AVP Finance Transformation - ST&I

Barclays; Dadri; Hybrid; INR 1,600,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational financial institution is seeking an Assistant Vice President for Finance Transformation. In this role, you will contribute to stress testing and financial transformations, leading a team while ensuring effective risk management and stakeholder engagement. The ideal candidate should possess extensive banking knowledge, relevant certifications, and strong analytical skills. The position is based in India, offering opportunities for impactful contributions and career growth.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of the banking and financial markets sector.
• Certifications in Finance or Risk.
• Data analytics skills and working knowledge of databases.

Responsibilities

• Support options analysis and recommendations for decision making.
• Design conceptual data models and governance requirements.
• Develop target process design and operational documentation.
• Manage change programmes with limited technology investment.

Skills

Banking and financial markets knowledge

Data analytics skills

Knowledge of reporting tools

Modelling techniques understanding

Leadership and communication skills

Education

FRM (GARP), CFA, MBA Finance, CA/CPA

Tools

SQL

Tableau

Qlik

Job description

Join us as an AVP Finance Transformation – ST&I at Barclays. In this role you will be involved in the Stress Testing and Impairment (ST&I) Finance Transaction Cycle, working hands‑on in transformation activities focused on building out the model capability around stress testing, impairments, forecasting, and supporting the design of future target state, planning, analysis, execution, process assessment, mapping and communications.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of the banking and financial markets sector.
• Certifications such as FRM (GARP), CFA, MBA Finance, CA/CPA, or other advanced Finance / Risk qualifications.
• Data analytics skills and working knowledge of datasets, databases and query languages such as SQL.
• Knowledge of reporting tools such as Tableau or Qlik.
• Broad knowledge of modelling techniques, including the model lifecycle for Stress Testing, and the ability to read, understand, and write model documentation.
• Understanding of Stress Testing regulations and requirements (e.g., IHC CCAR, EBA stress test, ACS, Recovery and Resolution Planning, and internal stress testing frameworks).

Additional Highly Valued Skills

• Exceptional business analytical skills.
• Experience working with reporting tools and designing/reporting tool setup.
• Strong commercial knowledge and understanding of economic drivers.
• Demonstrated leadership and communication skills, including influencing and negotiating with a broad set of stakeholders.
• Proven ability to work globally and develop close working relationships with peer teams in other regions.
• Solid problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and deliver with accuracy and attention to detail.

Purpose of the role

To develop business capabilities for Finance through key stages of functional design, data, end‑to‑end process and controls, delivery, and functional testing.

Accountabilities

• Functional Design: support options analysis and recommendations as part of decision making, leveraging best practice concepts in collaboration with Line SMEs.
• Data Analysis / Modelling / Governance: design conceptual data models underpinning all phases of the processes and governance requirements in line with GDMS standards and principles.
• End‑to‑End Process & Controls: develop target process and controls design/documentation, operational runbooks, and align these components with organisational and role/service model design definitions.
• Delivery / Implementation Support: update design/functional requirements throughout the development cycle, resolve RAIDS related to functional requirements and business processes, and manage change programmes that have limited technology investment.
• Functional Testing: develop scripts and data to test alignment to requirement definitions ahead of user testing cycles.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness, collaborating closely with other functions and business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function; set objectives, coach employees, appraise performance, and determine reward outcomes.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours (Listen, Energise, Align, Develop) to create an environment where colleagues thrive and deliver consistently excellent standards.
• If not a people leader, lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured work, identifying the need for inclusion of specialists and new directions to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues, providing advice to People Leaders to support resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures supporting the control and governance agenda.
• Own risk management and strengthen controls in relation to the work done.
• Collaborate with other areas of work to align with business strategy and keep up to speed with business activity.
• Engage in complex data analysis from multiple sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information succinctly and appropriately for different audiences.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

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

Location: Noida, India & Chennai, India