Senior Lawyer - VP

Job Description

Senior Lawyer – Vice President at Barclays, responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance and managing legal and regulatory risks within the bank.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance.
• Provide legal advice and support on regulatory affairs, including compliance, risk management, and transactional matters.
• Represent the Legal department in regulatory proceedings (litigation, arbitration, investigations).
• Review legislation, regulations, and legal documents to ensure compliance.
• Conduct legal research and analysis to stay updated on changes that may impact the bank.
• Develop and deliver training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements.
• Identify, communicate and provide proactive legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs).
• Ensure LRRs are allocated and reflected within relevant policies, standards, and controls.
• Plan resources, budgets and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements.
• Define jobs, responsibilities and plan for the department’s future needs and operations; counsel employees on performance.
• Lead specialist teams to influence operations, balancing short and long‑term goals.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours: Listen, Energise, Align, Develop (LEAD).
• If an individual contributor, act as a subject‑matter expert guiding technical direction and collaborating on multi‑year assignments.
• Advise stakeholders, including functional leadership and senior management, on functional and cross‑functional areas of impact.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Collaborate with other areas to stay aligned with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought and research.
• Build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills.
• Demonstrate Barclays values and mindset in all interactions.

Qualifications

• Senior qualified lawyer (Solicitor, Barrister or equivalent) with relevant post‑qualification experience (in‑house and/or private practice) in financial services, regulation and commercial contracts.
• Technical knowledge of English law contracts or equivalent legal frameworks.
• Excellent attention to detail, organisational and time‑management skills; ability to manage a range of tasks and deliver to deadlines.
• Experience supporting, supervising, and developing other colleagues.
• Experience in the financial services industry, in‑house or with a significant law firm, focused on regulatory advice.
• Understanding of DLT/blockchain systems.
• Knowledge of Barclays’ operational and strategic objectives.
• Demonstrated experience identifying improvements in processes and ways of working and supporting implementation.
• Key critical skills: risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, and job‑specific technical skills.

Location

The role can be based in Birmingham, London, Manchester or Glasgow.