Financial Sanctions Officer

Job Title: Financial Sanctions Officer
Location: Chennai

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
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

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.

Hybrid Working

Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

Introduction:

- To manage the functions of the unit as per specified service level agreements and to ensure optimal distribution of workload in order to achieve objectives for the unit
- To work in a team environment for processing various transactions based on instructions within agreed timelines with accuracy to consistently provide a high-level customer service

What will you be doing?
- Risk and Control: All Barclays colleagues have to ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards
- Knowledge in customer screening and PEP
- Logical thinking in discounting PEP hits
- Experience in drill down and validating entity ownership structure.
- Establish the most effective and efficient solutions to complex transactions referred by Level ½ Advisors
- Accountable for understanding of technical changes and their implications for the customer experience
- Accountable for identifying, analysing and resolving/implementing processing issues to prevent re-occurrence, reducing loss to the business
- Responsible for driving own performance management, collating relevant documentation, preparing for and arranging self-performance reviews
- Work with Team Manager and take joint responsibility for the control the workflow to ensure process efficiencies are achieved, team performance is optimised, Service Level Agreement are met by ensuring productivity and accuracy measures are in place
- To provide support and cover in terms of process management to SME’s as required ensuring effective team work across the operation
- Sanction payment investigation
- Screening experience
- Responsible for verification and authorisation of entries within signatory limits and non-conformant items/referrals which may be staff prompted or system generated
- Accountable for ensuring self-understanding and adherence to procedures and quality controls and checks are completed as required

What we’re looking for:

- Graduate in any discipline
- Effective communication, including questioning skills
- Excellent organisational and planning skills
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team
- Achieving high standards and delivering results with accuracy and attention to detail
- MS Office Applications proficiency (Outlook, Excel, Word & PowerPoint)
- Ability to lead a small team of people

Skills that will help you in the role:

- Experience of working in BPO/KPO, experience in AML/KYC/SANCTIONS/CDD/EDD.
- Familiarity with procedures, policies, products and services of a financial organisation
- Ability to work within deadlines/customer demand

Where will you be working?

Chennai

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.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.

Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.

Service
We act with empathy and hu