Avp Finance Business Partner

Job Title : AVP Finance Business Partner
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

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do

Working Flexibly

Hybrid Working

Structured hybrid role:
Introduction:
Working in close partnership with the business, provide expert financial support and challenge to drive business decisions:

- Interpret and explain performance within the business on a weekly, monthly and ad-hoc basis.
- Support and advise the business in respect of key financial forecasts, identifying risks and opportunities.
- Undertaking decision support analytics to generate insights that inform decision making.
- Proactively counsel and advise the business with ad-hoc analysis and insights on specific issues.
- Supporting and fostering best practice in finance and business performance areas.

What will you be doing?
- Partnering services to business leaders and stakeholders within the segments across UK Corporate
- Delivery of wide range of month end deliverables including understanding and challenge of month end close processes, monthly business review pack creation and insightful performance commentary
- Provide insight and detailed analysis of topical areas, including proving or disproving hypothesis from the business relating to performance
- Wide stakeholder engagement across wider Finance / Business Management teams regarding all finance issues and initiatives delivering strong business partnering support.
- Be a trusted partner in all key decisions to ensure that Finance is involved & can influence key financial decisions (including projects).
- Ensure data is organsed in a succinct place and become data sourcing expert
- Understand the primary income drivers of key business areas, both current and proposed so as to drive business performance and influencing decision making through key insights.

What we’re looking for:

- Self-driven, motivated, organised and proactive.
- Analatical mindset to challenge financials, investigate and find trends
- Ability to express views orally and in writing into commercial themes and allow business action
- Excellent negotiation and influencing skills.
- Excellent communicator - verbal and written.
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and peers on a wide variety of business issues.
- Minimum educational required -Graduate and Accountant

Skills that will help you in the role:

- Accountancy or advanced finance qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) (or substantial progress to completion).
- Extensive experience in both financial management accounting and commercial decision support and knowledge of the banking and financial markets sector.
- Advanced understanding of financial and MI processes underpinning exposure, income and cost drivers reporting and analysis.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to effectively summarise and interpret complex data.
- Knowledge of Financial services products and systems.
- Knowledge of UK Corporate Banking Segments and Products.
- Advanced excel skills with financial modelling and analysis background.
- An ability to acquire new skills and assimilate knowledge quickly.

Where will you be working?
Noida

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 heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can