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Financial Crime Data Architect

Barclays UK
Glasgow
1 week ago
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As the Financial Crime Data Architect at Barclays, you will be responsible for defining, directing and governing Barclays' target data architecture in support of our financial crime initiatives. This includes the design of shared data environments, data models and standards, ensuring that data is accurate, secure and accessible to meet the evolving needs of the business and regulatory stakeholders.
To be successful as a Financial Crime Data Architect, you should have experience with:
Previous experience in designing and implementing data architectures, with a focus on complex data environments and data models, particularly within financial crime, risk, or compliance domains.
Deep understanding of financial crime regulations (Anti Money Laundering, Know Your Customer, Sanctions) and how data architecture supports compliance and risk management within these areas is desirable.
Experience with data governance, data quality and data security practices, ensuring the integrity, confidentiality and accessibility of data.
This role will be located at our Glasgow, Bournemouth or Knutsford office.
Purpose of the role
To define, direct and govern the bank’s target data architecture (inc. shared data environment, data model and standards) in support of business strategy, ensuring that data is accurate, secure and accessible to meet the needs of stakeholders.
Accountabilities
Development of the banks data architecture strategy, including the translation of bank-wide goals and objectives into target data architecture and transition plan.
Collaboration with stakeholders, including data operations, engineers and analysts, to provide subject matter expertise and share knowledge to promote standardised, consistent, safe and value-driven data usage.
Development and maintenance of the banks data architecture governance, standards and protection policies, regarding data models, authoritative data stores, and data capabilities, to support data quality, accuracy and consistency and the protection of sensitive information.
Management of the alignment of projects to the target data architecture through the provision of guidance, data solutions and monitoring of progress.
Definition of the shared reusable data capabilities, assets, tools and technologies required to connect disparate data sources, optimise data storage and provide seamless data access.
Custodianship of an overarching data model that directs how data is logically and physically structured within the banks physical data resources, e.g. database, interfaces and reports.
Monitoring applicable regulatory standards and industry developments for potential impact on the banks operations, controls and application portfolio.
Identification and selection of best-in-class data technologies and ongoing assessment of compliance with the bank's service level agreements and quality standards.
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.
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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments.
Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.

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