Job Description

Purpose of the role

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.  

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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as an “AVP- CRES P2P CoE” at Barclays, where you'll be part of the Corporate Real Estate Solutions and Location Strategy (CRES & LS) Procure to Pay Centre of Excellence (P2P CoE) team which manages PO creation and Invoice Approval activities for CRES & LS suppliers globally, driving.

To be successful as an “AVP- CRES P2P CoE” you should have experience with:

• Development, delivery and management of robust PO and invoice management processes for CRES & LS suppliers in line with the Bank’s standards and procedures, as well as CRES & LS internal cost governance and approval processes
• Delivery of robust centralised processes, leading to standardization, efficiency and assurance, looking for opportunities to automate where possible.
• Management of cross-border interactions and country nuances, and close collaboration with global stakeholders across borders, to provide advice, governance and support on all aspects relating to POs and invoices for suppliers.
• Active commercial review role where required- reviewing quotes, benchmarking with market, competitive negotiations and stakeholder agreement on which supplier to proceed with.
• Appropriate cost-governance processes in the CRES & LS organisation, to ensure that costs are approved in relevant approval forums as required by policy.
• Collaboration with CRES Risk and Control teams to ensure that third party risk is managed within appetite for CRES. This includes identifying issues such as after the fact POs etc., against which risk issues will need to be raised.
• End to end Procure to Pay process, including raising Purchase Requisitions in tools such as Coupa, Ariba or similar
• Knowledge of the entire Source to Pay lifecycle in global organisations and collaboration stakeholders across the entire process
• Optimisation of PO and invoice processes- looking for possibilities of automation, consolidation, and other similar best practices
• Understanding of Cost/Profit Centers, General Ledgers and how they are used in P2P process
• Organised and structured with high attention to detail
• Analytical, process orientated, diligent and logical approach to work
• Comfort with pulling reports and crunching data
• Comfort with presentation of concepts to stakeholders at a summary level
• Ability to balance speed of delivery with the requirement to deep-dive in different situations
• Address critical situations in a seamless and comfortable manner
• Direct experience of global organisation/colleagues and matrix reporting. Willingness to travel as required
• Highly articulate and persuasive communicator with proven written and verbal communication
• Ability to thrive in a highly complex operating environment and with a huge variety of tasks and challenges
• Proactively seeking opportunities for continuous development
• Comfort with basic usage of MS Excel (basic formulae, VLookup and other similar basics), MS Word and MS PowerPoint.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Domain knowledge of Corporate Real Estate organisations and their working is highly desirable
• Knowledge of MS Access, Advanced Excel, Tableau or other similar analytical tools
• Any experience in Accounts Payable, Finance or other similar functions

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with procure to pay, as well as job-specific skillsets.

Location - Pune.