KYC Analyst
Glasgow, Northampton, Knutsford
As a Barclays KYC Analyst, you will be specialising in obtaining, completing and maintaining all regulatory KYC documentation for clients in accordance with Barclays guidelines and UK & Global financial regulations. In your new capacity, you will lead the high value, business critical KYC technical assisatnce to the businesses we align to, while providing an eager approach to KYC and delivering on personal and team objectives.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.
What will you be doing?
• Providing end to end dedicated and robust specialist KYC expertise throughout the onboarding and refresh process
• Maintaining a high standard of accuracy during all stages of the client review, working towards “right first time” objectives
• Assisting the relationship team by providing direct client & EDD contact throughout all stages, acting as a principal point of contact
• Using communication skills to explain the reasons for our KYC requirements, managing expectations regarding processing times & delivering great Client experience
• Working closely with other KYC managers to support KYC leadership in delivering an outstanding performance across the team, demonstrating excellent behaviours
• Contributing to a positive, supporting and proactive working culture by sharing knowledge and expertise both locally and globally
• Helping the relationship team by providing direct client contact throughout all stages of the KYC team’s processes to enhance speed of client delivery received
What we’re looking for:
• Excellent communication skills, across all platforms, with the ability to flex styles to the needs of different colleagues, stakeholder, and clients
• Exceptional level of time management skills to be able to proactively manage workload effectively to complete complex and high priority tasks within target timescales
• Solid stakeholder management skills and experience of working with key stakeholders
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of the importance of KYC to the bank through the various lenses, i.e. risk and regulation
Skills that will help you in the role:
• Good command of one of the following languages: German, French, Arabic, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese
• End-to-end KYC knowledge and experience
• Knowledge of Corporate Banking
• Specialist knowledge, understanding and experience in reviewing company structure, organisations and ownership
Where will you be working?
Our new state-of-the-art Campus, right in the heart of Glasgow is a hub of creative collaboration. A place where everyone can bring their true selves to work and reach their full potential. Home to 5,000 of our colleagues, our Tradeston campus will support the community in more ways than one - by creating thousands of new career opportunities and celebrating local artists. A short walk from Central Station on the south of the Clyde, it will be a key location for the Barclays business that will deepen our ties with the city and its communities.
Northampton was the birthplace of Barclaycard in 1966 and we've been based in Pavilion Drive since the building opened in 1997.
We purchased the building from the landlord in early 2018 as a sign of our commitment to investment in Northampton. Plans to further develop this Campus-style location are under way to allow for a real collaborative work environment. Based just off the A45 it is easily accessible by both car and bus routes.
You will be based in Radbroke, Knutsford. The Barclays Technology Campus just outside Manchester is our tech command centre and a vital strategic powerhouse behind our global operations. The campus is set in a 64 acre self-contained site, in a beautiful green environment and it offers unrivalled facilities for work and for play. We have an onsite gym, as well as outdoor tennis, football and cricket areas, as well as onsite restaurant and coffee shops.