Avp- Controls Business Partner, Cco

**Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications**:

- Business understanding on Global payments, Cards/Merchant Servicing is highly preferred
- Sound commercial judgment and overall understanding of the Financial Services Industry, particularly the business impact of the regulatory environment.
- Experience of designing, communicating & implementing internal control policies.
- Knowledge of internal control and regulatory requirements & practice e.g. Turnbull, Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO, Basel II Accord relating to operational risk preferred.

**Purpose of the role**

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.

**Key Accountabilities**
- ** Control Governance**: Driving the use of data led relevant indicators to ensure Control Forums are insightful and conversations risk focused, while also overseeing BCF oversight
- ** Thematic & Targeted Reviews**: Undertake thematic/targeted reviews requiring specialist knowledge in line with business risk profile/priorities
- ** Incident Management**: Provide SME input to incidents and post incident reviews. Perform analysis of historic events and external events and aid in driving a proactive risk management culture
- ** Business Change & Transformation**: Influence and oversee control automation agenda based on control environment profile. Ensure appropriate risk and control considerations are included in Change initiatives
- ** Process and Procedure Management**: Provide Control SME input to ensure complete processes appropriately designed and fit for purpose

**Stakeholder Management and Leadership**
- Support the management in discussions with senior leaders on the control health for the respective areas, other initiative and controls team recommendations
- Has a good understanding of customer needs and what they regard as important.
- Looks for opportunities to improve process, product and meet customer expectations.
- Keeps up to date with current thinking and shares best practice with colleagues and internal network.
- Manages the identification and implementation of improvements to the operational reporting and control framework, process efficiencies and customer service.
- Creates ‘a right first time culture’ and sets quality standards.
- Quality Assurance over work completed and reporting

**Decision-making and Problem Solving**
- Involved on request in identifying decisions to be made and evaluating proposals with respect to strategy.
- Challenges rationale with clarity and intuition and brings creativity and innovation to alternative solutions.
- Can clearly articulate impacts of scenario analysis and put forward solutions/ recommendations for consideration.
- Deliver relevant and reliable management information to stakeholders through control committee updates, monthly business review updates, principle risk reporting etc.
- Challenge the status quo - identify opportunities for process improvements and implement control best practices across in-scope business areas

**Risk and Control Objective**

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

**Person Specification**
- Excellent relationship building, networking, negotiation and influencing skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
- Strong project and change management skills
- Excellent execution skills
- Excellent time management and prioritisation skills.
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills

**Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications**:

- Chartered Accountant/ Certified Internal Auditor/ CPA or equivalent qualification in Auditing or Risk Management/Graduate or Post Graduate with experience in Controls i.e. Controls Business Partner or Control Assurance and Tester and Operational Risk Management
- Extensive experience in Internal Audit, Control Business Partnership, Controls Assurance & Testing and Operational Risk Management.
- Comprehensive understanding of governance and control frameworks and processes, and all aspects of operational risk management. Highly motivated, business-focussed and forward-thinking.
- Extensive experience in senior stakeholder management, ability to communicate internal control concepts clearly in a business context. Ability to manage reporting lines and relationships across multiple disciplines.
- Controls Experience in areas viz. Financial Crime, AML, Customer Due Diligence, Settlements, Private Sanctions, Credit Lending, Markets, Reference Data etc.

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 f