Compliance Assurance Financial Crime AVP

Overview

We are looking for a proactive and skilled Assistant Vice President to join our Compliance Assurance team. The ideal candidate will have strong assurance and testing experience within the Financial Crime space, the ability to work independently, and the resilience to tackle challenges effectively. This role requires a detail-oriented professional who can ensure compliance with regulatory standards while driving continuous improvement in processes and controls.

Few of your key responsibilities are conducting assurance reviews and testing to evaluate compliance with regulatory requirements. You will develop and execute testing plans to assess the effectiveness of controls and processes. You will identify gaps and recommend corrective actions to enhance compliance frameworks. More to your responsibilities, you will work independently to manage and deliver results within tight deadlines and collaborate with stakeholders to address compliance challenges and implement solutions.

To be successful as an AVP Compliance Assurance Financial Crime, the ideal candidate must demonstrate:

• Proven experience in assurance and testing within Compliance and Financial Crime
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to address complex challenges.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement to convey findings and solutions.

This role is based in Glasgow with 3 anchor days, Mondays, 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.

To provide assurance over the effectiveness of Compliance Risk Management across the bank.

• Development and refresh of the Compliance Assurance Annual Plan, ensuring that the Annual Plan focuses on areas of highest risk and value in relation to Compliance Risk.
• Delivery of risk-based assurance activity to validate the effectiveness of controls and processes designed to mitigate Compliance Risk.
• Identification of potential risks associated with non-compliance or control weaknesses in relation to Compliance Risk.
• Verbal and written communication of Compliance Assurance reports and issues to enhance the effectiveness of Compliance Risk management and oversight.
• Build, development and maintenance of effective relationships between Compliance Assurance and stakeholders across the three lines of defence.
• Proactive adoption of Data Analytics capabilities to increase the efficiency, effectiveness and coverage of Assurance work.
• 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.

• 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
• 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues;…