Avp - Cco Sox Assurance

Job Title: AVP - CCO SOx Assurance
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
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 is to support the Barclays Bank’s annual SOx process on an ongoing basis, and contribute to process improvements, with particular emphasis on:

- Review and assess adequacy of process documentation, perform design effectiveness and operating effectiveness testing and report control issues
- Drive improvements across the SOx team and the wider control environment across the Bank
- Support the Head of SOx, Finance Assurance Lead and VP Finance Assurance CCO, with ad hoc tasks

What will you be doing?

Control Environment
- Conduct SOx Design Effectiveness Assessment (DEA) which includes scheduling and conducting walkthrough meetings with control owners, documenting the walkthrough meetings and procedures, identifying and communicating any DEA deficiencies and following up with control owners to ensure any DEA deficiencies are resolved in a timely manner.
- Conduct SOx Operating Effectiveness Testing (OET) which includes preparing a detailed request list, selecting appropriate samples for testing and executing the testing in line with Barclays SOx Methodology.
- Assess the impact of control weaknesses on financial reporting and raise issues. Monitor progress of remediation plans for SOx related issues
- Work with the Finance Assurance Control Testing teams on Internal Controls and Reviews around Finance.
- Manage and Lead Control Testing Reviews across Finance Assurance
- Work on special projects requiring attention for improving control environment
- Manage activities like RCA refresh, EUDAs, Records Management, Financial Crime, etc.
- Drive a culture of Risk and Governance in CCO, Noida through Risk Campaign, and other activities.
- Provide expertise on ERMF, BCF, RCSA, EUDA, Financial Crime
- Influencing / convincing the Senior Management / stakeholders on various governance and oversight matters of operational risk
- Champion a culture of customer service and continuous improvement in global GFD. Ensure that opportunities for controls, process and service improvements are encouraged.
- Support in various governance projects/streams such as Operational Risk Management Framework, Consistent Control projects, etc

Compliance
- Ensure compliance with applicable policies globally across GFD.
- Act as Subject Matter Expert to ensure that all policies are interpreted and implemented as per Group guidelines with special emphasis on SOX Methodology and Control testing methodology
- Perform continuous governance and oversight and update Finance Leadership.

What we’re looking for:

- Minimum excperience of post qualification experience in auditing (trained in Big Four) preferably in Financial Services
- Experienced in identifying, documenting and testing controls for Sarbanes Oxley Regulatory Reporting purposes
- Ability to understand, implement and drive improvements to a risk & control framework for finance functions
- Strong project and change management skills, strong analytical and quantitative skills

Skills that will help you in the role:

- Communication skills
- Excellent written and face-to-face communication skills
- Ability to communicate conceptually challenging massages in an effective manner.
- Manage conflicting demands and priorities through stakeholder engagement, effective planning and sound judgement
- Personal and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work on a number of deliverables at the same time
- Offer assistance without waiting to be asked, takes steps to keep stakeholders informed and delivers high quality support
- Take personal