Barclays India | Thematic Risk Oversight

Responsibilities

• Purpose of the roleTo provide data-led expert oversight and check and challenge on business and compliance matters to evidence that the organisation is operating in a compliance with Barclays legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities.
• Investigate potential market abuse concerns, including insider dealing, unlawful disclosure, market manipulation, and anti-competitive conduct.
• Conduct investigations into compliance breaches and risk events, ensuring appropriate remediation and preventative measures are implemented.
• Provide effective oversight, challenge, and governance to strengthen the control environment.
• Support the implementation and ongoing enhancement of compliance policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with business, Legal, Risk, and Compliance stakeholders to ensure a coordinated approach to risk management.
• Identify, investigate, and oversee potential financial crime risks, including money laundering and terrorist financing concerns.
• Analyse internal and external data to identify emerging themes, trends, and areas of elevated risk.
• Contribute to enhancing compliance monitoring, governance, and risk management frameworks across the organisation.
• Identification and investigation of potential market abuse, including but not limited to, 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 to avoid future occurrences.
• Implementation of compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements and ensuring that 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 to facilitate a comprehensive approach to compliance and risk management.
• Identification, investigation and oversight of potential money laundering, terrorist financing or other financial crime.
• Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.

Requirements

• Experience in identifying, assessing, and monitoring compliance risks across business activities and processes.
• Ability to conduct investigations into compliance breaches, risk events, and regulatory concerns.
• Understanding of market abuse risks, including insider dealing, unlawful disclosure, market manipulation, and anti-competitive conduct.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data and identify emerging risk themes.
• Excellent attention to detail and a structured approach to risk assessment and issue management.
• Ability to provide effective challenge while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, both verbal and written.
• Experience working with First Line of Defence (1LOD), Legal, Risk, and Control Functions.
• Understanding of financial crime risks, including money laundering and terrorist financing.
• Ability to perform thematic reviews and identify control gaps.
• Experience working with data analytics to support compliance monitoring and oversight activities.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High levels of integrity, accountability, and professional judgement.

Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank with consumer, corporate and investment banking businesses. Its history goes back to 1690 in London.

Barclays' Indian centres support the group's global operations, finance and technology. Finance professionals typically work in financial control, regulatory reporting, product control, tax and risk.

• Industry: Banking and financial services
• Headquarters: London, UK
• In India: Banking in India plus large Barclays service centres (including Pune, Chennai and Noida)