VP - BUK Controls

Embark on a transformative journey as VP - BUK Controls, where you'll provide first class support as a Business Partner and deliver on Controls activities undertaken for Retail and Business Banking that includes Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA), Control Governance, Control Assurances, EUDA, Issues and Risk Events management per the group policies and standards. At Barclays, we're not just evolving - we're leading the way. You'll also be involved in evaluating policies, standards, and processes to identify design and operational control weaknesses and drive remedial actions for improving the control environment. You should provide inputs, challenge, and have risk management expertise across Product, Process, Service and Control landscape. You should also ensure Enterprise Risk management frameworks are implemented and managed effectively.

 To be successful in this role you'll need experience in,

• Operational Risk management, Control Business Partnering, and Controls Assurance in Retail and Business banking.
• Undertaking thematic/targeted reviews requiring specialist knowledge in line with business risk profile/priorities.
• Establishing and delivering on risk management processes, including but not limited to horizon scanning, read across of external risk events and regulatory matters.
• Data analytics in Risk management.
• Organizing and leading Control governance forums.
• Leverage use of data and analytics to ensure Control Forums are insightful and conversations risk focused, while also overseeing the Controls framework.
• Providing Control SME input to ensure complete processes are appropriately designed and fit for purpose, including Business and regulatory changes.
• Leading implementation of Risk & Controls Self-assessment process.
• Managing escalations related to Risk Events, Issues & EUDAs.
• Providing SME input to incidents and post incident reviews.
• Performing analysis of historic events and external events and aid in driving a proactive risk management culture

You may also require some soft skills such as,

• Extensive experience in senior stakeholder management, ability to communicate internal control concepts clearly in a business context.
• Ability to manage reporting lines and relationships across multiple disciplines.
• Influence stakeholders to embed and drive a strong risk, control governance culture, and understand all risk management objectives and requirements.
• Evaluate complex scenarios/business cases in a logical and systematic way.
• Identifying options based on extensive research, including facts, meaningful assumptions, resources, potential risks, constraints, and organizational values, to propose a clear and considered course of action.
• Develop direct reports’ skills and performance through training & monitoring their performance to ensure they meet required standards of conduct and performance and providing feedback on areas for improvement.

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 in our Noida office.

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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

• 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.