AVP - Operational Governance

Job Description

As a Barclays Operational Governance Manager, you will be in charge of driving forward the control and process remediation. You will be administrating operational risk and control, and understand strategy services, risks and associated control environmentto help mitigate these. You will be testing operational processes and assess the effectiveness of process design and operation, and support control environment by identifying weaknesses and improvements, whilst offering recommendations. Barclays is one of the worlds largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity - helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creatingfinancial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. Working FlexiblyWere committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognizes and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity forall 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. Whether you have family commitments or youre a carer, or whether you need studytime or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to businessneeds. We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Were flexible on how thisworks and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may chooseto spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. We also have a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstancesPlease discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager. What will you be doing Maintaining risk issue and risk event data current and in line with remediation action plan target dates Assisting stakeholders to their risk objectives and fostering a risk positive culture Performing Remediation Assurance by undertaking first line assurance to validate remediation Dealing with Internal Controls Testing (25%), Process Improvement (15%), Stakeholder Management (10%) Conducting controls assurance and testing, providing robust assurance to senior stakeholders on suppliers processes through mini audit or thematic reviews Documenting and presenting issues and processing execution with clarity and pragmatism, while also applying a level of professional scepticism, scrutiny and challenge Gaining broad knowledge of operating procedures across all delivery pillars and identifying connected remediation needs throughout the function Documenting key processes where identified through remediation activity and driving standardisation of process design and implementation of process across the function What were looking for: Knowledge of systems such as ORAC Experience producing quality reports and delivering projects Knowledge of quality assurance and risk and control frameworks within a financial services environment Audit/controls experience Skills that will help you in the role: Risk and control experience in financial, risk management, facilities management or corporate real estate sectors Controls assurance/testing experience Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills and solid analytical skills Developing risk management information Where will you be workingYou will be based in Radbroke, Knutsford. The Barclays Technology Campus just outside Manchester is our tech command centre and a vital strategic powerhouse behind our global operations. The campus is set in a 64 acre self-contained site, in a beautiful greenenvironment and it offers unrivalled facilities for work and for play. We have an onsite gym, as well as outdoor tennis, football and cricket areas, as well as onsite restaurant and coffee shops.