Advisory: Screening Oversight; Wire Transfer Regulation Manager

Provide data led expert oversight and challenge on business and compliance matters to ensure the organisation operates in compliance with Barclays legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities.

• Identification and assessment of compliance risks through thorough reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing and systems.
• Investigation of potential market abuse, including Insider Dealing, Unlawful Disclosure, Market Manipulation and Anti Competitive Conduct.
• Conduct investigations of compliance risk events or breaches.
• Oversight and challenge of corrective actions and preventative measures to avoid future occurrences.
• Implementation of compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements, ensuring internal policies align with international and jurisdictional standards.
• Collaboration with 1LOD, other Compliance teams, legal and risk management functions to facilitate a comprehensive approach to compliance.
• Identification, investigation and oversight of potential money laundering, terrorist financing or other financial crime.

Contribute to strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and report breaches of policies/procedures. If leading a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for future needs, counsel employees, and lead specialists to influence departmental operations while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements. Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment where colleagues thrive and deliver consistently excellent results.

• Act as the expert lead for wire transfer regulations, payment transparency requirements and their application to sanctions and financial crime screening controls.
• Provide independent oversight, advice and challenge on wire transfer screening design, rule effectiveness, data quality, alert handling and end to end control effectiveness.
• Interpret regulatory expectations and support their practical implementation across SWIFT, ISO20022 and other relevant payment channels.
• Assess the impact of regulatory change, product developments and payment transformation activity on screening obligations and control design.
• Lead complex investigations into potential WTR screening incidents from a 1st line perspective and prepare internal and external communications when required.
• Lead deep dives/read across exercises from a 1st LOD advisory perspective.
• Identify, escalated and manage emerging screening risks and issues in line with Barclays Issue Management Standards.

• Deep technical knowledge of wire transfer regulations, funds transfer requirements, payment transparency obligations and sanctions screening expectations.
• Practical experience in payment screening oversight, including screening engine configuration, matching logic, list management, payment data quality, false positive management and effectiveness testing.
• Good understanding of SWIFTMT, ISO20022, correspondent banking risks, high risk jurisdictions and financial crime risks associated with payment processing.
• Experience providing second line advisory, oversight or challenge in finance crime, sanctions, compliance or risk functions.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory and technical issues into clear, pragmatic advice for senior stakeholders and non technical audiences.
• Good judgement, attention to detail and constructive challenge skills.
• Credible engagement with senior stakeholders, governance forums and control owners.
• Risk based mindset with the ability to prioritise material issues and recommend sustainable improvements.
• Experience supporting audits, regulatory reviews, issue management or remediation activity would be beneficial.

This role is located in London.