Enterprise & Capital Risk VP

The VP in Enterprise Risk will support the development and execution of the firm’s risk identification and appetite framework, with a particular focus on the IHC (Intermediate Holding Company) and its integration into broader Group Risk processes. The role requires strong analytical capabilities, cross-functional collaboration, and a deep understanding of stress testing, capital planning, and regulatory expectations.

The successful candidate will help shape the firm’s risk narrative and ensure alignment across business lines and control functions.

• Analyse firmwide stress test results and risk appetite metrics to identify emerging risks and thematic trends.
• Support the refinement of the bank’s risk appetite statements, thresholds, and escalation protocols.
• Provide materials and insights to facilitate senior-level dialogue on risk appetite and tolerance.
• Maintain and enhance the IHC risk appetite framework, ensuring consistency with Group-level policies.
• Liaise with Group Risk, Barclays Investment Bank, Card Business, IHC Finance, Risk and Treasury teams to ensure effective interlock across MTP (Medium-Term Planning), capital planning, stress testing, and CCAR processes.
• Coordinate inputs and feedback across stakeholders to support regulatory submissions and internal governance.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of governance documents, control frameworks, and policy artefacts related to risk appetite and stress testing.
• Establish and maintain governance structures that provide an end-to-end view of Barclays’ risk profile in the context of risk appetite.
• Support internal and external audits, regulatory reviews, and remediation activities.

To be successful as a VP, Enterprise and Capital Risk, you should have experience with:

• Analyzing firmwide stress test results and risk appetite metrics to identify emerging risks and trends
• Refining risk appetite statements, thresholds, and escalation protocols
• Supporting regulatory submissions and internal governance across capital planning and CCAR processes

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Collaborating across Risk, Finance, Treasury, and Front Office teams to ensure strategic alignment
• Developing governance documents and control frameworks related to risk appetite and stress testing
• Facilitating senior-level dialogue on risk tolerance and thematic risk narratives

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

Location: London

Purpose of the role

To develop, implement, and maintain the bank's risk appetite framework, setting clear and quantifiable risk tolerance levels for different business lines and activities.

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of risk appetite monitoring tools and methodologies, including risk dashboards and early warning systems.
• Identification of potential breaches of risk appetite and proactively take corrective action, including recommending risk mitigation strategies or adjusting business activities.
• Monitoring the bank's risk exposure across all business lines and activities, analysing data from various sources.
• Translation of risk appetite into quantitative limits for different risk types and business units.
• Provision of ongoing guidance and support to business units in managing their risk profiles within the established risk appetite framework.

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.