Join us as a PBWM Transaction Monitoring & Screening Oversight Manager  in our Growing Private Bank & Wealth Management Business. As part of the PBWM Financial Crime Risk team, the PBWM Transaction Monitoring & Screening Oversight Manager will oversee the Transaction Monitoring systems deployed across all PBWM locations. Additionally, you will oversee the ongoing screening conducted through the batch screening process in the UK.

Operating within the 1st Line of Defence Financial Crime Risk team, this role ensures that PBWM has effective Transaction Monitoring and Screening controls in place to manage Financial Crime risks. You will support the development, implementation, and enhancement of global transaction monitoring solutions for the business. Furthermore, you will manage and monitor the configuration of batch screening within PBWM, ensuring the accuracy of alert creation.

Collaboration with cross-functional teams will be essential to optimize processes, improve data quality, and enhance the effectiveness of monitoring. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to innovative financial crime prevention efforts while meeting regulatory requirements and supporting the growing needs of the PBWM business.

To be successful as a PBWM Transaction Monitoring & Screening Oversight Manager, you should have the following:

• Experience with transaction monitoring systems and/or experience of the OWS queue management and screening concepts.

• Understanding of financial institution data, including transactional, customer, and payment data flows.

• Ability to work closely with stakeholders to understand business needs and technical requirements, and engage with the central Transaction Monitoring Optimization and Strategy team and the group Financial Crime Operations team to implement change.

• Strategic thinking to drive improvement agenda across the business in a structured manner, seeking efficiency where possible.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience of working with the Private Bank & Wealth Management business, understanding the business client books and structure.

• Problem-solving skills with attention to detail and process improvement.

• Experience using analytical tools such as SQL, Python, Excel, Tableau, or similar platforms.

• Ability to summarise complex problems and present a path forward to Senior Management in a clear and concise manner.

• Knowledge of global financial crime regulatory frameworks.

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.

This role may be based out of London or Glasgow.

Purpose of the role

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.  

Accountabilities

Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations.Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders.Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice.Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework.

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.