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Director - BIA Portfolio Manager – Markets

Paris, France

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Date live: 09/09/2024

Business Area: BIA

Area of Expertise: Audit

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000010087

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Audit

In Audit, you'll play a crucial role in providing independent, reliable, and insightful assurance to the Board and executive management. Your work will focus on evaluating the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and control over current and evolving risks, adhering to international auditing standards and adapting to the changing business environment.

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About Barclays Internal Audit

BIA provides independent, reliable, valued, insightful and timely assurance to the Board and executive management over the effectiveness of governance, risk management and control over current and evolving risks, in the context of the current and expected business environment and in accordance with the international standards definition of internal auditing.

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Overall purpose of role

Demonstrate functional leadership, working collaboratively within BIA to develop strong stakeholder relationships which are independent and seen as a respected voice. Develop, drive and lead delivery of an audit plan ensuring it is completed according to BIA methodology and achieves quality standards. Contribute to the delivery of the BIA Audit Plan and provide assurance on the Control Environment to key stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities

  • Role is to provide in-region senior leadership and support to BE Markets stakeholders.

  • The role-holder will have direct accountability over the BE Markets portfolio as well as oversight and People Leader responsibilities.    

  • Responsible for leading BIA’s relationship with the Co-Heads of BE Markets.

  • Member of the BIA BE Management Teams representing the BE Markets portfolio.

  • Occasionally being an Audit Owner leading the delivery of select, higher risk audits in the portfolio.

Purpose of the role

To deliver portfolio objectives through effective portfolio management, including planning, reporting, monitoring and resource allocation, and to support executive stakeholders through the duration of change initiatives.

Accountabilities

  • Monitoring and evaluation of portfolio performance.

  • Development of risk management strategies, control implementations and compliance monitoring to mitigate risk and comply with regulatory policies.

  • Documentation of Continuous Monitoring (CM) for the whole portfolio, sharing pertinent and timely CM information across relevant groups in BIA.

  • Identification and address any gaps in understanding of key internal audit regulations and industry standards for Audit Owners (AO) or the Audit Delivery Team.

  • Balancing cyclical, thematic and regulatory coverage requirements, available resources and ensure interlocking with other portfolio managers to develop an impactful annual audit plan to provide adequate coverage for the portfolio.

  • Monitoring of threats to objectivity across the respective portfolio and take active steps to manage them, including adjusting audit responsibilities and team alignments where necessary.

  • Portfolio view of audit product selection, ensuring an appropriate balance of audit product types suitable for the portfolio.

Director Expectations

  • Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.

  • Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.

  • Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.

  • Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.

  • Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.

  • Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.

  • Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.

  • Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.

  • Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.

  • Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.

  • Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.

  • Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

All Senior 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.

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.

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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.

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This is Barclays Paris

Our office in Paris provides a full investment banking service to our local and global clients. Our integrated coverage model means we are able to provide our clients with access to deep expertise across sectors, regions and products.

We’re close to the Arc de Triomphe, maintaining Barclays’ presence in a central and iconic part of one of the world’s great cities.

We provide a contemporary workplace for our teams in Investment Banking which includes Markets and Banking, and Corporate Banking

We’re in a prime business location, well-served by public transportation, including metro and bus lines, which make commuting easy.

Our innovative trading floor is a place where 150 dedicated colleagues support Barclays' Markets essential operations in Paris.

This is Barclays Paris

Our office in Paris provides a full investment banking service to our local and global clients. Our integrated coverage model means we are able to provide our clients with access to deep expertise across sectors, regions and products.

The place to be in Paris

We’re close to the Arc de Triomphe, maintaining Barclays’ presence in a central and iconic part of one of the world’s great cities.

Making work a pleasure

We provide a contemporary workplace for our teams in Investment Banking which includes Markets and Banking, and Corporate Banking

Your commute

We’re in a prime business location, well-served by public transportation, including metro and bus lines, which make commuting easy.

Trading up

Our innovative trading floor is a place where 150 dedicated colleagues support Barclays' Markets essential operations in Paris.

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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Your assessment

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Your interview

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Next step

We’ll request additional information so that you can complete our screening process

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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.

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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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