Vice President Financial Crime Risk Transaction Monitoring Control Owner

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Job Description Purpose of the role To design, develop, implement, and maintain various statistical, mathematical and machine learning models to support decision-making by analysis and solving complex problems. Accountabilities Acquisition and collection of data from various sources, including internal databases, external datasets, and real-time feeds. Performing data cleaning and pre-processing tasks to ensure data quality and suitability for model development. Design and implementation of data management strategies for model maintenance and future development. Designing, development, and implementation of statistical and machine learning models for various applications, including credit risk assessment, fraud detection, customer segmentation, and marketing optimisation. Monitoring model performance in real-time and identify any potential issues or biases. Leading training, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing sessions to uplift ML capability across the organisation. Evaluating and piloting emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks to ensure the organisation remains at the forefront of AI innovation. Vice President Expectations To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.. If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.. If the position has leadership responsibilities, People 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.. OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.. Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment. Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda. Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes. Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes. 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. Join us as a Vice President Financial Crime Transaction Monitoring (TM) Control Owner, where you will shape the future of Banking at Barclays. This is a high impact role at the intersection of financial crime risk, automated detection, and advanced model development. You’ll be responsible for ensuring robust TM controls across multiple business lines, driving the evolution of automated monitoring capabilities, and overseeing model performance, data quality, and optimisation. To be successful as a Vice President Financial Crime TM Control Owner, you should have: Proven expertise in automated Transaction Monitoring systems, including model development, optimisation, and ongoing performance management. Advanced analytical capabilities with experience resolving model related data integrity and data quality issues. related data integrity and data quality issues. In-depth knowledge of Transaction Monitoring frameworks, including the ability to provide effective oversight and ensure alignment with regulatory expectations. Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively at senior levels. Some other highly valued skills may include: Coding proficiency (e.g., Python, SQL). Project management experience in financial crime or risk domains. Familiarity with machine learning or AI tools in TM or fraud detection. Recognized financial crime qualifications (e.g., ICA, ACAMS). You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.