VP - Controls Mapping Lead

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and consult on the bank’s internal controls framework and supporting policies and standards across the organisation, ensuring it is robust, effective, and aligned to the bank’s overall strategy and risk appetite.  

Accountabilities

• Identification and analysis of emerging and evolving risks across functions to understand their potential impact, and likelihood.
• Communication of the purpose, structure, and importance of the control framework to all relevant stakeholders, including senior management and audit.
• Support to the development and implementation of the bank's internal controls framework and principles tailored to the banks specific needs and risk profile including design, monitoring, and reporting initiatives  .
• Monitoring and maintenance of the control's frameworks, to ensure compliance and adjust and update as internal and external requirements change.
• Embedment of the control framework across the bank through cross collaboration, training sessions and awareness campaigns which fosters a culture of knowledge sharing and improvement in risk management and the importance of internal control effectiveness.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

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.

At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future – Embark on a transformative journey as VP - Controls Mapping Lead where you'll spearhead the evolution of our Control function responsible for leading and coordinating the control agenda in the first line of defence across Barclays covering all operational risks, the role involves sourcing, collating, validating, producing, and publishing data insights and control mappings for the office of legal obligations, ensuring compliance with data management standards and regulatory requirements. You will collaborate with various business functions and stakeholders, including compliance, legal, data privacy, and security, to produce and maintain controls MI dashboards and respond to ad-hoc data analysis requests. You will participate in Data and control governance forums, provide advisory support, and lead workshops to document and improve control processes. Additionally, your role requires effective stakeholder management, leadership, and decision-making to support business strategy and risk management.

To be successful as a VP - Controls Mapping Lead, you should have experience with

• Graduate in any discipline
• Experience in Risk/Controls, Governance, Regulatory Reporting, and Risk Management, preferably in a financial services organization
• Proficient understanding of risk and control framework, working within the first or second line of defense
• Proficient in MS Office – PPT, Excel, Word, Visio, and Power Apps
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and collaborate to identify issues and develop solutions
• Clear understanding of effective control environments, enterprise risk management frameworks, and operational risk
• Experience in managing or providing inputs for risk/control committees
• Extensive experience managing stakeholders across geographies and cultures, including presenting to senior leaders
• Experience in a risk and control capacity within a major banking/financial services organization
• Commercially astute with a consultative, pragmatic approach to solving issues, focusing on significant and valuable areas for the business
• Strong understanding of risk and control environments, including second and third line functions and their impact across people, processes, and technology

Highly valued skills:

• Experience in Data Crunching/Analysis, with the ability to handle datasets
• Understanding of Data Management Principles and Data Governance, including BCBS 239
• Background in controls within a multinational bank, with experience in risk and control self-assessments (RCSA) and risk appetite frameworks
• Experience in assessing and remediating issues and risk events, and communicating with regulators to address regulatory findings
• Relentless drive for executing consistency, efficiency, and effectiveness across the organization
• Self-starter who takes ownership of delivery and can monitor/report progress to completion

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 Pune, IN and Noida, IN.