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Join us as a Senior Enhanced Due Diligence Manager where we are looking for a Vice President to join UKC Financial Crime Execution team, based in the UK, to report directly to the Head of PEP & High Risk EDD, you will support the front office business with a deep expertise in managing Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) reviews for high risk customer types, including Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), Embassies and Diplomatic Missions, Cannabis and other High Risk Customer Types. As a Senior Enhanced Due Diligence Manager you will also support the Head of High Risk & PEP EDD in providing detailed advice and guidance on complex High risk reviews to the UKC FCE team and stakeholders in TC01, 2LoD and Coverage in respect of anti-money laundering, sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption.
Job Responsibility:
Perform EDD and produce in-depth, narrative EDD Reports using information collected by 1LOD (KYC and Business), Factiva, Lexis Nexis, World-check, Google and other publically available resources
Engage 1LOD stakeholders (Relationship Director, Risk Assessment Unit) and 2LOD colleagues (Head of UK Corporate Bank Financial Crime or delegates) to facilitate the successful conclusion of the review
Engage with stakeholders such as FinCrime Advisory, Sanctions Advisory, ABC Advisory and the FIU or Legal and Group Tax to seek advice on specific issues
Identify, analyse and articulate the specific Financial Crime-relevant risk posed and provide a reasoned recommendation as to how to proceed with the relationship
Apply judgement to ascertain what level of EDD is adequate and proportionate to mitigate the identified risks associated with a relationship
Where necessary, engage with external vendors to procure investigative due diligence reports
Manage the relationships with external vendors and handle the administrative and billing-related enquiries
Advise the stakeholders including the business and KYC on high risk relationships and transactions
If required and in line with UK legal obligations, draft and file internal Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), and provide support to the relevant team tasked with investigating any such internal SARs
Undertake analysis of transactional activity on Corporate bank accounts and analysis of/comparison with published annual accounts where available, in order to identify suspicious transactions and assess Barclays exposure to AML risk
Provide guidance, training and feedback to Relationship Directors in their own assessment of transitional activity and explanation of client nature of business/source of funds
Assume responsibility for the administrative and filing requirements related to managing PEP relationships
Maintain and update Central PEP Repository and the FinCrime IRIS platform
Support maintenance of PEP EDD Team MI
Present and explain MI to Senior Management and ensure the accuracy of underlying data
Protect the reputation of Barclays by identifying and mitigating the risk posed by high risk customers
Play a key role in proposing and implementing a read across for EDD and UKC High risk Forum processes and requirements to other High risk customer types in UKC
Identify, escalate and attempt to mitigate existing shortcomings in the UKC’s CDD/EDD processes
Train new staff members about EDD methodology and the UK Corporate Bank’s governance and control systems
Requirements:
Minimum 5 years’ experience in a corporate investigations or compliance role in a financial services, consulting or corporate environment or in the public sector
Previous experience of Financial Crime Compliance and Enhanced Due Diligence of PEPs is desirable
Advanced degree level education and strong academic track record
Strong written and oral communication skills particularly as relates matters of financial crime risk and how they apply to business and client matters
Skillful coordination in working across a wide range of stakeholders both within and beyond the function
Demonstrable knowledge and experience in analysing the political and/or business context in a global region of relevance to the UKC High risk PEP population
Previous experience using open-source research tools such as Factiva, Lexis Nexis, Orbis or World-check
In-depth knowledge of AML, CTF, ABC, Sanctions risks
Ability to work using own initiative to determine an appropriate investigative approach to complex cases and come to conclusions and make recommendations to senior stakeholders
Excellent report writing and presentation skills
Nice to have:
Proficient in at least one additional language to English
Interest in geopolitical events and experience in analysing risks in the context of financial flows
Ability to deal with high levels of ambiguity and simplify outputs and recommendations
Relevant advanced AML/CTF or ABC qualifications i.e. ICA AML Diploma
Knowledge of UK Financial Crime regulatory environment
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
Opportunity for mobility and exploring different parts of operations