Barclaycard VP
- Recruiter
- Barclays
- Location
- Northampton
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 25 Feb 2017
- Closes
- 28 Feb 2017
- Sectors
- Travel & Tourism
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Title
Barclays Internal Audit
Corporate Grade
Vice President
Reports To
Barclays Internal Audit Director
Business Area
Barclaycard
Department / Function Level 1
Barclaycard UK & Europe
Primary Location
London
About Barclays
Barclays is an international financial services provider engaged in personal banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management with an extensive presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. Barclays' purpose is to help people achieve their ambitions - in the right way.
With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs approximately 140,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.
For further information about Barclays, please visit our website
About Barclays Internal Audit
Barclays Internal Audit (BIA) Vision: Leaders in Assurance.
• Be Brilliant:
o Leading edge assurance
o Leading edge people
o Leading edge thinking
• Be Impactful
o In the business
o In the community
o In the profession
• Be Agile
o Be independent
o Be a respected voice
o Be innovative and efficient
BIA Overview: BIA aims to provide independent, reliable, valued, insightful and timely assurance to the Board and Executive Management over the effectiveness of governance, risk management and control over current and evolving risks, in the context of the current and expected business environment.
Main Function of the Job
Work collaboratively with others to develop strong client relationships and support delivery of BIA Audit Plan.
Main duties & responsibilities
Colleague
• Own and drive personal learning to support achievement of career aspirations.
• Engage and motivate others to develop their skills/knowledge/experience to contribute to the success of BIA.
• Celebrate the success of self and others and take pride in achievements.
• Provide constructive feedback and evaluation to team members for audit assignments and support Directors in their assessment of Assistant Vice Presidents (AVPs)
• Act as mentor and coach to less experienced team members and support others to develop. Provide guidance to AVPs during audit assignments.
• Contribute to the attraction of the best people through their role in the recruitment process.
• Create an environment to encourage knowledge sharing, asking questions and sharing viewpoints with BIA colleagues and peers in the business.
• Ensure the inclusion of all colleagues, regardless of background or circumstances.
Company
• Scope audit assignments including preparation of the scoping document.
• Manage audit work to ensure that relevant risks and controls have been identified and appropriately assessed.
• Review and direct control evaluation (and perform evaluation when appropriate).
• Review and complete documentation of scoping, process understanding, risk & control identification, control evaluation and observations in BIA audit toolkit.
• Challenge others where appropriate, if you believe self to be correct.
• Makes decisions on a broad range of factors, with Barclays values at heart.
• Write high quality observations and audit reports (with input from the audit team).
• Manage audit teams on a day to day basis, working to ensure that audits progress as planned, as regards scope, budget and timetable.
• Support management in identifying resolutions for control issues identified.
• Continue to update awareness of risk issues and changes across relevant business units and use this knowledge to amend audit approach where necessary.
• Provide complete, accurate and timely information to clients for BIA reporting.
• Proactively take on additional tasks as requested by the Director/Managing Director.
Conduct
• Take into account reputation of Barclays at all times, through positive interactions and following policy and process.
• Sets an example and supports fair and ethical behaviour in all colleagues.
• Make sure colleagues are equipped to be able to protect our reputation at all times.
Customer/Client
• Lead discussions with clients regarding audit observations, consulting with the Director where necessary.
• Build trusting and open relationships with clients on each audit and develop ongoing relationships with key clients in aligned business area.
• Develop a wide network of contacts across BIA and the business to identify and work towards common goals.
• Know our clients/customers and understand how team's work benefits them.
Citizenship
• Support citizenship agenda across BIA to contribute positively to the communities we operate in.
• Apply citizenship lens when making business critical decisions.
Risk and Control objective:
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Barclays Operational Risk Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Standards.
Person requirements:
Qualifications/education
Skills & knowledge (specific product knowledge, PC skills, languages etc.)
Candidate profile (team player, change agent, confident)
Essential experience:
• Extensive experience in risk based auditing or risk/control activities within Barclaycard
• Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. CIA, MIIA, ACCA, CISA, for audit roles; technical qualification for specialist risk team roles; and graduate degree for all )
• Practical understanding of relevant regulatory environment within UK and Offshore Islands.
• Experience of managing audits/driving initiatives in a relevant field
• Proven track record of high performance in previous roles to include senior client management
Essential Competencies:
You must be able to demonstrate that you live the Barclays values and behaviours:
• Respect - Respect and value those you work with and the contribution they make.
• Integrity - Act fairly, ethically and openly in everything you do.
• Service - Put clients and customers at the centre of everything you do.
• Excellence - Use your energy, skills and resources to deliver the best sustainable results.
• Stewardship - Be passionate about leaving things better than you found them.
Preferred experience:
• Financial services industry knowledge
• Knowledge about new and emerging financial products and services.
• Experience of leading others during audit assignments
Travel
• Travel outside of base location to UK and Europe sites is approximately 40% of the role.
Role Profile Attestation
Name of Reviewer: Daryl Richardson
Role of Reviewer: Hiring Manager
Date of Review: 13 December 2016
Purpose and Values
Barclays has a single cross-business Purpose for Barclays and five core Values which underpin it.
Our Purpose is helping people achieve their ambitions in the right way. Put simply this is the answer to the question 'What is Barclays for?' and it should guide our every action as employees.
Respect
We respect and value those we work with, and the contribution that they make.
Integrity
We act fairly, ethically and openly in all we do.
Service
We put our clients and customers at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We use our energy, skills and resources to deliver the best, sustainable results.
Stewardship
We are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Salary: . Date posted: 25/02/2017