As a Barclays Sanctions Advisory, you will report into the business-aligned Head of Sanctions within the wider Group structure of Sanctions and provide subject matter expertise to all key stakeholders with regards to on-going compliance with the Group Sanctions Policy. You will be primarily assisting with the overall management of sanctions risk for the aligned business by providing guidance and input to critical or technically complex business initiatives.

Barclays is one of the world’s largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

Working Flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.

We are 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. We’re 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. We also have a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

What will you be doing?

• Acting as advisor to the aligned business for sanctions issues or tasks, providing expert advice and guidance to relevant stakeholders
• Providing up-to-date interpretation of sanctions legislation and regulation ensuring Barclays meets its legal and regulatory accountabilities
• Managing the preparation of exceptions, dispensations and waivers against Sanctions Policy, by way of teamwork 
• Ensuring that sanctions matters are correctly managed and follow appropriate escalation routes, while involving the relevant stakeholders early and fully
• Working closely with the business in the implementation of Group and local policy standards and controls
• Overseeing and assisting where appropriate with responses to requests from internal audit and assurance teams

What we’re looking for:

• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills
• Sound judgement, excellent attention to detail and the ability and confidence to make business critical decisions
• An approachable, straightforward, resilient, persuasive manner, with excellent negotiation and influencing skills
• Excellent organisational, planning, prioritisation and problem-solving skills, with the ability to multi-task and demonstrate flexible thinking

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Excellent knowledge of OFAC, HMT, EU, and UN sanctions laws, regulations, regulatory expectations and industry best practice
• A background in sanctions or financial crime
• An interest in politics and its effect on global regulatory environment
• A solid knowledge of the Barclays Group/Business Units and its major customer/payments processing systems

Where will you be working?

Our new state-of-the-art Campus, right in the heart of Glasgow is a hub of creative collaboration. A place where everyone can bring their true selves to work and reach their full potential. Home to 5,000 of our colleagues, our Tradeston campus will support the community in more ways than one - by creating thousands of new career opportunities and celebrating local artists. A short walk from Central Station on the south of the Clyde, it will be a key location for the Barclays business that will deepen our ties with the city and its communities.

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