Senior Financial Crime PMO

Purpose of the role

To support change delivery managers in the delivery of successful projects, while ensuring that project management processes and practices are aligned with controls and governance standards and that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives. 

Accountabilities

• Support to change delivery managers, ensuring their programme is compliant with the Barclays Control Framework, including oversight of controls and governance standards.
• Creation and implementation of standardised PMO processes and methodologies that are aligned with controls and governance standards and that support the delivery of successful projects.  .
• Monitoring of project performance, including tracking of project progress, identification of risks assumptions, issues and dependencies, and creation of report on project status to senior management.
• Support of project documentation, including maintenance of project plans, schedules, and budgets, and ensuring that project documentation is up-to-date and accurate.
• Facilitation of project governance, including ensuring that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives, and that project risks assumptions, issues and dependencies are managed effectively.
• Provision of change management framework training to project managers and other stakeholders, ensuring that they have the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver successful projects.  .
• Continuous improvement of project management practices, including identification of areas for improvement and implementation of changes to improve project delivery.

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.
• 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. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• 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.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• 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.

Join us as a Senior Financial Crime PMO at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence.

As a Senior Financial Crime PMO, you will oversee and drive large-scale, complex financial crime initiatives across the organisation. You will be responsible for ensuring strict adherence to change governance standards, managing all relevant documentation, and ensuring timely navigator updates. Leading governance meetings and providing strategic updates to senior stakeholders, you will maintain a comprehensive project plan, balancing multiple priorities while managing intricate risk and compliance requirements.

To be successful as a Senior Financial Crime PMO, you should have:

• Deep understanding of project and programme governance, including portfolio oversight, RAID management and MI reporting
• Strong command of Navigator or similar governance platforms (e.g. creating dashboards, tracking milestones, reporting status)
• Ability to challenge and influence senior stakeholders, ensuring adherence to frameworks and standards

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience in regulatory or financial crime programmes, understanding critical delivery timelines and compliance pressures
• Skilled in resource and budget management at programme level
• Familiarity with change frameworks and how to integrate them into governance processes

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

We will consider applications from those able to work from either our Northampton, Knutsford, Glasgow or Sunderland office.