Sftr Avp

**Job Title**: SFTR AVP

**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**:
These duties incorporate daily control, MI and exception management processes. User Acceptance testing required on a monthly or ad hoc basis

What will you be doing?
- Ensuring the team execute reporting requirements and regulatory changes would be part of daily responsibilities.
- Performing Reference Data Reconciliation, initial break investigation, query monitoring and resolution
- Various MI creation and distribution capturing Trade Reporting, timeliness and accuracy.
- Understanding of Regulations is preferable skill set.
- Understanding of OTC Trade Lifecycle is a must.
- Fostering excellent working relationship with internal counterparts (extended teams in other Global Locations, IT, Desk, Sales team, Trade Support, Confirmations, Legal, Finance).
- Strong analytical skills required to help the team perform complex analysis on the volumes and process flow to identify the root cause if noncompliance and or issues are encountered
- Strong/Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to clearly articulate complicated issues to senior management and other impacted areas and ensure timely resolution of issues.
- Challenge processes in accordance with the Lean methodology in order to achieve more effective processes and efficiency saves to the firm.
- Work in collaboration with the global TTRO teams to achieve and surpass business expectations. Ensure the team collaborates with their global colleagues in order to remove regional silos
- Act as a change champion related to upcoming regulations and changes in the current regulations.
- Advance data analytics skills and knowhow of data analytics tools is preferable to investigate huge data sets.
- Strong regulatory knowledge of trade and transaction reporting for APAC regulatory regimes like HKMA, MAS, SFC, ASIC, Bank of Japan and ASIC reporting.
- Understanding of Trade Repository flow and requirements.
- Sound understanding of financial products - derivatives, bonds, fixed income instruments.
- Time Management and deadline delivery.
- Innovative with a proven track record of implementing change to drive process improvements
- Be able to work constructively across Barclays, incorporating the needs of diverse stakeholders. The individual must have a pragmatic approach to problem-solving, a flexible, consultative working style and possesses the ability to drive change where required.

**What we’re looking for**:

- Degree level or between 7 to 10 years relevant experience within a similar / comparable banking environment.
- Ability to network and build rapport and credibility quickly with a variety of key stakeholders (FO, Ops Senior Management, IT).

**Skills that will help you in the role**:

- Self-Starter, confident and proactive.
- Desire to make an impact.
- Time Management and deadline delivery.
- Excellent analytical skills.
- Innovative with a proven track record of implementing change to drive process improvements

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