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Join the Legal team to protect Barclays, its employees, and its brands while ensuring global competitiveness and compliance with legal standards. Your responsibilities will include risk mitigation, managing strategic transactions, and overseeing business contracts. Barclays have an excellent opportunity for a Financial Crime Legal Director - EMEA to join our Financial Crime Legal Team. This is a permanent role based in London.
Job Responsibility:
Act as the senior regional legal lead for AML/CTF across the UK, Middle East, and Africa regions
Be a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders
Provide strategic leadership on legal issues relating to AML/CTF
Drive our global remit, locally coordinating cross‑border legal advice
Strengthen the region’s financial‑crime risk management
Proactively seek to identify unmanaged risk and emerging trends in financial crime
Provide a supporting role to LI&E, the Bank’s FIU and FCC as necessary, on investigations and potential enforcement actions
Serve as primary senior legal contact for AML/CTF in the region
Exercise independent judgement when advising senior management
Represent FCL at regional governance fora
Support engagement with regulators, government and law‑enforcement on AML/CTF matters
Advise on the legal implications of screening, monitoring and analytics technologies
Lead and coach VP/AVP lawyers and other team members
Instruct and manage external counsel for complex cross‑border or niche issues
Requirements:
Qualified lawyer (Solicitor, Barrister, Attorney or equivalent)
Seasoned AML expert with demonstrable experience leading high‑profile, complex AML/CTF matters in financial services, ideally across multiple jurisdictions
Strong knowledge of UK AML/CTF legal and regulatory frameworks
Track record of operating independently and advising senior stakeholders, including ExCo‑level engagement
Experience partnering with regulators and managing regulatory interactions on financial‑crime topics
Exceptional analytical, judgement and problem‑solving skills
Strong communication, negotiation and influencing skills
Proven leadership and people‑development capability
Resilient, organised and responsive under time pressure
In‑depth knowledge of UK financial‑crime law, with strength in AML/CTF
Understanding of governance, risk frameworks and three lines of defence
Awareness of the legal considerations around screening/monitoring platforms and data‑driven controls
Nice to have:
Familiarity with Middle East / Africa regimes advantageous
Sanctions expertise is beneficial
What we offer:
Hybrid working
Structured approach to hybrid working with fixed 'anchor' days