Avp - Climate Reporting

Job Title: AVP - Climate 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.

Hybrid Working

Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

Introduction:

- Support the delivery of the climate reporting content within our high profile Environmental, Social and Governance report, Annual Report, EU Taxonomy Report and other relevant external disclosures
- Support regulatory reporting related the ESG disclosures
- Provide accurate and validated climate related metrics, including Client Carbon Intensity metrics, Green Lending & Financing metrics including volumes, balances and revenues, and risk measures such as climate-related exposure and stress test results. This team will also be responsible for managing Barclays carbon accounting strategy and reporting for Scope 3 financed emissions.
- Working with external assurance providers to ensure robustness of reporting processes and controls.
- Map the existing data lineage, process and controls. Recommend and implement enhancements and maintain control environment in line with the firm’s Standards.
- Provide accurate and insightful input to assist climate-related decision making processes through Monthly Business Reviews, working with CFO Business Partnering teams
- Partner with Functional teams to develop and drive process automation and improvements.

What will you be doing?
- Key specific accountabilities
- Support the delivery of Climate Reporting, analysis, sourcing, validation and assurance processes for Barclays businesses
- Contribute to enhancement of the Climate Reporting processes, specifically enhancing controls, automating and contributing to definition and development of Climate Metrics
- Develop knowledge of Front Office booking systems, to understand the data lineage between revenue reporting systems and Risk and Finance books and records, to ensure successful capture and validation of Green Finance metrics
- Support reviews of business performance to drive progress towards external Climate commitments and support decision-making at the most senior level, to ExCo and Board
- Contribute to longer-term programme to automate Climate Reporting into wider Finance and Risk systems infrastructure
- Establish a strong control environment in the team and enable appropriate escalation
- Provide appropriate and timely guidance and feedback to businesses regarding KPIs,
- Prepare financial reporting and management information for use with a range of stakeholders

What we’re looking for:
Minimum few years from the Finance Domain
- Business knowledge:

- Financial reporting or financial control experience, preferably for both Group and business
- Good understanding of financial reporting, accountancy and analytics
- Commercial knowledge of banking industry
- Functional knowledge:

- Qualified accountant. Or Management Post Graduate from premier institute
- Strong university degree/academics
- Skills & Competencies:

- Highly motivated self-starter
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good communication skills, written and interpersonal, and the ability to maintain effective working relationships
- Collaborative style, able to build relationships across the Group
- Good line management skills, with ability to develop skill set of direct report
- Very comfortable working with systems/data
- Makes a strong, positive impact and impression
- Well-organised and resilient
- Drives to achieve stretch objectives

An overall awareness of the Barclays Group strategies, organisational structure, and the key areas with which the jobholder may interface.
Skills that will help you in the role:

- Prior experience in migrating legacy