Date live:28/08/2025
Business Area:Control
Area of Expertise:Controls
Contract:Permanent
Reference Code:JR-0000061853
Join us at Barclays as a Business Control Officer within our Frameworks team responsible for Central Counterparty Clearing (CCP). In this role you will support the delivery and maintenance of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.
In role you will need to build functional engagement/collaboration across Controls, Business, Legal, Compliance and Operational teams to develop a central framework which reasonably demonstrates adherence to Central Counterparty Clearing platform requirements, providing first line support across Markets and Treasury Business Areas. Role maintains coverage and connectivity with global teams to meet CCP membership obligations within each region (including rulebook assessments and default scenarios testing/runbooks).

To be successful as a Frameworks Business Control Officer you should have experience with:

• Knowledge of business areas, products, processes, and platforms to be able to assess risks that arise in using Central Counterparty Clearing platforms.
• Ability to influence at senior management level and apply judgement to balance risk versus business interest whilst ensuring compliance to all relevant policies and standards.
• Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.
• Experience of working in a Business, Operational, or Control type role / team and ability to demonstrate a risk management mindset.
• Strong background within Governance.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Shaping and influencing management through leadership.
• Ability to interact with all levels across the Bank.
• Working knowledge of operational risk & control processes and practices, including experience in their application across functions.
• Good relationship and stakeholder management skills across the organisation.
• Excellent attention to detail, with an ability to make sound judgements and be comfortable to make suggestions to peers, leadership team and across operational teams.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job specific technical skills.
This role is based out of Glasgow.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Knowledge of business areas, products, processes and platforms to be able to assess risk
• Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.
• Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations.
• Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders.
• Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank’s internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice.
• Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework.

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.