Controls Business Partner (CBP) Technology Risk Analyst - Business/Functions Technology

Join us as a "Controls Business Partner (CBP) Technology Risk Analyst-Business/Functions Technology" 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.

• The primary focus of the role will be to provide the advisory and oversight support for the Controls team in providing business-unit aligned regional coverage of the quantification and delivery of a highly visible, business focused and pragmatic Technology Controls agenda to ensure compliance with Barclays Technology policies, standards, frameworks and procedures.

• The candidate will perform the Technology CBP role supporting overall Issues Management & Technology Controls with special focus and expertise in Technology and Cyber controls covering the GFED (Group Functions) area.

• This will require the successful candidate to maintain healthy engagement with key stakeholders within the GFED Technology, Technology CCO,  CISO, as well as stakeholders external to Technology such as Internal Audit and Operational Risk. 

To be successful as a ""Controls Business Partner (CBP) Technology Risk Analyst - Business/Functions Technology", you should have experience with:

Basic/ Essential 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 assessing design and operating effectiveness of technology controls.

• 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.

• Hands-on experience of information technology risks, controls and risk remediation and experience using industry wide GRC tools.

•  Hands on working knowledge of Technology, Cyber and resilience controls in a Banking/Financial services organization.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, high volume, results driven environment.

• Excellent communication skills (both oral/written) including ability to clearly communicate risks and control issues to technologists and non-technologists.

• Good understanding of retail and investment banking domain, technology setup and ability to understand technology-enabled business risk.

• 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.

• 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.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• 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, CRISC, PMP or equivalent.

• Experience in leveraging IT risk frameworks such as COBIT5, COSO, NIST.

• Experience of Resilience controls and  frameworks.

Location-Pune.

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.

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

• Knowledge of business areas, products, processes and platforms to be able to assess risk
• 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.

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.