FCS People Leader

Step into the role of a FCS people leader at Barclays, where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future. Join us in our mission to safeguard our business and our customers from financial crime risks.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role such as:

• Support various Financial Crime processes, which might include though not limited to payments / sanctions screening, adverse media screening and other AML related processes.

• Ensure compliance with Barclays Group Sanctions Policy and with Barclays Regulatory responsibilities in respect of the fight against Financial Crime.

• Key leadership role by coaching analysts, challenging poor‑quality outcomes, and embedding a culture of quality ownership and continuous improvement across Payments Screening operations.

• Drives data‑led quality oversight, performing trend and root‑cause analysis, monitoring QC trackers and SLAs, and presenting clear insights in quality forums and governance reviews.

Desirable skills sets:

• Responsible for development, delivery, and maintenance of an effective Operational Risk Control environment to covering all aspects of Functional operational risk.

• Ensures strong quality and regulatory control over sanctions‑related payment decisioning.

• Deep knowledge of sanctions policies, screening alerts, escalation standards, and risk classification, along with accountability for maintaining QC quality thresholds, analyst accreditation, and decision consistency.

• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.

You may be assessed on key essential skills relevant to succeed 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.

This role is based out of Noida.

Purpose of the role

To assess the quality of business processes and the execution of processes and develop initiatives to improve quality standards. 

Accountabilities

• Identification of areas for improvement within operations and provide recommendations for change through the quality assurance process.
• Development and implementation of quality  control procedures and controls to mitigate risks and maintain efficient operations.
• Collaboration with teams across the bank to develop quality improvement guidelines, initiatives, objectives, and action plans to monitor performance, improve business areas and govern processes.
• Development of reports and presentations on quality  control performance and communicate findings to internal senior stakeholders.
• Monitoring of customer-facing colleagues’ performance, and evaluating their performance through reviews, quality reporting, policy development and feedback on customer interactions.
• Execution of quality audits of the bank’s processes and operations, aligned to regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• Identification of industry trends and developments to implement best practice in quality assurance services.
• Participation in projects and initiatives to improve quality  control efficiency and effectiveness.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. 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. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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 and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.