VP - Financial Crime Advisory

Barclays•New York, NY

4d•$145,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Barclays is hiring a VP - Financial Crime Advisory to provide strategic leadership, oversight, and continuous enhancement of the Bank’s end-to-end financial crime control environment. The role oversees financial crime risk management for customers, products, and services across Banking, Markets, and the International Corporate Bank. It provides data-led expert oversight and challenge on business and compliance matters to evidence compliance with the organisation’s legal, regulatory, and ethical responsibilities. The position identifies and assesses compliance risks, investigates potential market abuse and financial crime, and oversees corrective and preventative actions. It implements compliance policies and procedures aligned with regulatory requirements, international standards, and jurisdictional requirements. The role works with first-line teams, Compliance, Legal, and risk management functions to support a comprehensive approach to compliance and risk management. As a Vice President, the role contributes to or sets strategy, advises senior stakeholders, manages and mitigates risks, strengthens controls, and develops solutions through sophisticated analysis and research. Depending on whether it has people-management responsibilities, it may also lead and develop teams or provide technical direction and coaching as a subject matter expert. The role is located in New York, NY.

Requirements

Subject matter expertise in financial crime.
Experience in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption regulations.
Experience advising on high-risk clients, transactions, and new product approvals.
Experience with enhanced due diligence, reputational risk assessments, and escalation protocols.

Nice To Haves

Proven strategic leadership skills.
Experience defining and executing financial crime strategy across Banking and Markets.
Ability to drive global consistency.
Ability to lead high-performing teams, influence decision-making, and provide constructive challenges.

Responsibilities

Provide data-led expert oversight and check and challenge on business and compliance matters.
Identify and assess compliance risks through reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing, and systems.
Identify and investigate potential market abuse, including insider dealing, unlawful disclosure, market manipulation, and anti-competitive conduct.
Investigate compliance risk events or breaches and oversee corrective actions and preventative measures.
Implement compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements, international standards, and jurisdictional requirements.
Collaborate with first-line teams, Compliance, Legal, and risk management functions on compliance and risk management.
Identify, investigate, and oversee potential money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crime.
Provide strategic leadership, oversight, and continuous enhancement of the Bank’s end-to-end financial crime control environment.
Oversee financial crime risk management for customers, products, and services across Banking, Markets, and the International Corporate Bank.
Advise key stakeholders, functional leadership teams, and senior management on functional and cross-functional matters.
Manage and mitigate risks, strengthen controls, and support the control and governance agenda.
Develop solutions using sophisticated analysis, interpretive thinking, research, and evaluation of complex alternatives.
Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills to accomplish business objectives.
If the position has leadership responsibilities, define roles and responsibilities, plan team needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to pay decisions.
As an individual contributor, guide technical direction, lead collaborative assignments, and train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists.