Internal Auditor VP - Finance & Tax

Join us as a Vice President within Barclays Internal Audit (BIA) Finance team, where you will lead the delivery of audits focused on valuation control and product control. This role offers the opportunity to be an audit owner, responsible for planning, executing and delivering complex audits that assess the effectiveness of governance, risk management and internal controls across valuation processes. You will be a trusted voice, working collaboratively with senior stakeholders and influencing outcomes that strengthen the bank’s control environment.

You will lead audits covering Independent Price Verification (price testing), Fair Value Adjustments (FVA) and Prudent Valuation Adjustments (PVA), ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and internal standards. You will also lead continuous monitoring, risk assessment and shaping the audit universe for valuation-related areas. This role requires strong technical expertise, leadership capability and the ability to manage relationships at senior levels.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as audit owner for Finance audits with a focus on valuation control and product control.
• Define audit scope, develop testing strategies and lead end-to-end audit delivery.
• Assess control design and operating effectiveness for valuation processes including IPV, FVA and PVA.
• Provide clear, actionable recommendations to senior stakeholders and influence remediation plans.
• Maintain continuous monitoring of valuation risks and contribute to audit universe risk assessment.
• Mentor and coach junior team members, fostering technical development and high performance.
• Build strong, independent relationships with senior management and act as a respected voice in governance forums.

Essential Skills

• Extensive experience in Internal Audit within Financial Services, ideally in a global banking environment.
• Deep understanding of valuation control and product control processes, including IPV, FVA and PVA.
• Strong knowledge of investment banking products and valuation methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead complex audits and manage senior stakeholder relationships.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to articulate complex issues clearly.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Experience working across multiple geographies and managing global teams.

Desirable Skills

• Experience in Finance functions within an investment bank.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements related to valuation and prudent valuation.
• Data analytics capability and ability to leverage technology in audit testing.
• Professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, CFA, FRM or CIA.
• Experience coaching and mentoring junior colleagues.

You may be assessed on critical skills 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 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.