NAPA Oversight

Embark on a transformative journey as a Vice President NAPA Oversight, where you will oversee the design and review of risk for Products and Services across the Bank, driving consistency of activities including risk management of Product and Services, and supporting the embedding of the Policies and Standards. The team act in a horizontal capacity for both the New and Amended Products Approval Process (NAPA) and Product Review Process. This role will enable NAPA Services to support the continued enhancement and effective operation of the NAPA and Product Review processes across the Group. In turn, this role will provide you with significant opportunity to develop your knowledge in your area of focus as you build on your experience within the role. 

To be successful in this role as a VP NAPA Oversight, you should possess the following skillsets:

• Good grounding in one of the following disciplines:
  • Legal, Compliance or Regulation.
  • Operations, Technology and/or Operational Risk.
  • Finance and/or Treasury / Treasury Risk.
• Working knowledge of Control Framework within Banking, preferably Product Governance.
• Good understanding of banking product types across retail and/or wholesale banking.
• Demonstrates strong stakeholder management.
• Pro-active ability to work independently.
• Positive and engaging attitude with strong attention to detail.
• Collaborative and adaptable with ability to work as part of a wider team.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage competing priorities simultaneously.
• Understanding of technology lifecycle including both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Experience of working on technology and business transformation projects.

Additional relevant skills given below are highly valued:

• Knowledge of MiFID and other product design standards/regulations.
• Practical experience of quality assurance/audit review.
• Practical experience of Operational Risk frameworks, Conduct Risk Frameworks, Conduct Regulations, acquired within a leading bank/financial services organisation or consultancy.
• Knowledge of PD&R Policies and Standards and an understanding of how PD&R is linked with other elements of the Operational Risk Framework e.g. RCSAs.
• Exposure to the Barclays NAPA and Product Review processes.
• Experience of working in a Risk and Controls environment.
• Knowledge of Appian technology.

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.

This role is based is our Noida/Pune office.

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.  

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.
• Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations.
• Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders.
• Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice.
• Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework.

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.