Overview

Join us as a Retail and Private Banking Lawyer Vice President within our Non-Lending Consumer Products and Propositions team at Barclays. The team sits within Barclays UK Legal and is responsible for legal advice and legal risk management as trusted advisors to the business areas we support (incl. Savings, Insurance, Premier and Private Bank). You will work in a friendly and passionate team of regulatory experts.This role can be based in Glasgow, Birmingham or Manchester.Responsibilities

Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance.Proactive consumer banking legal advice and support to the consumer banking division on a wide range of issues, including regulatory compliance, regulatory change management, consumer protection, and risk management.Representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to consumer banking, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory enquiries and investigations.Creation and periodic review of legal documents in accordance with contractual arrangements policy to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws and regulations that may impact the bank\''s consumer banking operations.Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to consumer banking.Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs), ensuring LRRs are allocated to and reflected within the relevant policies, standards and controls.Qualifications and Skills

Qualified Lawyer and consumer product regulatory expert with a proven track record of using these skills in an advisory capacity to oversee key product and proposition innovation and simplification.Experience of advising on insurance products or private banking is preferred.Ability to proactively identify new and emerging legal and regulatory risks by providing consistently excellent advice and guidance with clear rationale and justification.VP Expectations and Leadership

Contribute to strategy, drive requirements, and recommend changes. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies and processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.If managing a team, define roles, plan for future needs, counsel on performance, and contribute to compensation decisions. May lead specialists to influence operations in alignment with strategic priorities while balancing short and long-term goals.Demonstrate Barclays Leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.If an individual contributor, act as a subject matter expert, lead multi-year assignments, guide team members, and train and coach less experienced specialists.Advise key stakeholders including functional leadership and senior management on functional and cross-functional impacts and alignment.Manage and mitigate risks through assessment in support of governance.Strengthen controls and demonstrate accountability in the work your team does.Collaborate with other areas of work to stay aligned with business activity and strategy.Create solutions through sophisticated analysis; apply research insights to problem solving.Build and maintain trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve key business objectives using influencing and negotiating skills.Company Values

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

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