Compliance Regulatory Oversight – Reporting & Insights Specialist VP

Join us as a Compliance Regulatory Oversight – Reporting & Insights Specialist where you will be responsible for shaping, delivering and continuously improving Compliance’s regulatory reporting, insights and executive-level intelligence. You will play a critical part in translating complex regulatory engagement activity, thematic issues and commitments into clear, structured and actionable insight for senior Compliance leadership and wide stakeholders. You will exercise independent judgement to identify emerging risks, pressure points and areas requiring senior focus, while also driving the evolution from manual reporting solutions to scalable strategic solution.

More of your accountabilities, you will also lead the creation of clear, insight‑driven regulatory reporting for senior leaders, turning complex engagement data into meaningful narratives and forward‑looking analysis. You will coordinate global regulatory intelligence, strengthen data and reporting maturity, and guide the shift toward strategic tooling. You will work closely with senior Compliance stakeholders, offering credible challenge, preparing high‑quality briefings and supporting executive‑level regulatory engagement.

If you are a self‑starter who can drive ideas through to delivery, with Regulatory or Compliance experience in a global banking environment, this role will give you the platform to thrive. You will bring confidence in engaging and influencing senior leaders, a strong understanding of global regulation, risk management and thematic risks, and a clear awareness of the wider regulatory landscape and emerging issues. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.

To be successful as VP Compliance Regulatory Oversight – Reporting & Insights Specialist, you must have:

• Compliance professional with industry and regulatory experience

• Knowledge of both retail and wholesale financial services, with the ability to demonstrate thought leadership

• Proven experience presenting to and influencing senior stakeholders

• Strong partnering, collaboration and stakeholder‑management skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication, especially on legal and regulatory matters

This role can be based in London or Glasgow with 3 anchor days. In London it’ll be Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays. In Glasgow it’ll be Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Purpose of the role

To provide data-led expert oversight and check and challenge on business and compliance matters to evidence that the organisation is operating in a compliance with Barclays legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities. 

Accountabilities

• 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.

Vice President Expectations

• 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..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also 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..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will 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. They will 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. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• 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.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.