Description
We are seeking a Vice President Finance Transformation Specialist - Hedge Accounting to join our team at Barclays. The successful candidate will manage the financial operations of the Corporate Banking business, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and reliability of financial reporting. You will harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experience.
Purpose of the role The purpose of this role is to develop business capabilities for Finance through key stages of functional design, data, end-to-end-process and controls, delivery, and functional testing.
Accountabilities
- Functional Design: leverage best practice concepts and collaborate with Line SMEs to support options analysis and recommendations as part of decision making.
- Data Analysis/Modelling/Governance: design conceptual data models and governance requirements in accordance with GDMS standards and principles.
- End-to-End Process & Controls: develop target process and controls design/documentation and operational runbooks.
- Delivery/Implementation Support: update design/functional requirements throughout the development cycle and resolve RAIDS related to functional requirements and business processes.
- Functional Testing: develop scripts and data to test alignment to requirement definitions.
Vice President Expectations
- Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change.
- Manage and mitigate risks through assessment and advise key stakeholders on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
- Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls.
- Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up to speed with business activity and strategies.
Requirements
- Demonstrable track record with experience of operating at this level within a Financial Institution, ideally within Finance transformation.
- Professional Accounting qualification.
- Knowledge of different financial instruments, including interest rate derivatives.
- Experience of Finance process, systems, and technologies.
- Strong data manipulation skills and excellent PowerPoint skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience of Finance Transformation programmes and project management techniques.
- Treasury, Hedge Accounting, or Product Control background/knowledge.
- Continuous learning mindset with analytical reasoning and problem-solving skills.