Avp- Controls Assurance

Pro-active and delivery focused, working to high standards of performance
- Ability to prioritise and work under pressure, delivering to tight deadlines and multiple demands.
- Ability to influence others without formal reporting linesStrong report writing skills

**Purpose of the role**

To partner with the bank, to provide independent insurance on control processes and advise on improvements to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the bank’s internal controls framework.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Own and deliver Controls Assurance program including sustainability testing with deep understanding of assessment frameworks
- The individual would be responsible for planning and executing Controls Testing reviews and reporting findings with supervision from Controls Assurance testing teams
- Ensuring reviews are managed within the approved scope and budgets on a regular basis
- Building and developing relationships with key Vertical, Horizontal and all 3 Lines of Defence stakeholders to drive Barclays Control Framework agenda
- Review activities undertaken by management to remediate control gaps and provide an opinion as to whether the risk has been fully mitigated and whether the implemented controls are sustainable
- Identify and leverage appropriate data sources and analytical techniques to deliver targeted testing
- Maintain an independent perspective, challenging as required and setting out quantified control options and risk decision recommendations
- Set and proactively manage Stakeholder expectations to promote an understanding and achievement of risk management objectives, ensuring awareness of responsibilities regarding risk and control
- Strong project & change management, analytical and organisation skills
- Experience to consolidate and process information from multiple sources to create meaningful insight and reporting for stakeholders
- Proven experience of influencing Stakeholders including briefings and presentations
- Analytical approach and proven ability to manage issues through to resolution
- Experience or knowledge of working within a regulatory and control environment
- Experienced in dealing with multiple stakeholders in different business functions who have different objectives
- Experience in providing informed opinion and being a trusted source on business / function’s policies and standards
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively across a global team
- Ability to successfully multitask and complete assignments with varying lead times
- Self-starter

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

- Pro-active and delivery focused, working to high standards of performance
- Ability to prioritise and work under pressure, delivering to tight deadlines and multiple demands.
- Ability to influence others without formal reporting linesStrong report writing skills

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

- Relevant professional certification (CA, CIA, CS, MBA Finance or equivalent)
- Knowledge of process re-engineering e.g. LEAN / DMAIC / Value Mapping would be beneficial, but is not essential
- Specialist Risk and/or Control-related qualification - formal accreditation / qualification relating to audit, risk and/or control etc.
- Knowledge of the Financial Services regulatory environment
- Experience with data analytics tools and techniques
- Experience of working within the financial services industry
- Experience of working in a risk, control, audit or governance function
- Knowledge of Project Management and Change Management, proven through a relevant professional qualification e.g. Prince2, Project Management Institution would be beneficial, but is not essential

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

Decision-making and Problem Solving
- The role holder will have a degree of independent thinking and decision-making authority, and ability to influence upwards
- Ability to work simultaneously on multiple activities and track actions and drive delivery
- Ability to identify trends and themes from problems and issues and make decisions and logical conclusions from analysing facts

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.