VP Recovery Operations

Barclays; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Vice President Recovery Operations to lead recovery and collections functions across multiple teams located in Henderson, NV and Wilmington, DE. You will oversee third‑ and fourth‑party relationships, drive performance, and strengthen controls while ensuring regulatory compliance and alignment with SLAs.

The role demands proven leadership in recovery operations, risk management, and cross‑functional collaboration with stakeholders, HR, and suppliers to sustain responsible,

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing teams within a recovery or collections environment.
• Excellent knowledge of Recovery processes, including strategy execution and oversight.
• Driving performance and accountability across third‑ and fourth‑party suppliers.
• Knowledge of legal and court processes related to recovery and collections.
• Working knowledge of NeuAnalytics or similar middleware platforms used for account placement execution.
• Solid controls background, with experience operating in a risk‑managed and regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Identify trends and opportunities to improve areas and develop new processes through monitoring and analysis of operation data and performance metrics.
• Manage operations for a business area and promote efficient processes, risk management and compliance initiatives to support the bank’s operations.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support business operations and align with SLAs.
• Manage operational professionals; provide guidance, coaching and support to improve delivery quality.
• Develop and monitor KPIs to measure effectiveness of operation functions; use data and technology to identify improvements.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies related to customer experience.

Skills

Recovery operations

Team leadership

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Vendor relationships

Analytics

Process improvement

Tools

NeuAnalytics

Job description

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To manage operations within a business area and maintain processes, risk management initiatives and compliance with relevant regulators.

Accountabilities

• Identification of trends and opportunities to improve areas and develop new process and procedures through the monitoring and analysis of operation data and performance metrices.
• Management of operations for a business area and promote efficient processes, risk management and compliance initiatives to support the bank’s operations.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders (including business leaders, project manager and SMEs) and external stakeholders (including vendors and service providers) to support business operations and promote alignment with the bank’s objectives and SLAs.
• Management of operational professionals and provide guidance, coaching and support to improve colleagues’ delivery quality.
• Management and development of KPIs to measure the effectiveness of operation functions, utilising data and technology to support the identification of areas that require improvement.
• Compliance with all regulatory requirements and internal policies related to customer experience.
• Creation of a safe environment for colleagues to speak up, actively and regularly encourage and solicit feedback to ensure people agenda remains focused on the right areas.
• Management of attrition by working closely with HR in implementing retention initiatives for work force.

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 elevate 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.

Embark on a transformative journey as a VP Recovery Operations. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. This is a key leadership role accountable for overseeing the execution of recovery strategies across the business. You will be responsible for monitoring the performance of third‑party Debt Collection Agencies and Legal Networks, ensuring outcomes align with business goals and risk standards. The VP will guide a team of Recovery professionals while building and maintaining effective supplier relationships to support sustainable performance and compliance.

To be successful as a VP Recovery Operations , you should have experience with:

• Experience leading and developing teams within a recovery or collections environment

• Excellent knowledge of Recovery processes, including strategy execution and oversight

• Driving performance and accountability across third‑and fourth‑party suppliers

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Knowledge of legal and court processes related to recovery and collections

• Working knowledge of NeuAnalytics or similar middleware platforms used for account placement execution

• Solid controls background, with experience operating in a risk‑managed and regulated environment

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.

This role is located in Henderson, NV and Wilmington, DE.

For Henderson, NV only.

Minimum Salary: $ 130,000

Maximum Salary: $ 185,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.