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Job Description:

Join us as a Financial Crime Risk Manager at Barclays where you will help shape the future of banking by overseeing financial crime risk and control across all BUK Retail products, including designing and managing financial crime processes and developing robust controls in partnership with operational service providers. Key responsibilities include monitoring and enhancing key performance indicators, driving continuous improvement of controls, and placing a good emphasis on automation to strengthen efficiency and risk mitigation.

Job Responsibility:

  • Help shape the future of banking by overseeing financial crime risk and control across all BUK Retail products, including designing and managing financial crime processes and developing robust controls in partnership with operational service providers
  • Monitoring and enhancing key performance indicators
  • Driving continuous improvement of controls
  • Placing a good emphasis on automation to strengthen efficiency and risk mitigation
  • Development of strategic direction for risk, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes
  • Management of the risk department, including oversight of risk colleagues and their performance, implementation of risk priorities and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness
  • Relationship management of risk stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third-party services
  • Adherence to the Risk policy, standards and frameworks, and maintaining a robust control environment

Requirements:

  • Good working knowledge of Financial Crime Risk Management frameworks – Familiarity with key concepts such as Financial Crime risk rating, and policy governance, with the ability to assess financial crime threats and recommend appropriate control responses in a Retail Banking context
  • Excellent analytical and written communication skills - Ability to interpret regulatory and policy requirements and translate them into clear, actionable strategy and frameworks documentation for Retail Banking
  • Stakeholder management and influencing skills - Comfortable engaging (and working collaboratively) with senior stakeholders across 1LOD and 2LOD, with the ability to challenge constructively and drive consensus
  • Experience in drafting or owning Financial Crime policies or standards - Especially beneficial if you have worked on artefacts and owned policy-related/strategy/procedure artefacts
  • Knowledge of regulatory expectations and Regulatory reviews - Familiarity with FCA and Policy expectations and experience contributing to regulatory responses or remediation programmes
  • Data analysis and insight generation- Ability to interpret and present financial and customer data to identify trends, assess risk exposure to support decision-making

Nice to have:

  • Financial Crime Qualification – A recognized certification or training in financial crime prevention, compliance, or risk management
  • Change and Transformation Experience – Proven experience in leading or supporting organisational change and transformation
  • AGILE or Project Management Qualification – A formal qualification in Agile methodologies or project management frameworks such as PRINCE2 or PMP
  • Experience Managing Mortgage Financial Crime Risk – Expertise in identifying, mitigating, and managing financial crime risks specific to mortgage products
What we offer:
  • Hybrid working
  • Structured approach to hybrid working with fixed 'anchor' days
  • Supportive and inclusive culture and environment
  • Commitment to flexible working arrangements
  • Encouragement to embrace mobility and explore operations to build career

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 05, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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