Financial Crime Money Laundering Reporting Officer

**Date live**:
06/30/2025
**Business Area**:
Compliance
**Area of Expertise**:
Compliance
**Contract**:
Permanent
**Reference Code**:
JR-0000057162
Compliance is a broad, multidisciplinary function at Barclays that oversees our global business operations. We ensure the bank lives its values, meets regulatory requirements, and follows our codes of conduct. Compliance helps manage financial affairs safely, prevents crime, and eliminates bad practices, acting as guardians for customers, colleagues, assets, shareholders, and reputation. This vital, challenging, and rewarding role protects customers, defends our reputation, and defines our business practices. Without Compliance, Barclays could not operate.
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The main responsibility of the Financial Crime Money Laundering Reporting Officer is to ensure supervision of the Financial Crime function for Barclays Bank PLC - France Branch. This activity forms circa 20% of the role). The Financial Crime Money Laundering Reporting Officer will be part of the Barclays Bank Ireland PLC - France Branch (BBI France) Financial Crime Team and provide support on the BBI activities (this forms circa 80% of the role). The Financial Crime Money Laundering Reporting Officer (BBPLC Branch) is accountable for the following in respect of BBPLC France and BBI France: To provide oversight of compliance with Barclays AML, ABC and Sanctions Policies, related standards and local Financial Crime laws and regulations across first and second lines of defence (1LOD and 2LOD). To Provide advice and guidance across 1LOD and 2LOD to support mitigating Financial Crime risks. This also involves assisting the Head of Financial Crime Europe in the supervision of the wider Financial Crime function in Europe.
To be successful as a Financial Crime Money Laundering Reporting Officer (France), you should have:

- Legal, ACOI (Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland) or relevant Financial Crime qualification
- In-depth understanding of French, Belgian and/or international Financial Crime regulation and legislation
- Strong communicator - both written and verbal
- Fluent in French and English

**Some other highly valued skills may include**:

- Financial Services, in particular, Banking industry experience
- Proven experience in a similar compliance / AML role at Financial Crime Advisory Level
- Experience in working in a matrix structure and being the recipient of outsourced activities

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
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 a 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 to.
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.
Vice President Expectations
To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise