Supplier Resilience Test Analyst

Barclays UK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company seeks a Supplier Resilience Test Analyst in Glasgow to develop and implement resilience strategies across their operations. The role involves managing third-party risks and ensuring effective recovery frameworks, offering substantial career progression opportunities. Ideal candidates will possess strong analytical skills and experience in stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong understanding of vendor management and delivery.
• Experience testing or assuring third-party suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement resilience strategies and frameworks.
• Enhance crisis and incident management capabilities.
• Oversee improvements in recovery capabilities, including third-party suppliers.

Skills

Critical thinking

Analytical skills

Third-party management

Stakeholder management

Tools

Excel reporting

Data management

Job description

Join us as a Supplier Resilience Test Analyst - Resilience is one of the most prominent topics on the global regulatory agenda. As a result, it is a material growth area across the Financial Services market, with expanding career opportunities. Recently, Third Party Supplier Resilience has received increasing scrutiny with heightened regulatory expectations and evolving best practices. We now need to consider the resilience risks posed to Barclays from various disruptions (e.g., Cyber, Tech) across the supply chain.

This role offers great progression opportunities as Barclays aims to develop a market-leading capability that will transform how resilience considers third-party supplier risk and the broader organizational changes needed to support this.

To be successful as a Supplier Resilience Test Analyst, you should have experience with:

Essential Skills

• Third-party management experience (procurement, sourcing, assurance), with a strong understanding of vendor management and performance/delivery across the third-party lifecycle
• Managing complex stakeholder environments (internal and external) and engaging with senior individuals (up to MD) regularly
• Critical thinking and analytical skills, including identifying challenges through analysis and probing to find root causes

Other highly valued skills may include:

Desirable Skills

• Experience testing or assuring third-party suppliers
• Proven track record of leading end-to-end deliverables within agreed timeframes (e.g., scoping, designing, executing, testing, and handover)
• Managing and maintaining frameworks/strategies, identifying process improvements and opportunities for simplification

You may be assessed on key skills relevant to success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology skills (e.g., proficiency in Excel reporting, data management).

Location: Glasgow

Purpose of the role

To develop, implement, and maintain an effective resilience strategy, operational recovery planning, and incident management framework aligned with industry standards and regulatory expectations, enabling the bank to respond and recover important business services during severe but plausible scenarios, minimizing impact on customers, clients, colleagues, and the wider market.

Accountabilities

• Socialize and implement the resilience strategy and framework across the firm, ensuring compliance with standards and controls
• Enhance the resilience, crisis, and incident management frameworks to improve recovery and response capabilities
• Develop standards for operational recovery planning and security incident management, considering industry practices and emerging threats
• Oversee improvements in recovery capabilities, including third-party suppliers and infrastructure
• Communicate the firm’s resilience position through scorecards and dashboards to support investment decisions
• Conduct regular testing to demonstrate the ability to recover within impact tolerances during severe scenarios
• Ensure services and products are built resiliently through change management processes
• Stay abreast of developments in resilience, regulatory policies, and the landscape
• Identify, respond to, and resolve incidents to mitigate impact
• Document incidents and lessons learned to support continuous improvement

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and ensure operational effectiveness
• Lead a team or guide collaborative assignments, setting objectives, coaching, and performance appraisal
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energize and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others
• Manage risks, develop policies, and strengthen controls
• Collaborate across areas, analyze data, and communicate complex information effectively
• Influence stakeholders to achieve outcomes

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.