Location: London OR Birmingham (3 days per week onsite)
Length: 6 months
PAYE only
Overall purpose of the role
We are looking for a hands-on Financial Crime Advisory Specialist to join our Investment Banking division in Birmingham. This is a pivotal role within the First Line of Defence (1LOD), responsible for connecting programme-level risk oversight with the practical execution of CDD processes, driving consistency, control, and operational effectiveness.
This is a hands-on role that goes beyond advisory support, requiring active involvement in implementing change, challenging existing processes, and ensuring global policies are effectively embedded within local operations.
Key Accountabilities:
Lead end-to-end risk oversight across CDD and Financial Crime, ensuring effective identification, assessment, and mitigation of operational, regulatory, and change risks.
Deliver robust, independent challenge to CDD teams, strengthening control environments and ensuring consistent adherence to regulatory and internal policy standards.
Drive the implementation and embedding of Financial Crime change initiatives, ensuring alignment with policy intent and sustainable integration into business processes.
Translate Financial Crime policy into clear, practical application, combining strategic oversight with hands-on support to enable effective and controlled operational delivery
Key Skills:
The ideal candidate will bridge the gap between technical KYC knowledge and broader Financial Crime expertise.
Technical Requirements:
Proven experience in a dedicated Financial Crime Advisory within 1LOD and 2LOD role is essential.
Extensive knowledge of KYC/CDD requirements, with proven experience across multi-jurisdictional regulatory environments within Corporate & Investment banking, Markets and Banking is essential.
Experience in developing or managing customer risk assessments, and the drafting and experience in implementing methodology is essential.
A track record of implementing policy changes on a global scale, including managing complex jurisdictional differences.
Soft Skills:
Ability to influence and "challenge" stakeholders effectively.
A proactive approach to problem-solving in a fast-paced Investment Banking environment.
Adaptability to handle both advisory tasks and "doing" the work.
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Values
Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measures and rewards the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.
Diversity
Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.
Hybrid Working
Barclays is currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Barclays is flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. Barclays also has a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances
Your Benefits
As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.