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Date live: Jan. 19, 2026

Business Area: GTIS

Area of Expertise: Risk and Quantitative Analytics

Reference Code: JR-0000089076

Contract: Permanent

Join us at Barclays as a CTO Governance Analyst, where you will help build and maintain reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure platforms that support applications, data systems, and cloud technologies. In this role, you’ll apply engineering best practice, support incident response, and manage end‑to‑end technology governance by organising and facilitating key forums across the CTO function.

To be successful as a CTO Governance Analyst, you should have experience with:

  • Execution focused and experienced in working in a Risk, Control, Governance, or PMO environment.
  • Communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • SharePoint Online (managing lists and pages), Excel and PowerPoint.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

  • Maintenance of risk inventories and governance documentation.
  • Management and operation of associated committees, forums and meetings.
  • Tableau Desktop, Tableau Prep Builder, Excel VBA, Confluence.

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 is based in Knutsford/Northampton.

Purpose of the role

To provide support to the Chief Risk Officer(S) in the implementation and ongoing effectiveness of the bank's risk management framework across various business units and functions.

Accountabilities

  • Implementation support of risk management policies, standards, procedures, and controls across the bank.
  • Asessment and promotion of risk management awareness and risk controls and culture.
  • Review, challenge and monitoring of the effectiveness of existing risk management practices and identifying areas for improvement.
  • Identification of new and emerging risks, and assessing the likelihood and impact of identified risks, and recommending appropriate mitigation strategies.
  • Management and operation of associated committees, forum and meetings.
  • Maintenance of risk inventories and governance documentation.

Analyst Expectations

  • To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
  • Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
  • Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
  • They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
  • 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
  • Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
  • Partner with other functions and business areas.
  • Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
  • Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
  • Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
  • Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
  • Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
  • Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
  • Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
  • Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
  • Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
  • Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
  • Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.

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