- The compliance function is evolving the Global Financial Intelligence Unit and SARs Oversight Team into a proactive intelligence unit at the forefront of proactive risk management.
- A key component of that evolution is to ensure that the team has a balance of experience in terms of industry financial crime expertise, law enforcement, and specialist intelligence.
- This is a new specialist intelligence leadership role.
- The successful candidate will be centrally involved in establishing new capabilities across all aspects of the intelligence cycle including intelligence collection, intelligence analysis, intelligence development and intelligence assessment.
- This capability development work will include a range of intelligence collection methods that enable the Global FIU and SARs Oversight Team to provide unique insights that enable better informed risk decisions.
- most importantly, the successful candidate will be a very people-focused leader and an outstanding team player with a strong track record of leading teams to successful delivery in a supportive, enabling, and colleague-centric manner.
- The successful candidate must have a minimum of 20 years of specialist intelligence experience, including:
- formal specialist training in intelligence collection, and extensive experience in intelligence collection work as both a practitioner and senior leader.
- formal specialist training in intelligence investigations, and extensive experience as both a practitioner and leader.
- formal specialist training in intelligence assessment, and extensive experience as both a practitioner and senior leader.
- proven experience of successfully leading large intelligence teams under challenging circumstances, including high risk environments and situations.
- proven experience of successfully delivering projects and programmes relating to intelligence work and capability building.
- experience of working in a senior intelligence role in partnership with law enforcement organisations in multiple jurisdictions, including extensively overseas.
Purpose of the role
To conduct investigations into various aspects of the bank’s operations and/or conduct of individuals to identify and address potential instances of non-compliance, fraud, misconduct, or other unethical behaviour, that harms or is likely to harm the reputation or financial well-being of the firm or may lead to legal and/or regulatory censure.
Accountabilities
- Identification and evaluation of potential risks associated with non-compliance or unethical conduct and implement risk mitigation strategies.
- Leading the investigations into alleged violations of policies, regulations, or laws.
- Provision of training programs to enhance awareness of compliance issues and ethical conduct among colleagues.
- Documentation of investigation processes and provision of recommendations for corrective actions and improvements based on investigation findings.
- Utilisation of advanced technology and data analytics tools to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of investigations.
- Utilisation and assessment of relevant internal and external information and intelligence in furtherance of the investigation.
- Where applicable, fulfilment of any necessary external legal and/or regulatory reporting obligations.
Director Expectations
- To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide..
- They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
- Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
- Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
- Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
- Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
- Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
- Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
- Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
- Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
- Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
- Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
- Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.
All Senior 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.
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.
