Financial Crime Issues Oversight - Vice President

At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future – we shape it. Embark on a transformative journey as Financial Crime Issues Management Oversight Lead - Vice President, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our Fin crime team you will join a team within Issues Management Oversight (IMO), part of Financial Crime Risk Controls and Transformation, is responsible for overseeing the financial crime-related issues environment across BBPLC businesses. The team plays a critical role in supporting the BBPLC Head of Financial Crime and Business Unit Heads of Financial Crime by providing issues oversight, check &challenge, training, and financial crime specific guidance, to ensure the effective operation of the issues management framework. This includes ensuring consistency, driving accountability, and supporting continuous improvement through training and stakeholder engagement.­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ Additionally, your role requires effective stakeholder management, leadership, and decision-making to support business strategy and risk management. 

To be successful as a Financial Crime Issues Management Oversight Lead - Vice President, you should have experience with:

• Deep Subject Matter Expertise: Demonstrates authoritative knowledge of Financial Crime regulation, policy, and risk mitigation strategies, with the ability to translate complex regulatory expectations into practical oversight.

• Strategic Business Insight: Strong understanding of diverse business segments and their associated Financial Crime risks, enabling effective prioritization and tailored oversight across multiple business lines.

• Solutions-Oriented: Brings a forward-thinking mindset to the role, identifying opportunities for innovation and continuous improvement. Proven ability to lead and deliver complex programmes of work from inception through to execution.

• Leadership and Influence: Experienced in managing and developing high-performing teams. Skilled at influencing senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners to drive alignment and embed a culture of accountability and excellence.

• Exceptional Communication and Organization: Highly structured and organized, with outstanding written and verbal communication skills. Able to distil complex issues into clear, actionable insights for senior audiences.

• Analytical: Strong analytical capability with a track record of identifying thematic trends and emerging risks through data-driven insights. Able to synthesize large volumes of information to inform strategic decision-making.

• Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree required.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Relevant professional qualifications are desirable.

• Knowledge of Bank compliance business lines, associated products and operational infrastructure.

• Previous experience coaching & developing colleagues in an SME capacity.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office ( Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc).

• Previous experience using ORAC.

You may be assessed on the 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.

The location of the role is Pune, IN.

Purpose of the role

To oversee and manage the identification, tracking, and resolution of issues raised against the Compliance Horizontal / Standards, ensuring the bank operates within legal and regulatory frameworks, mitigating risks associated with non-adherence to these Standards. 

Accountabilities

• Monitoring and maintenance of Compliance Horizontal aligned issues raised in the bank’s risk management system containing sufficient details to confirm alignment to the Compliance Horizontal, are articulated and risk rated in line with the bank’s risk management frameworks and contain action plans that mitigate the identified Compliance Risk.
• Escalation of unresolved or high-risk Compliance Risk issues to senior leaders and relevant committees .
• Provision of expert advice and guidance to Compliance colleagues on the bank’s Issues Management Standard, including data attribution root cause analysis and creating SMART action plans.
• Conducting periodic reviews and assessments to evaluate the effectiveness of the issue management process and identify areas for improvement.
• Build, development and maintenance of effective relationships between Compliance Issue Management and stakeholders across Business Oversight Compliance, the Chief Controls Office and the business.
• Demonstrating an execution focussed mindset to ensure that Issues Management deliverables are executed at pace.
• Continued focus on the Barclays Mindset and Consistently Excellent to enhance the Assurance that we deliver, how it is delivered and the culture within the bank.

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.