Financial Crime Agile Testing Specialist
Barclays · Posted Oct 27
Banking, credit card, corporate, investment banking, and wealth management services
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About the role
Barclays' Financial Crime Assurance and Testing team provides data-led oversight and challenge on compliance and financial crime controls. The role is based in Pune and involves control testing, investigating potential market abuse and money laundering, and engaging stakeholders across compliance and the business. It also supports agile delivery and robust oversight to protect customers, colleagues, assets and reputation.
What you will do
- 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.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Experience in Financial Crime Assurance or Control Testing within a 2nd line function, with an understanding of investigative processes, control testing, and hypothesis testing.
- Strong knowledge of compliance risk management, financial crime controls, and the ability to identify, assess, investigate, and challenge risk events or control weaknesses.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear testing outputs, senior-level materials, and communicate complex or sensitive information effectively.
Preferred qualifications
- Advisory or consulting experience, including the ability to create memos, pitch ideas, and support the insights, observations or outcomes.
- Project management and stakeholder management experience, including supporting day-to-day delivery, influencing stakeholders, and challenging constructively across the organisation.
- Familiarity with case management systems (such as Salesforce), workflows, data handling, agile ways of working, or digital tools that support testing and oversight activities.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Barclays
Barclays is a British multinational universal bank that provides consumer, corporate, and investment banking, as well as wealth management services. Tracing its origins back to 1690 in London, the institution operates globally to serve millions of retail and institutional clients. The bank leverages cutting-edge technology and digital platforms to drive operational efficiency across its international network.
- Industry
- Banking
- Company size
- 93000+ employees
- Founded
- 1690
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Group Chief Executive
Group Finance Director
Group Chief Operating Officer
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