Transaction Monitoring analytics - AVP
Barclays · Posted Oct 28
Banking, credit card, corporate, investment banking, and wealth management services
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About the role
Barclays' Transaction Monitoring analytics team enables data-driven strategic and operational decision making by extracting actionable insights from large datasets and presenting findings through visualisations and reports. The role sits in a data and analytics function covering data pipelines, statistical and advanced analytics, and dashboarding, with exposure to financial crime, AML and transaction monitoring systems. The AVP will analyse large datasets, build data pipelines and interactive dashboards, and translate analytical findings into recommendations that improve operational and process effectiveness.
What you will do
- To enable data-driven strategic and operational decision making through extracting actionable insights from large datasets, performing statistical and advanced analytics to uncover trends and patterns, and presenting findings through clear visualisations and reports.
- Investigation and analysis of data issues related to quality, lineage, controls, and authoritative source identification, documenting data sources, methodologies, and quality findings with recommendations for improvement.
- Designing and building data pipelines to automate data movement and processing.
- Apply advanced analytical techniques to large datasets to uncover trends and correlations, develop validated logical data models, and translate insights into actionable business recommendations that drive operational and process improvements, leveraging machine learning/AI.
- Through data-driven analysis, translate analytical findings into actionable business recommendations, identifying opportunities for operational and process improvements.
- Design and create interactive dashboards and visual reports using applicable tools and automate reporting processes for regular and ad-hoc stakeholder needs.
- 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
- Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
- Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Ability to solve problems logically and/or creatively, demonstrating professional judgment, quality control and adherence to high standards.
- Experience in utilizing analytical tools for data exploration, analysis and visualization, including certain coding ability and experience on SQL, Scala / Spark / Python.
- Databases, structured and unstructured data.
- Some experience in development of data visualizations/dashboards.
- Understanding of Data Management & Model Validation principles and controls.
- Relevant qualifications in data analytics and technical field, with strong organizational skills.
- Understanding with Machine Learning, LLM and preferably GenAI.
Preferred qualifications
- An appreciation of Financial Crime, AML and Transaction Monitoring/detection and the systems/processes, including an understanding of AML and terrorist financing trends and typologies.
- Knowledge of the UK and Global Financial Crime regulatory framework.
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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