CRMs - Tm Optimisation and Strategy

Job Title : CRMS - TM Optimisation and Strategy
Location: Pune

About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do

Working Flexibly

Hybrid Working

Structured hybrid role:
Introduction:
The role will focus predominantly on the development and optimisation of TM solutions for in-scope Barclays UK (BUK) and Barclays International (BI) businesses / locations, including;
- Detailed model analysis within the TM area - conducting analysis of different TM systems currently deployed globally. In addition, there is a requirement to collaborate with various stakeholders (within Model Validation teams and outside) and answer queries related to model risk, underlying customer/transaction data and various parts of the model lifecycle.
- Working with compliance colleagues to support the development, implementation and optimisation of automated TM automated solutions and capabilities
- Collaborating with various Compliance leads, key Business, Operational, Technology and Financial Crime stakeholders to understand key priorities for the bank and identify enhancement opportunities

What will you be doing?

The role holder will:

- Support the development of the Model Risk Methodology (MRM) framework to ensure that it fulfils the requirements of the Internal Model Validation team and the wider Transaction Monitoring function, including;
- Ensuring that all steps and assumptions made in model development are documented, can be replicated, and are assessed from a risk standpoint.
- Asserting that findings in model documentation are stated accurately, particularly in instances where statistics / data science techniques are used in model methodology.
- Supporting the development, validation and onboarding of new models, while incorporating essential requirements of the TM function.
- Building knowledge on TM platforms by working with internal SMEs, to support with periodic model approvals.
- Work with colleagues to support the development, implementation and optimisation of Global TM solutions and capabilities, including;
- Supporting regular review & optimisation of TM solutions, maximising effectiveness and efficiency, and ensuring a risk-based approach is taken
- Developing and operationalising bespoke monitoring and oversight solutions within our Financial Crime data sources, including rules, models, typologies, profiles and dashboards.
- Ensuring TM solutions are rigorously built and embedded into routine processes, enabling proactive identification of money laundering and financial crime risks.
- Develop new / innovative methods to visualise effectiveness of TM solutions
- Collaborate with Compliance leads and key Business, Operational, Technology and Financial Crime stakeholders to understand key priorities for the bank and identify opportunities to enhance existing data/infrastructure/capabilities/processes, to maximise effectiveness and efficiency.
- Support innovation within in the field of TM, and data analytics, taking inspiration from pioneering teams within Barclays, leading peer institutions, or from different fields altogether, to enhance Surveillance & TM capabilities within Barclays.

What we’re looking for:

- Be able to challenge others and be open to challenge, particularly in the area of testing assumptions within models.
- Manage competing priorities and demands to achieve stretch goals and deliver results.
- Ability to solve problems logically and/or creatively, demonstrating professional judgment, quality control and adherence to high standards.
- Capability to concisely communicate technical ideas and concepts to a range of audiences in a variety of circumstances

Skills that will help you in the role:

- Understand statistical models - their strengths and weaknesses, as well as performing and documenting testing approaches.
- Experience in development of data visualisations/dashboards; preferably Tableau or similar (such as Qlikview, PowerBI)
- Hands on experience of common Data Science tools, libraries and languages (SQL, Python, R, Scala, Spark)
- Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Maths, Statistics, Physics or similar appropriate Degree

Where will you be working?
Pune

Be More at Barclays
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.