Global Head of Intelligence - London, United Kingdom - Barclays

Barclays
Barclays
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London, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Description

Role Title:
MD, Global Head of Intelligence & Investigations


Location:
London


What will you be doing:

The role will lead a multi-purpose team of professionals across a global footprint to deliver the following key components as one Centre of Excellence:

  • Financial crime investigations and financial intelligence; and
  • Nominated Officer / Suspicious Activity Reporting Oversight


The role will be a member of the Global Financial Crime leadership team, reporting to the GlobalCo-Heads of Financial Crime Compliance.


The Global Head of Intelligence & Investigations will:

  • Provide strategic leadership of Financial Crime Intelligence & Investigations
  • managing multi-disciplinary teams in several locations who deliver services of the highest quality that support Barclays in the detection and prevention of financial crime threats and aid in the development of mitigating controls.
  • Lead the implementation of the defined target operating model for Financial Crime Intelligence & Investigations in the second line which is able to develop and respond to threat intelligence and perform oversight of Suspicious Activity Reporting to prevent, detect and disrupt financial crime.
  • Deliver the transformation to a single Centre of Excellence and the transition of non complex operational activity to first line teams.
  • Lead the design and development of investigations, and intelligence and frameworks, processes and governance and support the build out of strategic monitoring tools including Quantexa.
  • Provide senior leadership over threat assessments/matrices to ensure clear and consistent approaches to the assessment and reporting of developing financial crime threats, trends and typologies.
  • Proactively foster strong partnerships with senior internal stakeholders across the BUs and Functions (e.g.
CSO, Legal, Fraud, Risk Assessment Units and Correspondent Banking Investigations) to develop consistent and collaborative approaches to:

case triage, prioritization and adoption; investigative methods, tools and techniques; intelligence and data sharing practices; and case management/reporting tools.


  • Proactively foster strong partnerships with senior external stakeholders, including in law enforcement/government, the intelligence community and the wider industry, driving the delivery of valuable intelligence development and dissemination e.g. through the JMLIT/NECC in the UK.
  • Identify and develop strategic opportunities and synergies for collaboration across all coverage areas, engaging and influencing at a senior enterprisewide level.
  • Implement plans to deploy greater use of analytics technologies to enhance threat assessments and monitoring capabilities, supporting opportunities for strategic, intelligenceled investigations of high impact threats e.g. human trafficking and terrorism.
  • Implement effective governance and reporting to support senior management oversight of portfolio matters, including (but not limited to) the MLROs of the Trading Entities.
  • Establish Barclays as a leading bank in the industry in relation to complex investigations, intelligence utilisation, and threat mitigation.

What we're looking for:


Person Specification

  • Strong leadership and people management skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills, able to influence comfortably and credibly at all levels and particularly Senior Management level
  • Proactive, challenges processes and looks for sustainable outcomes
  • Ability to manage multiple deliverables by leading and influencing stakeholders to ensure delivery
  • Demonstrates accountability, drive and ability to navigate through change

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:


  • Strong Financial Crime SME knowledge and understanding
  • Experience of leading senior teams and motivating colleagues to deliver
  • Strong risk and control experience
  • Ability to engage and influence others, particularly those at a Senior level

Skills that will help you in your role:

  • Experience of involvement within large scale regulatory transformation programmes
  • Proven track record in Intelligence and Investigations

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