Director, Head of Legal Assurance

Barclays; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Director, Head of Legal Assurance in Glasgow. This role entails managing the Legal Assurance team, providing techniques to assess the effectiveness of internal controls and enhance risk management strategies. We value leadership and a detail-oriented approach in supporting our commitment to governance and compliance.

Qualifications

• Proven record of managing internal audit plans.
• Experience in risk-based internal auditing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assessing integrity and effectiveness of internal control framework.
• Identifying and investigating weaknesses within controls.
• Developing reports on control weaknesses and recommendations.

Skills

Internal Auditing

Risk Management

Leadership

Interpersonal Communication

Data Analysis

Education

Assurance and/or audit professional qualifications

Job description

Barclays Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Barclays have an excellent opportunity for a Head of Legal Assurance, to join our Legal team based in Glasgow.

The Head of Legal Assurance will work closely with colleagues across Legal to provide an objective assessment of the efficacy of processes and controls operated by the Legal function. The Legal Assurance team is part of the Legal Risk, Governance and Control (LRGC) Legal team.

To Be Successful You Should Have

• A proven record of creating and managing an internal audit/assurance plan and the ability to deliver high quality work in a timely and structured manner
• Extensive experience in risk-based internal auditing or assurance with a strong understanding of audit methodology, including writing/reviewing work papers, report writing, and landing issues
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, demonstrated in part by managing people
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to explain technical analysis (regarding audit/assurance) to non-technical audiences
• Skilled in analysing data and applying business context to identify specific insights
• Assurance and/or audit professional qualifications
  
  
  

Some Other Highly Valued Skills Include

• Experience working with senior legal and financial services stakeholders
• Knowledge/experience identifying opportunities for using data to enhance audit testing
  
  
  

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.
  
  
  

Director Expectations

• To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide..
• They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
• Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
• Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
• Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
• Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.
  
  
  

All Senior 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.

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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Banking and Financial Services

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