Cco Assurance

Job Title: CCO Assurance - Barclays Europe
Location: Noida

About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do.

Working Flexibly

Hybrid Working

Structured hybrid role:
Introduction
- Provide controls assurance on processes/controls covering principal risks such as Supplier Risk, Premises, Change Management etc.
- Govern the end-to-end delivery of the Controls Testing Framework to understand and report on control effectiveness for Barclays
- Review activities to remediate control gaps and assess whether the risk has been fully mitigated and whether the implemented controls are sustainable for Barclays
- Identify, evaluate, report and escalate risks in line with Barclays risk and control frameworks, utilising relevant tools and analytical techniques.
- Provide guidance to ensure compliance with relevant Barclays Policies, Standards, frameworks and procedures across Business Units, Functions and Shared Services
- Report the results of testing activities to Senior Stakeholders across Business Units, Functions and Shared Services
- Influence and support the implementation of the Controls Assurance strategy
- Meet the needs of key internal and external risk processes, reporting schedules, stakeholders and regulatory authorities in delivering assurance activities.
- Develop strong and productive working relationships with local line management, Controls team in London, SOX teams and global Controls Assurance team to ensure continuous engagement on key deliverables and project updates are shared on a timely basis

What will you be doing?
- Own and deliver Controls Assurance program including sustainability testing with deep understanding of assessment frameworks
- The individual would be responsible for planning and executing Controls Testing reviews and reporting findings with supervision from Controls Assurance testing teams
- Ensuring reviews are managed within the approved scope and budgets on a regular basis
- Building and developing relationships with key Vertical, Horizontal and all 3 Lines of Defence stakeholders to drive Barclays Control Framework agenda
- Review activities undertaken by management to remediate control gaps and provide an opinion as to whether the risk has been fully mitigated and whether the implemented controls are sustainable.
- Identify and leverage appropriate data sources and analytical techniques to deliver targeted testing.
- Maintain an independent perspective, challenging as required and setting out quantified control options and risk decision recommendations.
- Set and proactively manage Stakeholder expectations to promote an understanding and achievement of risk management objectives, ensuring awareness of responsibilities regarding risk and control.

What we’re looking for:

- Pro-active and delivery focused, working to high standards of performance.
- Ability to prioritise and work under pressure, delivering to tight deadlines and multiple demands.

Ability to influence others without formal reporting lines Strong report writing skills

Skills that will help you in the role:

- Relevant professional certification (CA, CIA, CS, MBA Finance or equivalent)
- Knowledge of process re-engineering e.g. LEAN / DMAIC / Value Mapping would be beneficial, but is not essential
- Specialist Risk and/or Control-related qualification - formal accreditation / qualification relating to audit, risk and/or control etc.
- Knowledge of the Financial Services regulatory environment
- Experience with data analytics tools and techniques
- Experience of working within the financial services industry
- Experience of working in a risk, control, audit or governance function
- Knowledge of Project Management and Change Management, proven through a relevant professional qualification e.g. Prince2, Project Management Institution would be beneficial, but is not essential

Where will you be working?
Noida

Be More at Barclays
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
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