PEP Analyst

Job description

Job Title PEP Analyst
Location Glasgow

The Financial Crime/PEP Hub team is responsible for undertaking PEP and High Risk customer reviews for multiple business units including RP&S, Business Banking and Barclaycard.

Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) and High Risk customer reviews are crucial elements of ensuring Barclays fulfils its Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulatory obligations. This role will carry out PEP and High Risk customer reviews on behalf of multiple Business Units, in order to assess the level of Financial Crime risk

What you'll be doing?

• Manage PEP Alerts received into the hub and evaluate against Group Policy
• Gather information about PEP and High Risk customers in accordance with

Group policy and regulatory requirements
• Responsible for identifying and remediating any gaps in client KYC information

and obtaining through customer contact strategy
• Investigate, analyse and recommend whether the customer relationship is

within/outside of risk appetite. Complete follow up activities such as Exits,

additions to Watch List and raising of SAR's
• Build trusted relationships with Advocacy, Relationship Managers, Market

Leaders and MLRO's in order to ensure consistent and correct decisions are

made
• Ensure all activity is delivered in accordance with processes, procedures, and

the control framework in place.
• Notify to management any opportunities to improve processes, procedures or

controls

What we're looking for:

• A strong understanding of Financial Crime regulations and policies (AML,

Sanctions, and Anti-Bribery and Corruption) and the ability to make

recommendations for a customer case based on available evidence.
• Investigation/review experience
• Ability to analyse complex data
• Experience working in a regulated function such as Financial Crime, CASS,

AML, Complaints, Pensions etc. Report writing and make decisions around

case prioritisation and daily workload

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Stakeholder management experience
• Good knowledge of operational risk requirements and standards applicable to

the relevant processes and procedures
• Ability to work on multiple work types concurrently and have the ability to

switch focus based on priority and business needs
• Experience in change initiatives and projects, owning tasks/objectives through

to completion

Where will you be working?

Barclays, Glasgow: Where the best meet to build careers full of scope, variety and reward. Creating the solutions that meet today's demands, answer tomorrow's questions, and redefines the future of finance. Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

Our Values

Everything we do is shaped by the five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. Our values inform the foundations of our relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Our Diversity

We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to our vision and goals.

Our Benefits

Our customers are unique. The same goes for our colleagues. That's why at Barclays we offer a range of benefits, allowing every colleague to choose the best options for their personal circumstances. These include a competitive salary and pension, health care and all the tools, technology and support to help you become the very best you can be. We are proud of our dynamic working options for colleagues. If you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with us.