FINANCIAL CRIME MI | BARCLAYS | GLASGOW

We are seeking a highly motivated and analytically minded individual to join our Financial Crime team as a Management Information (MI) Assistant Vice President (AVP). The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in producing clear, consistent, and value-adding MI and data insights to support robust risk management in line with regulatory expectations, group frameworks, and business strategy.
This role demands a combination of technical expertise, data analytics capability, and a strong understanding of financial crime risk management. You will be responsible for transforming complex datasets into actionable insights, identifying patterns, and making recommendations that drive decision-making and strengthen the control environment. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders across the organisation, using your expertise to identify opportunities for innovation, automation, and continuous improvement in financial crime monitoring and controls.
Working within the 1st line of defence, the successful candidate will contribute to a broad range of financial crime risk areas, such as Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, Anti-Bribery & Corruption (ABC), Anti-Tax Evasion Facilitation (ATEF), Know Your Client (KYC), and risk appetite frameworks. You will combine your analytical skillset with effective stakeholder engagement to influence outcomes, support governance, and enhance oversight of high-risk clients and related processes.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS / BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven experience working with data and MI, including extraction, formatting, and analysis.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to prioritise, maintain thoroughness, and meet deadlines.
• Good time management with a proactive approach to planning and organising workload.
• Ability to take direction well while also working independently as a self-starter.
• Strong oral and written communication skills, including the ability to present insights clearly to stakeholders.
• Proficiency in PC literacy and relevant software tools.

DESIRABLE SKILLS / PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in a risk/control, quality control, or audit environment, with the ability to interpret risk, compliance, and operational procedures.
• Strong knowledge and experience of financial crime regulation and related policies, standards, and procedures.
• Understanding of Private Banking and/or Wealth Management businesses.
• Familiarity with financial crime transformation programmes and risk methodology frameworks.
  This role is based in Glasgow.
  You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Investigation and analysis of data issues related to quality, lineage, controls, and authoritative source identification.
• Execution of data cleansing and transformation tasks to prepare data for analysis.
• Designing and building data pipelines to automate data movement and processing.
• Development and application of advanced analytical techniques, including machine learning and AI, to solve complex business problems.
• Documentation of data quality findings and recommendations for improvement.

To implement data quality process and procedures, ensuring that data is reliable and trustworthy, then extract actionable insights from it to help the organisation improve its operation, and optimise resources.