VP Internal Audit – Corporate & Investment Bank

Join us in this exciting role as an Internal Audit Vice President within Barclays Europe Corporate, Investment and Private Bank. Based in Frankfurt, you will work with Audit colleagues across Europe to contribute to BIA’s vision and work with our Auditee’s to secure an improved and enhanced Governance and Control environment across Barclays. 

Some of the key responsibilities will include; leading audits, scoping the audits, including documentation of audit scope, process understanding, risk & control identification, and testing strategies; identifying efficient testing opportunities through use of data analytics; oversee audit fieldwork and completion of the audit report, communication of key findings and recommendations to stakeholders and supporting remediation of QA reviews and issues raised from those reviews, stakeholder management and continuous monitoring.

Key skills required for this role include:

• Strong internal or external audit experience. 
• Must have experience leading audits in large organisation; preferably in a large bank and ideally have experience within Corporate and Investment banking across different jurisdictions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to negotiate complex and challenging conversations.
• Sound experience leading an audit team, offering guidance and developing skills.
• Critical thinking mindset, able to scope an audit, raise issues and identify ways to improve the process.
• Risk based audit approach.
• Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills.
• Proactive mindset and ability to work on own initiative.
• Must be fluent in English. Ideally would also be fluent in German but this is not essential.

Other highly valued skills include:

• Strong communications skills, excellent attention to detail.
• Recognised Accounting or Auditing Qualification.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based in Frankfurt.

Purpose of the role

To support the development of audits aligned to the bank’s standards and objectives by working collaboratively with colleagues, providing accurate information and recommendations, and complying with policies and procedures.

Accountabilities

• Audit development and delivery support, including financial statements, accounting practices, operational processes, IT systems and risk management.
• Identification of operational risks to support the delivery of the Barclays Internal Audit (BIA) Audit Plan through risk assessments.
• Assessment of internal control effectiveness and their capability to identify and mitigate risk aligned to regulatory requirements.
• Communication of key findings and recommendations to stakeholders, including the Audit Owner, senior managers and directors.
• Identification of regulatory news and industry trends/developments to provide timely insight and recommendations for best practice.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.