Barclays’ Americas operations. In this senior leadership position, you’ll provide expert challenge on financial crime compliance matters, ensuring alignment with legal, regulatory, and ethical standards. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders across the branch and Barclays, driving AML advisory, regulatory exam readiness, and assurance activities. This is a high-impact role designed to strengthen oversight and compliance across multiple business lines operating at full capacity.

Requirements

Experience in financial crime oversight or AML advisory covering the Financial Technology and Money Service Business sectors
Experience in financial crime investigations and/or SAR filings
Ability to lead regulatory initiatives and provide strategic advisory at a senior level
Knowledge of both US and global regulatory frameworks, with hands-on experience navigating complex compliance requirements

Nice To Haves

Writing skills and proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and maintain credibility with executive leadership
Ability to work effectively across multiple locations and time zones, exercising sound judgment and managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

Identification and assessment of compliance risks through thorough reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing and systems to.
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 international standards, including jurisdictional requirements.
Collaboration with 1LOD, other relevant Compliance teams and legal, and relevant risk management functions to facilitate a comprehensive approach to compliance and risk management.
Identification, investigation and oversight of potential money laundering, terrorist financing or other financial crime.
To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
Define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.
Lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
Be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction.
Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
Train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
Demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right.
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.