Director, Office of Head of Compliance, Apac

**Job Title**:
Director, Office of Head of Compliance, APAC

**Corporate Grade**:
D

**Reports to (Line Manager’s Job Title)**:
Head of Compliance, APAC

**Direct Reports (if applicable)**:
2

**Business Area**:
BBPLC

**Department/Function Level 1**:
Functions

**Department/Function Level 2**:
Compliance

**Primary Location**:
Singapore

**IAR Role**

No

**CBI Regulated Role**

No

**CBI Regulated Role Type**

**List all applicable Controlled Functions and Pre-Approval Controlled Functions [CFs: 1-11, and PCFs: 1-47] please see appendix 1 and 2** **for the full listing.**

NA

**Regulated Role**

No

**If yes, what is the name of the regulator**

NA

**Contractual Legal Entity -** Please refer to link below for legal and regulatory requirement.**

***

BX

***Barclays Overview**

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.

**We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.**

Working Flexibly

Hybrid Working

Structured hybrid role:
About Business Oversight Compliance (BOC)

Business Oversight Compliance team provides advice to, and oversight of, Barclays’ Group service company and its constituent functional teams, which provide a range of critical Operations, Technology and Functional services across the full scope of Barclays Group businesses. The team works in partnership with the business-aligned Business Oversight Compliance teams to ensure effective coverage across the firm’s business-aligned and Group-wide functional support activities. The team provides Compliance coverage for the Group Service Company overall and for selected Group-wide or cross-business functions.

About Compliance

Compliance is here to protect the integrity of Barclays and its role in the financial services industry. We have a key role in helping the firm to achieve the right outcomes and maintain a conduct-focused culture and actively participate in the prevention, detection and management of breaches of applicable laws, rules, regulations and procedures. In order to achieve this, Compliance is focused on: delivering expert advice to protect the integrity of the financial system; challenging and collaborating with the business; and innovating our ways of working and thinking to deliver an effective risk management service to Barclays.

Overall purpose of role

The role is to support the Head of Compliance, APAC, in strategic initiatives and projects, BAU management of the function, oversight of Cross Border Compliance and Conduct Risk as well as the risk and Control agenda for APAC Compliance.

Key Accountabilities
- Provide leadership and oversight of the APAC Cross Border Compliance and Conduct Risk team
- Support the Head of Compliance, APAC, in strategic projects and BAU deliverables under the broader Technical Compliance team, including budget management, MI production, management of control framework within APAC Compliance as a vertical, etc.
- Work with APAC Compliance Management team peers to drive strategic changes and provide check-an-challenges to decisions around organisational

structure and resourcing, where needed.
- Central point of contact for all risk and control related issues where APAC Compliance is deemed as the 1LOD operator.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

The role will require adhoc interactions with senior stakeholders at the Director and MD levels, including country CEO/COO, regional head of functions, etc. The role will also need to work closely with the wider global Compliance teams such as the Compliance COO, Cross Border and Technical Compliance. The ability to influence and build/maintain these relationships will be key for this role.

Decision-making and Problem Solving

This role requires a high level of autonomy and initiative when it comes to decision-making and problem solving. Attention to detail and in-depth analysis of each problem/situation prior to making a decision is key; the end result would be a recommendation for action or an informed decision, with sound rationale, taken in light of the problem on hand.

Risk and Control Objective [This section is mandatory for all role profiles and must not be deleted]

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

Person Specification
- Extensive experience in the banking industry commensurate with appropriate level of seniority/responsibility
- Attention to detail and ability to present complex topics succinctly
- Ability to influence/interact with senior stakeholders and wider Compliance team to drive/deliver desired outcomes
- Politically astute and able to understand/nav