Reputation Risk Specialist

Join us in this exciting role as a Reputation Risk Specialist. As a Reputation Risk Specialist you will support the Director, Reputation Risk, in providing effective support to Barclays businesses and functions in relation to risks and issues that have the potential to impact negatively upon Barclays’ reputation. You will manage the reputation risk horizon scanning process for PP&CR.

Some responsibilities you will have as a Reputation Risk Specialist are
•    Manage the development and lead the implementation of a robust reputation risk horizon scanning process for PP&CR, that will inform decision making and leverage stakeholder insights and expertise.   
•    Support the Director, Reputation Risk, to prepare regular reputation risk key theme updates for senior stakeholders, including Group Executive Committee and Group Board.
•    Co-ordinate the collation of stakeholder input from across the bank, apply a reputation risk lens and independent judgement to assess the potential impact of external changes.
•    Maintain a live external horizon scanning document, and support the leadership team to consider the potential impact for ongoing scenario planning.
•    Serve as a trusted advisor to leadership on emerging reputation risks

To be successful as a Reputation Risk Specialist, you should have experience with
•    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
•    Experience of identifying, analysing, interpreting and prioritising risks across an organisation including operational, regulatory, geopolitical and reputational risks, and presenting output to stakeholders.  
•    Experience of writing reports for senior stakeholders.
•    Building and maintaining relationships with internal stakeholders, external partners and industry associations to stay abreast of industry trends and developments, and best practices.
•    Good attention to detail.
•    Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Some other highly valued skills may include
•    Experience of working in a risk environment and / or a reputation risk environment.
•    Strong external network that informs and helps to shape a best-in-class approacb to decision-making.
•    Experience of working closely with communications, media relations risk, technology, legal and compliance teams
•    Previous role in financial services or another highly regulated sector

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 or Glasgow

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.

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.