Vice President Client and Product Controls

Join us as Vice President Client and Product Controls, where you will play a pivotal role in covering a range of activities focused on regulatory / licensing related requirements and how they apply to multiple business units across the Investment Bank (including Markets, Treasury and Banking where applicable). At Barclays, every date is an opportunity to innovate. This role will include designing, monitoring, and assessing controls related to Product Governance (including Indirect Retail and Consumer Duty) and Customer Complaints. You will need to be experienced in stakeholder management, production of management information and identifying when escalations are required as well as identifying opportunities for enhancements to existing processes and systems. The successful candidate will be interacting closely with stakeholders in other regions and functions. You will require strong organizational and analytical skills, an excellent understanding of Global Markets and Investment Banking products, a good understanding of how business controls are designed and implemented and an ability to priorities effectively.

To Be Successful In This Role, You Should Have

• Organize and lead Control governance forums. Leverage use of data and analytics to ensure Control Forums are insightful and conversations risk focused, while also overseeing the Controls framework.
• Provide Control SME input to ensure complete processes appropriately designed and fit for purpose, including Business and regulatory changes. Lead implementation of Risk & Controls Self-assessment process, manage escalations related to Risk Events, Issues & EUDAs.
• Undertake thematic / targeted reviews requiring specialist knowledge in line with business risk profile / priorities. Establish and deliver on proactive risk management processes, including but not limited to horizon scanning, read across of external risk events and regulatory matters.
• Provide SME input to incidents and post incident reviews. Perform analysis of historic events and external events and aid in driving a proactive risk management culture.
• Identify opportunities and co create solutions to simplify and automate CCO processes. Support in embedding a stewardship culture of simplification, automation and data analytics.
• Develop direct reports' skills and performance through training & coaching, monitor their performance to ensure they meet required standards of conduct and performance and providing feedback on areas for improvement.
• Strong people management skills with ability to inspire, lead by example and to promote and encourage development of all team members.
• Capability to operate across a spectrum of Businesses applying risk skills and expertise to different Business processes.

Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The location of the role is Chennai.

Purpose of the role

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.

Accountabilities

Vice President Expectations

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.

Skills Required

Ms Office Applications, Data Analytics, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management