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 function provides data-led expert oversight and check-and-challenge on business and compliance matters, evidencing that the organisation operates in line with legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities. The team covers compliance risk assessment, investigations of potential market abuse and money laundering, and oversight of corrective actions. This role drives agile testing delivery, produces clear testing outputs and senior-level materials, and engages stakeholders across 1LOD, Compliance, Legal and risk management to strengthen financial crime controls.
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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
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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