Barclays Internal Audit - Vice President

Join us as key member of the Barclays Internal Audit team in Singapore, where you'll play a pivotal role in providing assurance coverage for Asia Pacific and Middle East regions and ensuring that the bank’s risk and controls are properly managed in line with the firm’s policy and local regulatory requirements. You’ll be an Audit Owner leading an audit team with members across the regions to provide a timely and efficient delivery. You’ll be keeping abreast with the latest developments in the firm and the external environment to assess their impact to the audit strategy. You should be at least a degree holder and hold a professional qualification in Accounting or Audit (e.g. CIA, CPA, ACCA). We are looking for individuals who have at least 10 years of work experience in a financial services industry with prior experience in leading audits over Investment Banking, Transaction Banking and Private Banking businesses. The role also requires in-dept understanding of the relevant regulatory requirements in APAC and Middle East, with practical experience in engaging with regulators in the regions to be a plus. You should also have excellent English oral and written communication skills, good interpersonal skills and able to lead and influence while supporting others to develop.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success of the role including job-specific technical skills and interpersonal skills.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific, and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

Purpose of the role

To manage the Internal Audit department and set the strategic direction. Provide support to the bank's senior management team, and to manage Internal Audit risk across the organization.

Accountabilities

• Management of the Internal Audit department, including oversight of Internal Audit professionals and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.
• Relationship management of Internal Audit stakeholders.
• Management of Internal Audit risk, including identification of potential Internal Audit risks, development of strategies to mitigate those risks.
• Management of Internal Audit projects.
• Control of the Internal Audit function.
• Compliance with the relevant requirements and standards of the regulatory system.
• Information disclosure with FCA or PRA notification.

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.