Overview
Join us at Barclays for a Controls Business Partner role. In this position you are assigned to a designated portfolio of a business or function to provide guidance, risk management expertise and oversight across the Controls environment. You will articulate risk and control landscapes, demonstrate an understanding of internal and external regulatory policies, and coordinate the delivery of the Controls Strategy, Frameworks and improvement initiatives.
This role can be based out of Glasgow, Manchester, Knutsford or Northampton.
Purpose of the Role
To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the Bank’s internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the Bank’s operational, financial and reputational risk.
Responsibilities
* Provide clear articulation of risk and control landscapes, including control requirement interpretation for internal Barclays and external regulatory policies.
* Coordinate and syndicate all Control Services, ensuring consistency and quality delivery of the Controls Strategy, Frameworks and improvement initiatives across businesses, functions and horizontals.
* Develop and maintain relationships with senior stakeholders and challenge risk and control decisions when necessary.
* Collaborate with various stakeholders across the bank to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures and findings.
* Identify and investigate potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls, promoting continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework.
* Develop reports communicating key findings from risk assessments, including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management and other stakeholders.
* Execute reviews to determine the effectiveness of the Bank’s internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation and best practice.
* Implement adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and assess controls against the Controls Framework methodology.
* Lead or collaborate on complex, cross‑functional assignments, guide team members, and identify new directions for assignments and projects.
* Advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness across business functions.
* Set objectives, coach employees and manage performance relative to objectives, or demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive.
* Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies or procedures supporting the control and governance agenda.
* Operate closely with other areas to align with the organization’s objectives and maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of business strategy and activity.
* Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple internal and external sources to solve problems creatively and effectively.
* Communicate complex information in a clear, concise manner to diverse audiences.
* Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
Qualifications
* Strong ability to influence at senior management level and apply judgment to balance risk versus business interest while ensuring compliance to all relevant policies and standards.
* Solid understanding of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF) and Operational Risk Framework (ORF).
* Experience designing and embedding sustainable key controls; ability to drive control simplification and optimisation.
* Background in a control‑type role or team, with a demonstrated risk‑management mindset.
* Efficient partnership across the first, second and third lines of defense assurance activity end‑to‑end.
* Stakeholder management skills, including effective written and oral communication and the ability to present credibly to senior stakeholders.
* Strong Excel skills.
* Thought leadership through delivering insight, analysis and external knowledge.
* Extensive working knowledge of operational risk and control processes and practices across functions.
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