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Controls Assurance Analyst

Pune, India

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Date live: 09/19/2024

Business Area: Control

Area of Expertise: Controls

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000010892

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Controls

In a Controls role, you'll ensure rigorous and consistent management of Barclays' control environment in collaboration with business partners. Your work will safeguard the organization's integrity and compliance.

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Key Accountabilities

  • Liaise with stakeholders across the three Lines of Defence to ensure efforts are aligned and complementary.
  • Review activities undertaken by management to remediate control gaps and provide an opinion as to whether the risk has been fully mitigated and whether the implemented controls are sustainable.
  • Identify and leverage appropriate data sources and data analytical techniques to deliver targeted testing.
  • Extend the support towards implementation of the Functions Controls Assurance strategy to drive global consistency and improvements in risk awareness and risk management capability by developing a close and trusted relationship with key stakeholders, wherever required.
  • Maintain an independent perspective, challenging as required and setting out quantified control options and risk decision recommendations.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

This role requires maintaining proactive relationship with a selection of BI/BUK/BX and COO-Functions stakeholders. Key stakeholders include but not limited to Business stakeholders (Process and control owners), SOX teams, Barclays Internal Audit, External Auditor, and Group Finance etc.

Decision-making and Problem Solving

  • The role holder will have a degree of independent thinking and decision-making authority, and ability to influence upwards
  • Ability to work simultaneously on multiple activities and track actions and drive delivery
  • Ability to identify trends and themes from problems and issues and make decisions and logical conclusions from analysing facts

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.

Person Specification

  • Awareness of Risk and Control.
  • Understanding of control testing.
  • Proactively identifies risks, issues and dependencies and can perform analysis on value at risk and mitigation options across a project.
  • Analytical approach and proven ability to manage issues through to resolution.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to communicate effectively across a global team.
  • Ability to successfully multitask and complete assignments with varying lead times.
  • Self-starter & works independently.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of Controls and Analytical approach to problem solving

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

  • Relevant academic qualifications (Bachelor’s degree in Commerce or equivalent qualification in other streams)
  • Knowledge of process re-engineering e.g. LEAN / DMAIC / Value Mapping would be beneficial, but is not essential
  • Knowledge of the Functional and Operational risks
  • Knowledge of data analytics tools and techniques
  • Knowledge of Project Management and Change Management, proven through a relevant professional qualification e.g. Prince2, Project Management Institution would be beneficial, but is not essential

Purpose of the role

To partner with the bank, to provide independent insurance on control processes and advise on improvements to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the bank’s internal controls framework.  

Accountabilities

  • Collaboration across the bank to maintain a satisfactory, robust, and efficient control environment through the execution of ad-hoc assessments and testing on the design and operational effectiveness of the internal controls, aligned to control policies and standards.
  • Development of detailed test plans and procedures to identify weaknesses in internal controls and other initiatives aligned to the bank’s control framework to mitigate any potential risks and issues, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations, potential losses, and reputational impact.
  • Communication of key findings and observations to the relevant stakeholders and business units to improve overall control efficiency and provide corrective actions to senior managers. Collaboration with other control professionals to resolve complex issues and ensure consistent testing methodologies across the bank.
  • Development of a knowledge centre containing detailed documentation of control assessments, testing on design and operational effectiveness of procedures, findings, and the distribution of material on internal controls to train and upskill colleagues within the bank.

Analyst Expectations

  • Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
  • Partner with other functions and business areas.
  • Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
  • Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
  • Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
  • Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
  • 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 own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
  • Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
  • Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
  • Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
  • Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
  • Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.

Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 39 countries and employing around 100,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.

To find out more about Barclays' strategy please click here.

Barclays offers a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture. A place where people can bring their whole selves to work and be respected for who they are, valued for what they do and celebrated for their contribution to our business and our community.

We are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

This is Barclays Pune

Barclays Pune is the largest campus outside of Barclays’ global headquarters in London. Our aim is to build game-changing technology that supports businesses and functions across the globe, offering the highest quality service to our clients and customers.

It’s a state-of-the-art technology hub, and home to 9,000 colleagues across Operations, Technology and Functions.

Pune Campus provides opportunities for our colleagues to innovate, collaborate, and deliver great outcomes for customers and clients.

Our welcoming and inclusive culture supports you to bring your whole self to work, explore your potential and pursue your passions.

Pune is a million-square-foot environment-friendly, ultra-modern workplace with excellent facilities for work, socialising and leisure.

This is Barclays Pune

Barclays Pune is the largest campus outside of Barclays’ global headquarters in London. Our aim is to build game-changing technology that supports businesses and functions across the globe, offering the highest quality service to our clients and customers.

An innovative hub

It’s a state-of-the-art technology hub, and home to 9,000 colleagues across Operations, Technology and Functions.

Working better together

Pune Campus provides opportunities for our colleagues to innovate, collaborate, and deliver great outcomes for customers and clients.

A place where you can belong

Our welcoming and inclusive culture supports you to bring your whole self to work, explore your potential and pursue your passions.

An amazing place to work

Pune is a million-square-foot environment-friendly, ultra-modern workplace with excellent facilities for work, socialising and leisure.

Be you. Be valued. Belong.

We celebrate the unique perspectives and experiences each individual brings, believing our differences make us stronger and drive success. Our colleague networks offer connection, support, and growth, while our "This is Me" series shares the unique stories of our colleagues. Committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Barclays values you for who you are and ensures you truly belong.

You can learn more about our commitment to our colleague on our DE&I page.  

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We’re committed to providing an inclusive culture and environment, that recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professionaC8l 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.

Our approach to working flexibly is designed to support you to balance your life and to accommodate diverse needs, whilst still allowing us to meet our business needs. If you’d like to request a flexible working arrangement, please discuss this with your hiring manager.

Hybrid working: Our approach to hybrid working ensures there’s the right balance of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, as required for each role. For business areas that offer a hybrid working experience, this will be in a structured way, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week. Some roles may require full onsite working. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager.

We continue to embed and review our hybrid working environment and remain in a phase of testing and learning. This means that working arrangements could change, with reasonable notice, to align with the needs of our business.

Barclays is built on an international scale.

Our geographic reach, our wide variety of functions, businesses, roles and locations reflect the rich diversity of our worldwide customer base. All of which means we offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience.
And the chance to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues, including some of the very best minds in banking, finance, technology and business. Throughout, we’ll encourage you to embrace mobility, exploring every part of our operations as you build your career.

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