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About the Role

This Second Line of Defence role supports the provision of Financial Crime oversight, advice, and challenge across the Payments Acquiring business. You will work closely with stakeholders across the business, Risk and Compliance teams to effectively manage financial crime risks while supporting the business's strategic objectives. The role involves providing advisory support on complex Financial Crime matters, contributing to policy and governance activities, supporting risk assessments and remediation programmes, and enhancing the control environment across the merchant lifecycle.

Responsibilities

Identification and assessment of compliance risks through thorough reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing and systems.
Identification and investigation of potential market abuse, including Insider Dealing, Unlawful Disclosure, Market Manipulation or Anti-Competitive Conduct.
Conduct investigation of compliance risk events or breaches.
Oversight and check and challenge of corrective actions and preventative measures.
Implementation of compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements.
Ensuring the bank’s internal policies are aligned with international standards, including jurisdictional requirements.
Collaboration with 1LOD, other relevant Compliance teams and legal, and relevant risk management functions.
Identification, investigation and oversight of potential money laundering, terrorist financing or other financial crime.
Advise and influence decision making.
Contribute to policy development.
Take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
Lead a team performing complex tasks.
Set objectives and coach employees.
Appraise performance relative to objectives and determine reward outcomes.
Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments.
Identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects.
Consult on complex issues, providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk.
Develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls.
Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, requiring understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to objectives.
Collaborate with other areas of work for business aligned support.
Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources, internal and external.
Communicate complex information.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
Assist in providing Financial Crime advice and guidance to the Merchant Acquiring business.
Support with the interpretation and implementation of Financial Crime policies, standards and regulatory requirements.
Review customer escalations, high-risk merchant referrals, policy exceptions and risk assessments, providing clear and risk-based recommendations.
Assist in the oversight of remediation programmes, audit actions and regulatory deliverables.
Perform analysis of Financial Crime metrics, incidents, emerging threats and industry developments.
Support the development and enhancement of Financial Crime policies, procedures and risk management frameworks.
Assistance in producing high-quality management information, analysis, briefing papers and governance materials.
Contribute to thematic reviews, deep dives and oversight activities to assess the effectiveness of Financial Crime controls.

Requirements

Experience within Financial Crime, Compliance, Risk or a related control function within banking, payments or financial services.
Merchant Acquiring experience preferred but strong payments experience considered.
Knowledge of AML, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption and wider Financial Crime risk management principles.
Experience analysing complex information, identifying risks and providing clear recommendations.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outputs in a fast-paced environment.
Experience preparing management information, governance papers and risk reporting.
Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and use of data analytics desired.
Ideally, experience working within a Second Line Financial Crime, Compliance or Risk team.
Knowledge around card scheme requirements, payment facilitators, marketplaces and higher-risk merchant sectors preferred.
Professional qualifications such as ICA, ACAMS or equivalent.
Use of Data Analytics to interpret large quantities of data.
Risk and controls.
Change and transformation.
Business acumen.
Strategic thinking.
Digital and technology.
Job-specific technical skills.

Skills

Financial Crime
Merchant Acquiring
AML
Sanctions
Anti-Bribery & Corruption
Risk Management
Data Analysis
Stakeholder Management
Communication
Problem-Solving
Data Analytics

Location

London
Northampton

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Assistant Vice President
Experienced

Education Level

Professional qualifications such as ICA, ACAMS or equivalent

About the Company

Barclays’ payments acceptance business provides critical infrastructure to the UK economy, processing billions of pounds of payments annually for both small businesses and domestic and international corporate clients.
In April 2025, we announced a long-term partnership with Brookfield Asset Management to grow and transform the payments acceptance business by broadening the range of services offered, enhancing the experience for both existing and prospective clients.
Leveraging extensive client relationships and deep experience of UK payments, we will create an environment of continuous innovation - activated by Brookfield’s global private equity expertise in payments, technology, operational transformation and corporate carve-outs - to ensure the business is strategically positioned for long-term growth.
Barclays will invest approximately £400m in the new business, the majority of which will be incurred during the first three years.
Performance-linked incentives will drive greater alignment between the partners, underpinning the long-term commitment to the transformation.
Barclays and Brookfield will work to create a standalone entity over time, continuing to use the Barclaycard Payments brand and acting as the sole payments acceptance services provider to Barclays’ clients for a minimum of ten years.
For more information on our partnership with Brookfield (programme ‘Gaia’), please visit Barclays.com.