BA3- CCO - Controls Business Partner

Join us as a "CCO Control Partners" at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

To be successful as a "CCO Control Partners", you should have experience with:

1-Stakeholder Management.

2-Decision Making & Problem Solving.

3-Strong Communication Skills.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

1-Experience of designing, communicating & implementing

internal control policies.

2-Good Understanding in Controls & Business Assurance.

3-Strong understanding of payments/Trade Finance.

Person Specification:

1-Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

2-Excellent relationship building, networking, negotiation and influencing skills.

3-Excellent time management, prioritization and multi tasking skills.

4-Excellent execution skills.

5-Strong analytical and quantitative skills.

6-Strong project and change management skills.

Essential Skills:

1-Strong understanding of Payments or Trade  Finance or Merchant Services or Client Servicing.

2-Proficient working skills on Excel, PowerPoint.

3-Python or Power BI skills will be an additional advantage.

4-Management/Graduate or Postgraduate with experience in Controls i.e. Controls Business Partner or Control Assurance and Tester and Operational Risk Management.

5-Extensive experience in senior stakeholder, management, ability to communicate internal control concepts clearly in a business context. Ability to manage reporting lines and relationships across multiple disciplines.

Desirable skills:

1-Sound commercial judgment and overall  understanding of the Financial Services Industry, particularly the business impact of the regulatory environment.

2-Experience of designing, communicating & implementing internal control policies.

3-Extensive experience in Internal Audit, Control Business Partnership, Controls Assurance & Testing and Operational Risk Management.

4-Comprehensive understanding of governance and control frameworks and processes, and all aspects of operational risk management.

5-Highly motivated, business-focused and forward-thinking.

6-Knowledge of internal control and regulatory requirements & practice e.g. Turnbull, Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO, Basel II.

7-Accord relating to operational risk preferred.

Location: Noida

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.

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

• Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.
• Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations.
• Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders.
• Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice.
• Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework.

Analyst Expectations

• To meet the needs of stakeholders/ customers through specialist advice and support
• Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard which will impact both the role itself and surrounding roles.
• Likely to have responsibility for specific processes within a team
• They may lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources. They supervise a team, allocate work requirements and coordinate team resources.
• 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 manage own workload, take responsibility for the implementation of systems and processes within own work area and participate on projects broader than direct team.
• Execute work requirements as identified in processes and procedures, collaborating with and impacting on the work of closely related teams.
• Check work of colleagues within team to meet internal and stakeholder requirements.
• Provide specialist advice and support pertaining to own work area.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how all teams in area contribute to the objectives of the broader sub-function, delivering impact on the work of collaborating teams.
• Continually develop awareness of the underlying principles and concepts on which the work within the area of responsibility is based, building upon administrative / operational expertise.
• Make judgements based on practise and previous experience.
• Assess the validity and applicability of previous or similar experiences and evaluate options under circumstances that are not covered by procedures.
• Communicate sensitive or difficult information to customers in areas related specifically to customer advice or day to day administrative requirements.
• Build relationships with stakeholders/ customers to identify and address their needs.

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.