Product: Trade and Working Capital Specialist

Purpose of the role

To provide data-led expert oversight and check and challenge on business and compliance matters to evidence that the organisation is operating in compliance with Barclays legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities.

Accountabilities

• 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 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.

Vice President Expectations

To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change; plan resources, budgets and policies; manage and maintain policies and processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalates breaches of policies or procedures. If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to employee pay decisions or changes; lead specialists to influence the operations of a department, balancing short- and long-term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.

People leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours: Listen and be authentic; Energise and inspire; Align across the enterprise; Develop others. Individual contributors are expected to be a subject-matter expert within their discipline, guide technical direction, lead collaborative multi-year assignments, train 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 the team does. Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up to speed with business activity and strategies. Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives. Adopt and include outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes. Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives; use influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Product Role: Trade and Working Capital Specialist

You will be a financial crime product specialist who can provide expert advice on the Trade & Working Capital product suite, supporting mainly product teams on the design, suitability and delivery of financial crime mitigation solutions across receivables finance, supply chain finance, payables finance, inventory finance, trade loans, documentary trade, structured trade and related working capital solutions.

The role requires deep technical product knowledge, strong commercial judgement and the ability to advise on inherent financial crime risk, mitigating controls and outcomes. This is a senior advisory role for someone who combines deep Trade & Working Capital product expertise with the confidence to advise internal teams on financial crime risk.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the subject matter expert for Trade & Working Capital products and financial crime risk.
• Work with Coverage, Product, Credit Risk, Legal, Compliance, Financial Crime, Operations and Client Service teams to ensure TWC product solutions adequately mitigate financial crime risk.
• Support product teams in their process of developing products to ensure that financial crime risks are considered, mitigated and governed (NAPA, Product Review and Change Governance).

Qualifications

• Significant experience advising on Trade Finance and Working Capital products within a banking, corporate banking or transaction banking environment.
• Strong understanding of trade products and structures, including receivables, payables, supply chain finance, documentary trade, trade loans and working capital optimisation.
• Stakeholder management, influencing, communication and commercial judgement, with the ability to operate as a trusted advisor to Coverage, Product and control partners.
• Desirable experience includes trade digitisation, fintech-enabled trade solutions, ESG-linked trade or sustainable supply chain solutions, and relevant professional qualifications such as CDCS, CITF, ACT or equivalent.
• Deep understanding of financial crime risk.
• Professional qualifications & relevant experience in fraud, AML, KYC, controls, risk or compliance are desirable.

Additional Information

The role is based in London.