Location: London Length: 6 months PAYE only Overall purpose of the role: Lead and execute large-scale sanctions change and transformation projects. This VP role is central to delivering the sanctions components of the multi-year Integrated Financial Crime (IFC) Programme . Leverage expertise in Change Management and Sanctions to build robust solutions, oversee complex workstreams, and ensure high-quality execution.

Key Accountabilities: Transformation and Programme Delivery Own Transformation: Take end-to-end ownership of the sanctions-focused transformation agenda in collaboration with the Director.

Programme Management: Oversee the delivery of $\sim 5$ major Sanctions/IFC workstreams in 2026.

IFC Programme: Act as the key delivery manager for sanctions within the 18-month IFC Programme, ensuring integration by Jan/Feb 2026.

Workstream Oversight: Manage diverse change workstreams including Case Management, Sanctions Technology upgrades, and Organisational Design.

Solution Building: Analyse complex problems and build practical, sustainable change solutions for the Sanctions control environment.

Expertise and Execution Sanctions Domain Expertise: Provide hands-on Sanctions Domain expertise to support team execution and problem-solving.

Change Management SME: Apply deep Change Management SME to govern, plan, and execute large-scale projects.

Scale and Scope: Deliver demonstrable experience in executing changes of significant scale (e.g., multi-year system implementations, large-scale organisational re-design, integration post-acquisition).

Technology Exposure: Leverage knowledge of Sanctions Technology platforms (e.g., familiarity with Fircosoft is advantageous).

Stakeholder Management and Autonomy Autonomy: Manage self and workstreams autonomously, demonstrating the necessary gravitas to lead decision-making.

Stakeholder Engagement: Effectively manage and influence stakeholders across Compliance, Technology, and the Business to secure alignment and drive adoption.

Key Skills: Proven Change Management SME: Extensive background driving large-scale, complex transformation programmes in a regulated environment.

Sanctions Transformation Experience: Direct experience delivering major change initiatives specifically within the Sanctions domain.

Scale of Change: Direct exposure to managing multi-year change impacting multiple units/regions within a Tier-1/large Financial Institution.

Gravitas and Autonomy: Ability to operate independently at the VP level and engage senior stakeholders with high credibility.

Desirable Skills and Experience: Direct experience with Sanctions technology implementation/upgrade projects (e.g., Fircosoft, OFAC regimes).

Experience with broader Financial Crime technology.

Professional certifications (ACAMS/ICA) are a nice-to-have, but practical execution experience is key.

About Barclays Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays 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 its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group. Values Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measure and reward the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it. Diversity Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.

Hybrid: 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 3 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.

Your Benefits As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.