Description
We are seeking an Assistant Vice President - Project Arthur Controls Testing to partner with the bank, providing independent insurance on control processes and advising on improvements to ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate across the bank to maintain a satisfactory, robust, and efficient control environment through ad-hoc assessments and testing on the design and operational effectiveness of internal controls.
- Develop detailed test plans and procedures to identify weaknesses in internal controls and other initiatives aligned to the bank's control framework.
- Communicate key findings and observations to stakeholders and business units to improve overall control efficiency and provide corrective actions to senior managers.
- Develop a knowledge centre containing detailed documentation of control assessments, testing on design and operational effectiveness of procedures, findings, and distribute material on internal controls to train and upskill colleagues.
Assistant Vice President Expectations:
- Advise and influence decision-making, contribute to policy development, and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well-developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver work that impacts the whole business function.
- Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
Requirements:
- Relevant experience in control testing.
- Experience in Risk, Audit, Internal Controls.
- Understanding of the control environment and experience of controls testing in any of the Principal Risk disciplines.
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Knowledge of Power BI, Tableau, Python, etc.
Desirable Skillsets:
- Internal Audit background.
- Good knowledge of the legal entities and transaction cycles that make up the Barclays Group.
- Good knowledge of the Financial Services Regulatory environment.