Assistant Manager

Join us as a "Assistant Manager" at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

To be a successful "Assistant Manager ", you should have experience with (Mandatory):

• Essential experience of end-to-end Purchase to Pay (P2P) process within Global environment in the area of Accounts Payable and Invoice Forensics activities.
• Lead Change Management for Invoice Forensics in terms of identification of Opportunity, qualitative and quantitative materialization of Benefits, Testing, Defect Management and monitor sustainability of change post go-live.
• Experience in review, validation and reconciliation of statement of account and expertise in the recovery of outstanding from the suppliers.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement to streamline the internal process and minimize supplier outstanding recoveries in future.
• Exposure to supplier contracts review, rigorous invoice scrutiny and invoice payment analysis to validate with the commercial terms in a contract.
• Working knowledge of Withholding Tax rules and process across various regions and to work with tax teams, business and suppliers to ensure Tax compliance.
• Ability to create quality reports and dashboards for presentation to leadership teams.

Some other highly valued skills may include (Mandatory):

• Excellent Communication skill both written and verbal.
• Experience of procurement Systems including SAP, Coupa and added advantage of other tools within Procurement Operations team.
• Proficiency in Advanced MS Excel, MS power point and MS Word skills.
• Excellent Analytical skills with the ability to deep dive into large data and to conduct thorough accounting review.  Eye for detail with logical problem-solving skills.
• Required to manage complex queries/problems and should be able to provide solutions/recommendations.
• Well organized and able to priorities tasks, using judgement to manage/escalate issues.
• Good interpersonal/stakeholder management skills and ability to interact at all levels.
• Develops effective peer and working relationships within/across teams.
• Ability to assimilate new information and quickly adapt to new environment/new role.
• Well verse with Barclay’s Risk and Controls framework, Procurement Controls requirements & RCSA.
• Understands SOX & NON-SOX controls applicable to procurement processes.
• Experience of supporting internal & external audits.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with SAP, Coupa, as well as job-specific skillsets.

Location: Noida

Purpose of the role

To support business areas with day-to-day processing, reviewing, reporting, trading and issue resolution. 

Accountabilities

• Support various business areas with day-to-day initiatives including processing, reviewing, reporting, trading, and issue resolution.
• Collaboration with teams across the bank to align and integrate operational processes.
• Identification of areas for improvement and providing recommendations in operational processes.
• Development and implementation of operational procedures and controls to mitigate risks and maintain operational efficiency.
• Development of reports and presentations on operational performance and communicate findings to internal senior stakeholders.
• Identification of industry trends and developments to implement best practice in banking operations.
• Participation in projects and initiatives to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.

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.