Customer & Payments Screening Manager

We're looking for a Customer and Payments Screening Manager to lead our Screening team within Banking Risk, here at Tesco Bank part of Barclays Bank UK Plc. This is an exciting time to join the team as we continue to tackle the Anti-Money Laundering and Fraud threats in the ever-evolving landscape in which we operate. You'll lead a team of analysts to manage our sanctions and client screening systems, ensuring our systems operate effectively and efficiently to meet our Regulatory obligations. You'll collaborate closely with colleagues in both the Operational Teams and the second line risk teams, and work with commercial teams and others in the delivery of change. You'll be responsible for maintaining the screening systems, and the associated rulesets, to ensure that controls are optimised. This is an exciting role, in a small, dedicated team, which will offer you the opportunity to develop both your subject matter expertise in financial crime, as well as your collaboration skills, working with many cross-functional teams. You may also have the opportunity to get involved with AML detection strategies, supporting colleagues in the wider Fraud and AML Team. As Tesco Bank has recently been acquired by Barclays, this role will require supporting management with data integration, along with sharing ideas and looking for opportunities to improve. This will give greater exposure to wider teams and build a stronger understanding of banking risk, which will build a strong foundation for career progression.

• Please note - if successful in this role, your job title will be Fraud & AML Manager
What you'll be doing
• Provide leadership and direction, ensuring your team are aware of their goals and objectives and how these align the broader organisation's mission and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
• Manage and report on team performance ensuring appropriate performance objectives are set. Support and develop your team, using the organisation's formal development framework and providing training or coaching to others throughout the organisation in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfil personal potential.
• Assist with stakeholder engagement by arranging actions, meetings, events, and supporting materials to promote stakeholder understanding and commitment
• Act as a team member supporting a change initiative by providing analysis or monitoring progress with guidance from a project/program manager.
• Identify shortcomings and suggest improvements to existing processes, systems, and procedures, then delivers a plan for a small element of a change management program with guidance from a project/program manager.
• Financial Crime Systems Development: Research and identify financial crime trends and emerging risks, contribute to the drafting of fraud prevention policies and procedures, and identify opportunities for new and/or improved financial crime systems functionalities to support the development of financial crime prevention strategies, policies, procedures, and system monitoring.
  Previous experience in a screening role or have a close working experience of the screening systems (e.g. Fircosoft, SAM8) and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience of managing mitigating action plans to address operational risk.
• Ideally, you will have previous experience in managing a team
• Proficiency in SAS (or similar programming language), and Excel are essential., A background in financial crime with knowledge of common banking products and their usage An understanding of financial crime risk typologies and methods of statistical analysis and an understanding of technology governance Strong communication and collaboration skills with internal and external stakeholders
  Our colleagues are working hybrid, taking time to meet with colleagues in our offices for moments that matter, such as team catch ups, planning meetings and more. If you're interested in finding out more about what a career at Tesco Bank looks like, click apply to find out more!
Why Tesco Bank? Whether we're helping our customers or looking after our people, you'll find there's a warmth and friendliness to everything we do. It means we put your wellbeing first and give you bags of support, training and development, so you can build the career that's right for you. It's about looking after each other with the same care that we give to our customers. We've created an environment where everyone feels included, accepted and welcome. Which means you can bring your whole self to work every day and totally thrive at the same time.
We don't expect you to tick every box, and if you feel you hit most of the brief, it's worth exploring to further develop your career here with us. What's in it for you
• Prepare for your retirement with our colleague pension scheme.
• Private Medical Insurance (WL2+) and virtual GP Service you and your family 365 days a year.
• Performance related annual bonus.
• Indulge in a generous holiday allowance with a minimum of 7.2 weeks, with the opportunity to buy more.
• Embrace the benefits of our Colleague Clubcard (until March 2026), enjoy a 10% discount that increase to 15% every payday (worth up to 2K). As an added perk, we'll give you a second card to share with someone else.
• Benefit from our family-oriented initiatives, encompassing enhanced maternity leave pay, a shared parental leave policy, and a generous 8-week paid paternity leave.
• A place to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.
• Take part in our Buy as you Earn and Save as your Earn share schemes.