Process Expert

Job Title: Process Expert
Location: Chennai

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
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.

Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.

Hybrid Working

Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

Introduction:

- To manage the functions of the unit as per specified service level agreements and to ensure optimal distribution of workload in order to achieve objectives for the unit
- Responsible for the coordination of work carried out by the processors/ authorisers and ensure accurate and seamless execution of assigned workflow

What will you be doing?
- Establish the most effective and efficient solutions to complex technical issues referred by Advisors.
- Co-ordinate / liaise with IT Support on faults and changes, user Ids, etc
- Work with the Team Manager/Operational Manager to plan and provide support and guidance with Disciplinary & Grievances, completing documentation and scribing for interviews
- Accountable for ensuring operatives have timely and complete understanding of technical changes and their implications for the customer experience
- Accountable for identifying, analysing and resolving/implementing processing issues to prevent re-occurrence, reducing loss to the business
- Work with Team Manager and take joint responsibility for the control the workflow to ensure process efficiencies are achieved, team performance is optimised, Service Level Agreement are met by ensuring productivity and accuracy measures are in place
- Return to Work
- To provide support and cover in terms of process management to other Process Experts as required ensuring effective team working across the operation
- Responsible for verification and authorisation of transactions within authorization limits and non-conformant items/referrals which may be staff prompted or system generated.
- Accountable for ensuring staff understand and adhere to procedures and quality controls, and that checks are completed as required
- Provision of 2-way feedback to Team Manager/Operations Manager
- Conduct daily huddles to provide process updates and share process scores
- Act as a back-up Team Manager in his/her absence
- Work with the onshore and offshore teams to prioritize transactions that needs to be turned around on exceptional basis.
- Conduct periodical process trainings for advisors and manage training for new joinees
- Understanding of the Trade business and an understanding of the lifecycle of trades.
- Test activities include analysis of requirements, designing test cases and scripts, conducting peer reviews of test scripts, identifying test data and environment needs, test execution, defect management
- Ability to understand the business context of the solution being tested
- Ability to verify and judge if the solution provided meets business requirements
- Rework defects and take part in defect analysis
- Be a Continuous Improvement champion: suggest, encourage and deliver.

What we’re looking for:

- Must be a graduate from a reputed university
- Should have a relevant years of trade finance experience
- Experience in Handling Letter of credit, Guarantees and collection product.
- Should have prior knowledge in trade finance, LC products and Bank Guarantee and had worked in operations set up.
- Team Handling and Escalation handling ability
- Technical systems and procedure training experience
- Strong knowledge in Trade finance domain

Skills that will help you in the role:

- CDCS/CSDG certification
- TSA1 & BTF
- Prior experience in data cleansing activity is preferred

Where will you be working?
Chennai

Be More at Barclays
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

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