PBWM Controls Oversight Director

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

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Glasgow is hiring a Director for PBWM Controls Oversight. This role involves assessing and ensuring the effectiveness of the internal control framework, collaborating with various stakeholders to enhance control effectiveness, and leading initiatives to mitigate risk. Candidates should have strong expertise in risk and controls, strategic influence, and a talent development mindset. This position promises a significant impact on the bank’s operations.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of control frameworks and relevant regulations.
• Proven ability to prioritize and deliver actions effectively.
• Experience overseeing executive-level governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of PBWM COO areas and assess risk.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve control effectiveness.
• Communicate key findings from risk assessments in reports.
• Lead reviews to determine effectiveness of internal controls.

Skills

Expertise in Risk & Controls

Strategic Influence

Delivery Focus

Executive-Level Governance

Talent Development Mindset

Job description

Barclays Chief Control Office is hiring a Director: PBWM Controls Oversight Director

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of key PBWM COO areas, ensuring robust knowledge of business areas, products, processes, and platforms to assess risk.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.
• Identify and investigate potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by severity.
• Develop reports to communicate key findings from risk assessments, including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and stakeholders.
• Lead the execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank’s internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulations, and best practice.
• Ensure adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology for assessing controls against the Framework.

Requirements

• Expertise in Risk & Controls: deep understanding of control frameworks, relevant regulations, and the COO risk and control structure.
• Strategic Influence: skilled at aligning cross‑functional teams and influencing senior stakeholders across multiple areas.
• Delivery Focus: proven ability to prioritise and deliver actions that support PBWM in achieving strategic objectives, and to accelerate issues effectively.
• Executive‑Level Governance: experience overseeing the delivery of executive‑level governance with an emphasis on enterprise‑wide thinking, automation, and analytics.
• Talent Development Mindset: advocate for continuous growth and development of colleagues to support a high‑functioning Control Team.

Purpose of the Role

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the bank’s internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the bank’s operational, financial, and reputational risk.

Director Expectations

• Manage a business function, providing significant input to function‑wide strategic initiatives; influence policy and procedures and plan, manage, and consult on multiple complex projects.
• Manage the direction of a large team or sub‑function, leading people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business; or act as a deep technical expert and thought leader if an individual contributor.
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions beyond the own function, offering input to function‑wide strategic initiatives.
• Manage, coordinate, and enable resourcing, budgeting, and policy creation for a significant sub‑function.
• Escalate breaches of policies and procedures appropriately.
• Foster and guide compliance, ensuring regulations are observed and relevant processes are in place.
• Monitor and influence the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups on behalf of Barclays when appropriate.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division or group to achieve overall business objectives.
• Maintain comprehensive industry knowledge and stay up‑to‑date on relevant sectoral developments and market initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve complex or sensitive problems and design solutions.
• Exercise management authority to make significant decisions within the own area and to make strategic recommendations.
• Negotiate and influence senior stakeholders both internally and externally.
• Act as the principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions or business divisions.
• Serve as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

Leadership Behaviours

All Senior Leaders are expected to demonstrate four LEAD behaviours: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, and Develop others.

Values & Mindset

All colleagues will demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship. They will also embody the Barclays Mindset to Empower, Challenge, and Drive.