Rulebook Assurance Lead

Join us as a Rulebook Assurance Lead at Barclays, where you will support Barclays by conducting assurance reviews to ensure adherence to relevant rules.

To be successful in the role of a Rulebook Assurance Lead, you should have the following:

• Experience in a quality assurance, control testing, audit or similar functions.

• Regulation knowledge and understanding such as CASS.

• Ability to analyse complex processes and apply the regulation effectively.

• Proven stakeholder management skills, working across different levels of seniority in the organisation.

• Attention to detail.

• Data analytics experience.

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Ability to prioritise workloads, stay organised and meet deadlines.

• Strong Communication skills.

• Control and risk experience.

You may be assessed on the 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 Glasgow.

Purpose of the role

Support Barclays by conducting assurance reviews to ensure adherence to relevant regulatory rules.

Accountabilities

• Test day-to-day services to ensure the bank meets its regulatory obligations.

• Monitoring operational processes related to relevant regulation and guidelines.

• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to investigate and resolve discrepancies and/or other issues related to regulatory rules.

• Development and implementation of new process, procedures, and systems to improve efficiency, mitigate risk and enhance effectiveness of regulatory operations.

• Support the execution of audits and regulatory inspections related to regulated operations through the provision of key information including documents and reports.

• Participation in projects and initiatives to improve regulatory operational efficiency and effectiveness.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.

• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes

• 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.

• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.

• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.

• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.

• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.

• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.

• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.

• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.

• Influence or convince stakeholders 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.