Avp Controls Assurance

**Date live**: 05/15/2025 **Business Area**: Control **Area of Expertise**: Controls **Contract**: Permanent **Reference Code**: JR-0000039511 In a Controls role, you'll ensure rigorous and consistent management of Barclays' control environment in collaboration with business partners. Your work will safeguard the organization's integrity and compliance. See your commute Join us for a role in " CCO Functions" at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences. To be successful as a AVP Controls Assurance, you should have experience with: 7 + years of overall experience of Controls Assurance/Testing along with one or more of the horizontal/principal risks noted above. Knowledge of one or more principal risks in Data governance, date lineage data quality, Records Management (retention, disposal etc.), People Risk (HR), Supplier risk (Third Party Service Provider), Premises, GRS etc. Basic Minimum Educational Qualification - Graduate/ or equivalent. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively across a global team. Experience to consolidate and process information from multiple sources to create meaningful insight and reporting for stakeholders. **Some other highly valued skills may include**: Relevant professional certification (CA, CIA, CS, MBA) or equivalent Knowledge of process re-engineering e.g. LEAN / DMAIC / Value Mapping would be beneficial, but is not essential. 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. Experience with databases and data science/analytics tools (SQL, Tableau, Qlik, Power BI etc.) 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 and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. Location - Pune. Purpose of the role To partner with the bank, to provide independent insurance on control processes and advise on improvements to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the bank’s internal controls framework. Accountabilities Collaboration across the bank to maintain a satisfactory, robust, and efficient control environment through the execution of ad-hoc assessments and testing on the design and operational effectiveness of the internal controls, aligned to control policies and standards. Development of detailed test plans and procedures to identify weaknesses in internal controls and other initiatives aligned to the bank’s control framework to mitigate any potential risks and issues, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations, potential losses, and reputational impact. Communication of key findings and observations to the relevant stakeholders and business units to improve overall control efficiency and provide corrective actions to senior managers. Collaboration with other control professionals to resolve complex issues and ensure consistent testing methodologies across the bank. Development of a knowledge centre containing detailed documentation of control assessments, testing on design and operational effectiveness of procedures, findings, and the distribution of material on internal controls to train and upskill colleagues within the bank. Assistant Vice President Expectations To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to Pe