CBP - Global Regulatory Governance

Join us as a "CBP Global Regulatory Governance" 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 successful as a "CBP Global Regulatory Governance", you should have experience with:

• Lead a team that governs regulatory engagements for Technology & CSO, supporting leadership  where necessary.
• Delivers against the agreed strategy for Technology and CSO regulatory, external audit and client engagement globally.
• Experience in managing Technology & Cyber Regulatory Engagements and external audits.
• Excellent knowledge of information technology risks, controls and risk remediation.
• Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.

Some other highly valued skills may include

• Review of Audit findings, self-identified issues and breaches to align them with operational risk, regulatory requirements and Barclay’s Control Framework.
• Advising IT on pragmatic approaches to meeting regulatory mandated technology controls and risk reduction.
• Relevant professional certification such as CISA, CISSP, CISM, PMP, CRISC or equivalent.

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in playing a lead role in:
  • Review of Audit findings, self-identified issues and breaches to align them with operational risk, regulatory requirements and Barclay’s Control Framework.
  • Advising IT on pragmatic approaches to meeting regulatory mandated technology controls and risk reduction.
  • Delivering of risk reduction and operational improvement projects.
  • Managing diverse staff and stakeholders.
  • Relevant professional certification such as CISA, CISSP, CISM, PMP, CRISC or equivalent..

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-Noida

Purpose of the role

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.  

Key Accountabilities

• Lead a team that governs regulatory engagements for Technology & CSO, supporting leadership where necessary
• Delivers against the agreed strategy for Technology and CSO regulatory, external audit and client engagement globally
• Advisory around developing the Tech & CSO response to all regulatory requests for information and meetings, providing governance and internal review/quality assurance
• Responsible for delivering position papers on regulatory policies and statements, identifying impact to Barclays Technology & CSO strategy
• Supports the conduct of gap assessments and high-level compliance assessments against regulatory standards and preferred governance frameworks.
• Acts as an escalation point for notification to the regulators of significant events within Barclays
• Develop an effective working relationship with the Regulatory Relations, Compliance and other key governance stakeholders
• Tracks progress of all activity associated with commitments made to regulators, ensuring there is a clear plan for delivery and escalating issues as needed
• Drive the Emerging and Heightened Risk Management Initiative, scan the horizon for external events such as Regulatory actions & penalties, regulatory changes/breaches and emerging threats. Carry out proactive risk assessment to analyse Barclays Controls environment & preparedness and recommend remediation for identified gaps
• Ensure appropriate security policies and controls are in place that will safeguard bank’s digital information and electronic systems.  
• Promote awareness of applicable technology and security policies, standards and procedures
• Establish and maintain an effective risk culture

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

• Experience in working with senior stakeholders across businesses & functions
• Ability to engage and influence key stakeholders related to the role both globally and within India and also strong relationship with key partners such as Control office, Compliance and CSO
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Ability to work in a highly matrix environment

Decision-making and Problem Solving

• Coordinate & Manage priorities and organize work to competing and demanding deadlines
• Ability to develop a fact based point of view, raise issues and engage in a fact-based discussions and problem solving

Risk and Control Objective

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards

Person Specification

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, high volume, results driven environment
• Ability to rapidly assess a situation and identify, isolate and communicate problems and issues. 
• Excellent communication skills (both oral/written) including ability to clearly communicate risks and control issues to technologists and non-technologists.
• Excellent analytical and methodical approach to respond to internal and external events related to Technology & Cyber, emerging threats, identified vulnerabilities, regulatory actions.
• Detail orientated with excellent time management skills
• Problem solving – ability to think unconventionally and find solutions to unstructured problems
• Ability to network and establish rapport with internal colleagues across global teams
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate difficult or complex ideas clearly and constructively
• Collaborative, able to drive agreement across varying stakeholders
• Confident in negotiating and influencing colleagues or stakeholders
• Degree of independent thinking and decision-making authority, and ability to influence upwards
• Strong assertiveness skills and ability to challenge effectively at all the levels in the organization on the underlying risk management
• Being a global role, person must be adaptive and flexible to work across various time zones

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and equivalent work experience in relevant industry with strong background in risk management, technology and information security
• Experience in managing Technology & Cyber Regulatory Engagements and external audits
• Experience of a project environment, in particular planning, testing, and tracking against a plan
• Experience in leveraging IT risk frameworks such as COBIT5, COSO, NIST
• Excellent knowledge of information technology risks, controls and risk remediation

  Key Accountabilities

• Lead a team that governs regulatory engagements for Technology & CSO, supporting leadership where necessary
• Delivers against the agreed strategy for Technology and CSO regulatory, external audit and client engagement globally
• Advisory around developing the Tech & CSO response to all regulatory requests for information and meetings, providing governance and internal review/quality assurance
• Responsible for delivering position papers on regulatory policies and statements, identifying impact to Barclays Technology & CSO strategy
• Supports the conduct of gap assessments and high-level compliance assessments against regulatory standards and preferred governance frameworks.
• Acts as an escalation point for notification to the regulators of significant events within Barclays
• Develop an effective working relationship with the Regulatory Relations, Compliance and other key governance stakeholders
• Tracks progress of all activity associated with commitments made to regulators, ensuring there is a clear plan for delivery and escalating issues as needed
• Drive the Emerging and Heightened Risk Management Initiative, scan the horizon for external events such as Regulatory actions & penalties, regulatory changes/breaches and emerging threats. Carry out proactive risk assessment to analyse Barclays Controls environment & preparedness and recommend remediation for identified gaps
• Ensure appropriate security policies and controls are in place that will safeguard bank’s digital information and electronic systems.  
• Promote awareness of applicable technology and security policies, standards and procedures
• Establish and maintain an effective risk culture

• Stakeholder Management and Leadership

• Experience in working with senior stakeholders across businesses & functions
• Ability to engage and influence key stakeholders related to the role both globally and within India and also strong relationship with key partners such as Control office, Compliance and CSO
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Ability to work in a highly matrix environment

• Decision-making and Problem Solving

• Coordinate & Manage priorities and organize work to competing and demanding deadlines
• Ability to develop a fact based point of view, raise issues and engage in a fact-based discussions and problem solving

• Risk and Control Objective

  Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards

  Person Specification

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, high volume, results driven environment
• Ability to rapidly assess a situation and identify, isolate and communicate problems and issues. 
• Excellent communication skills (both oral/written) including ability to clearly communicate risks and control issues to technologists and non-technologists.
• Excellent analytical and methodical approach to respond to internal and external events related to Technology & Cyber, emerging threats, identified vulnerabilities, regulatory actions.
• Detail orientated with excellent time management skills
• Problem solving – ability to think unconventionally and find solutions to unstructured problems
• Ability to network and establish rapport with internal colleagues across global teams
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate difficult or complex ideas clearly and constructively
• Collaborative, able to drive agreement across varying stakeholders
• Confident in negotiating and influencing colleagues or stakeholders
• Degree of independent thinking and decision-making authority, and ability to influence upwards
• Strong assertiveness skills and ability to challenge effectively at all the levels in the organization on the underlying risk management
• Being a global role, person must be adaptive and flexible to work across various time zones

• Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and equivalent work experience in relevant industry with strong background in risk management, technology and information security
• Experience in managing Technology & Cyber Regulatory Engagements and external audits
• Experience of a project environment, in particular planning, testing, and tracking against a plan
• Experience in leveraging IT risk frameworks such as COBIT5, COSO, NIST
• Excellent knowledge of information technology risks, controls and risk remediation

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.