Client and Product Controls - Cross Border

Barclays UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution in London is seeking a Vice President for Client and Product Controls - Cross Border to oversee regulatory frameworks and enhance control effectiveness. The role requires excellent stakeholder management and analytical skills, focusing on risk mitigation and operational standards. Candidates should demonstrate strong organizational capabilities and the ability to manage change across teams. A proactive and detail-oriented approach is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Experience owning and managing regulatory frameworks across multiple businesses.
• Ability to work under pressure in a team environment.
• Proactive mindset with a focus on delivery.

Responsibilities

• Assess the integrity of the bank’s internal control framework.
• Develop reports to communicate key control findings.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to enhance control effectiveness.

Skills

Regulatory framework management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Presentation skills

Effective communication

Job description

Join us to work in the Client and Product Controls - Cross Border at Barclays. In this role you will be covering a range of activities focused on regulatory/licensing related requirements and how they apply to the Markets business. This will include designing, monitoring, change management/implementation and assessing controls, stakeholder management, production of management information and identifying when escalations are required as well as identifying opportunities for enhancements to existing processes and systems. The candidate will be interacting closely with stakeholders in other regions and functions. You will require strong organisational and analytical skills, an excellent understanding of business controls and Markets products, knowledge of sustainable finance, and an ability to prioritise effectively.

To be successful in the Client and Product Controls - Cross Border you should have:

• Experience of owning a regulatory framework, designing and overseeing controls and managing change in this regard which can be run across multiple businesses as well as delivering on business adoption.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience of operating in a matrixed environment (accountable to multiple stakeholders in different business functions).
• Ability to effectively prioritise and work under pressure, independently and co-operatively in a team set up whilst being able to identify when external input from subject matter experts is required.

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail and PowerPoint/excel skills, experienced in presenting to senior management.
• Pro-active and delivery focused, working to high standards of performance.
• Professional and effective written and oral communication skills.

You may be assessed on 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 London.

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.

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.