UKC Business Manager - Governance

Join Barclays as a UKC Business Manager - Governance, where you will provide operational and administrative support to senior leaders, simultaneously shaping and executing long-term strategic change, whilst helping to navigate complex challenges in the performance in their roles.

The VP for UKC Executive Governance ensures disciplined, high‑quality governance that enables senior executives to make informed decisions and deliver strategic priorities. The role owns end‑to‑end governance operations for senior forums, drives action management, produces executive‑ready materials, and ensures transparent, well‑controlled decision‑making.

Key Responsibilities

Governance Operations & Committee Management:

• Own agendas, forward plans, prioritisation, sequencing and cadence for senior forums and reporting.
• Ensure reporting and committees operate in line with mandated governance standards and structures.
• Maintain a complete audit trail of papers, minutes, actions, decisions, and attendance.

Executive‑Ready Papers, Minutes & Communications:

• Produce concise, executive‑quality papers, minutes, decision logs, and MI analysis.
• Lead drafting, quality assurance, and timely distribution of all governance materials

Action Management & Delivery Oversight:

• Assign owners and deadlines, track progress, and escalate risks, delays, and blockers proactively.
• Provide structured updates on progress, interdependencies, and issues to governance forums.

Senior Stakeholder Engagement:

• Partner with Accountable Executives, Chiefs of Staff, COO, Controls, Finance, Risk, Legal and Compliance to shape agendas and ensure high‑quality decision flows.
• Support senior executives with strategic insight, analysis, scenario framing, and meeting preparation.

Risk, Control & Regulatory Alignment:

• Ensure governance outputs reflect risk management expectations, regulatory considerations, escalation protocols, and audit/compliance findings.
• Support SMR‑related responsibilities and the control environment for senior leaders.

To be successful as a UKC Business Manager – Governance, you will have:

• A strong track record supporting senior governance (forums and reporting) with high‑quality agendas, papers, minutes, and action discipline.
• Experience in Business Management, Chief of Staff or COO roles, handling sensitive matters with discretion.
• Deep understanding of governance frameworks, risk and controls, regulatory expectations, and committee operations.
• Highly organised, deadline‑driven, able to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Operates with strong judgement, confidentiality, and a solutions‑focused mindset.

Other highly valued skills include:

• Executive‑level communication, influencing, and stakeholder management.

This role will be based in London.

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.

Purpose of the role

To enable the success of the business and assist senior leaders navigate complex challenges, make informed decisions, and achieve their goals

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with business and senior leadership to develop and implement business strategies that align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
• Liaison between different business units and functions, fostering communication and collaboration.
• Management and coordination of strategic initiatives, projects, and change management efforts to optimize business processes and strengthen the control environment.
• Improvement of operational efficiency within the organisation including the identification of areas for improvement, streamlining of processes, and implementation of best practices to enhance productivity and effectiveness.
• Development of performance reporting for key metrics that reinforce the strategic objectives of the division and support the external commitments made. Involvement in aspects of financial analysis and budget management, including assistance in financial planning, forecasting, and monitoring of financial performance against targets.
• Support to business heads in partnership with HR on hiring, workforce planning, joiner/mover/leaver actions.

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.