• Responsible for management and oversight of CCO risk and control activities across the region, covering International Corporate Banking (ICB – Coverage), Transaction Banking and Wholesale Lending. The role covers BAU (e.g. risk and issues management, ORAC, remediation, running local governance) as well as strategic alignment of risk activities, growth initiatives, and working across the front to back to identify, assess and remediate issues and opportunities for enhancements across the operating model
• Experience: Candidates should have a risk and / or control background (or similar relevant role in 2nd or 3rd line of defence e.g. Compliance, Audit, Op Risk), robust knowledge of the banks governance frameworks / ERMF (or external equivalent if not internal hires), internal Policies and Standards, and be able to demonstrate knowledge of how a bank operates front to back. Proven depth of expertise in risk aspects of strategy. Demonstrable experience in leadership required. Prior line management experience essential
• Experience working with regulators or regulatory matters preferred, but not essential
• Knowledge of Corporate Banking products and Corporate Banking operations preferred, but not essential
• Relative degree or qualification preferred, but not essential
• Skillset:
• Experienced people leader, demonstrating prior experience and capability interfacing with and influencing senior management (MDs), excellent communication skills to senior audience
• Strategic thinking, ability to look ahead and identify risks in line with bank / department strategy
• Critical thinker / problem solver, ability to analyse and investigate, proactively identify issues, generate solutions and implement (or drive others to do so)
• Ability to build and manage a broad, diverse, senior network across all geographies
• Technical skills, role requires them to understand complex control requirements, products, bank operations and infrastructure, the client, governance frameworks, bank policies and standards
• Demonstrate ability to work across multiple deliverables and types/facets of work simultaneously (not to write verbatim, but a jack of all trades)
• Part of a global team, with three directors (and their teams) across each region and a number of UK-based central colleagues. Role holder’s primary responsibility will be for their region, but expectation that they will take on global ownership for some issues or deliverables team-wide and also deputise for UK-based Team Head

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• 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.