Financial Crime Project Lead (Upstream Data Governance)

Role: Financial Crime Project Lead (Upstream Data Lead)

Location: London, Northampton, Glasgow, Manchester

Role Overview

As the Upstream Data Lead, you will join a team responsible for Transaction Monitoring (TM), TM Risk, and Screening—covering both customer and payment/sanction risk. Your primary focus will be the oversight and governance of the transaction journey, from the point of a cash deposit into a sundry account through to the data warehouse and the subsequent enrichment layer used for monitoring.

Key Responsibilities

Process Oversight: Address the shift in accountability where business areas and managers must now attest that data journeys are being tracked.

Control Framework: Create layers of oversight that allow Accountable Executives (AEs) and Managers to attest to data integrity with confidence.

Gap Analysis: Identify issues where data is missed or incorrectly categorized, leading to improper monitoring.

Proactive Monitoring: Establish controls to ensure issues are identified proactively rather than discovered post-event, reducing the need for remediation.

Strategy & Planning: Understand existing data flows, engage with relevant stakeholders, and develop a comprehensive plan to close existing governance gaps.

Change Management: While you will define the requirements and the plan, long-term technical deliverables may be handed off to internal teams for execution.

Requirements

Expertise in upstream data governance within a financial crime context.

Ability to navigate complex transaction journeys and data enrichment layers.

Strong stakeholder management skills to drive alignment across business areas.

Experience in building control environments for regulatory attestation.

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measures and rewards the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.

Hybrid Working

Barclays is currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Barclays is flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. Barclays also has a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances

Your Benefits

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants