Avp - Internal Reporting

Job Title: AVP - Internal Reporting
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.
If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager.

Introduction:
The role holder will be recognised as a technical expert in their area of expertise i.e. Reporting. The role holder will undertake tasks that cross SBU / Cluster within Barclays Partner Finance and will produce regular analysis of key business issues to support the delivery of business strategy and performance.

What will you be doing?
- To be the primary contact for the end to end process for delivering the internal reporting requirements of the business.
- Performance reporting for internal BPF stakeholders (Monthly ExFo and MBRs) and to external stakeholders such as Central team & Planning team.
- Managing the month end close process, including preparing, posting and reviewing of journals, producing daily result against outlook schedules (Wd1-Wd5) with insightful commentary explaining the story behind the numbers, and supporting other colleagues with their month end responsibilities and ensuring they are delivered on time.
- Will also be responsible for preparing the formal monthly Performance slides that are used in ExFo reviews and MBRs. This includes explaining performance for all elements of the P&L (Income, cost and impairment) and also the key business drivers.
- Undertake Ad-hoc analytics regarding business performance. To offer insight into risks and opportunities that may impact the business’ ability to deliver on its financial commitments.
- Support on the development of internal reporting suite using advanced Dashboarding tools (Tableau) and automate manual processes using ETL tools (Alteryx)
- Ensure all controls and check points in all working files

What we’re looking for:

- Commercial and Financial acumen
- Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Exposure to Dashboarding and Transformation project
- Understanding of value based management techniques
- Problem solving, analytical skills and financial analysis
- Proven influencing, relationship building and communication skills with senior stakeholder management
- Extremely high attention to detail and levels of accuracy
- Advanced communication - Influencing / Negotiation skills
- Self-motivated, able to work under pressure and without further supervision

Skills that will help you in the role:

- Professional qualification (CIMA, CFA, ACCA, ACA, MBA) qualification or similar
- Experience of card or financial services
- Broad business and industry knowledge and experience

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.

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
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.

Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.

Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.

Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the hea