Financial Crime Agile Testing Specialist

Overview

Provide data-led expert oversight and check and challenge on business and compliance matters to evidence that the organisation operates in compliance with Barclays legal, regulatory and ethical responsibilities, in an agile testing and financial crime assurance role.

What you'll do

• Identify and assess compliance risks through thorough reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing and systems.
• Identify and investigate potential market abuse, including Insider Dealing, Unlawful Disclosure, Market Manipulation or Anti-Competitive Conduct.
• Conduct investigations of compliance risk events or breaches.
• Provide oversight and check and challenge of corrective actions and preventative measures to avoid future occurrences.
• Implement compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements, ensuring internal policies are aligned with international standards, including jurisdictional requirements.
• Collaborate with 1LOD, other relevant Compliance teams, legal, and relevant risk management functions for a comprehensive approach to compliance and risk management.
• Identify, investigate and oversee potential money laundering, terrorist financing or other financial crime.
• Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, set objectives and coach employees, and appraise performance relative to objectives.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple internal and external sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information and influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

What you'll need

• Experience in Financial Crime Assurance or Control Testing within a 2nd line function, with an understanding of investigative processes, control testing, and hypothesis testing.
• Strong knowledge of compliance risk management and financial crime controls, with the ability to identify, assess, investigate, and challenge risk events or control weaknesses.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear testing outputs, senior-level materials, and communicate complex or sensitive information effectively.

Nice to have

• Advisory or consulting experience, including the ability to create memos, pitch ideas, and support insights, observations or outcomes.
• Project management and stakeholder management experience, including supporting day-to-day delivery, influencing stakeholders, and challenging constructively across the organisation.
• Familiarity with case management systems (such as Salesforce), workflows, data handling, agile ways of working, or digital tools that support testing and oversight activities.

Details

• Location: Pune, Gera Commerzone SEZ, India.
• Based out of Pune, India.