Head of India Cost Centre of Excellence

Accountabilities:

• Full ownership of the production of cost reporting in India.
• Work with businesses onshore and offshore to ensure MIS is relevant, actionable, timely and consistent wherever possible across businesses.
• Development of overall strategic direction for finance, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes.
• Management of the finance department, including oversight of finance colleagues and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of financial planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• Relationship management of finance stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and representation of the bank’s financial position and performance.  .
• Identification of opportunities and implementation of financial process improvements that streamline financial operations, in partnership with the transformation function.
• Management of finance risk, including identification, assessment, and mitigation of financial risks, and maintenance of alignment between the bank’s finance and compliance functions.
• Monitoring the accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting and oversight of the preparation and filing of financial reports with regulatory bodies and investors.
• Monitoring the financial performance of the department, including profitability, and cost control.

Purpose of the role

To ensure the financial health and success of the company by the development and implementation of the overall financial strategy.  

Accountabilities

• Development of overall strategic direction for finance, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes.
• Management of the finance department, including oversight of finance colleagues and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of financial planning, budgeting and forecasting.
• Relationship management of finance stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and representation of the bank’s financial position and performance.  .
• Identification of opportunities and implementation of financial process improvements that streamline financial operations, in partnership with the transformation function.
• Management of finance risk, including identification, assessment, and mitigation of financial risks, and maintenance of alignment between the bank’s finance and compliance functions.
• Monitoring the accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting and oversight of the preparation and filing of financial reports with regulatory bodies and investors.
• Monitoring the financial performance of the department, including revenue, profitability, and cost control.

Manager Director Expectations

• Drive and achieve overall success and / or competitiveness of a business division by influencing senior leaders and committees.
• Strategically assess and manage risks to protect the business division / function and growth.
• Influence company policy and develop functional procedures in conjunction with senior leaders / strategic positions across the business.
• Demonstrate interpretative thinking for innovative solutions in complex situations and conceptual thinking in completely new situations.
• Exercise management authority to make significant / complex business and strategic decisions that impact the Barclays Group, business division or function.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally and foster growth for Barclays business.
• Mandated as the business division/ functional spokesperson or representative to external bodies and shapes the public image of Barclays.
• Demonstrate exceptional knowledge of how business divisions and functions integrate with the Group to achieve the overall business objectives alongside industry theories and practices within own discipline.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive functional expertise and significant product knowledge.
• Accountable for the control and governance agenda of the business division / function.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays.

All Senior 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.

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.