Job Description

Purpose of the role

To develop business capabilities for Finance through key stages of functional design, data, end-to-end-process and controls, delivery, and functional testing.

Accountabilities

• Functional Design: leveraging best practice concepts, and in collaboration with Line SMEs, support options analysis and recommendations as part of decision making.
• Data Analysis/Modelling/Governance: design conceptual data model underpinning all phases of the processes, and governance requirements in accordance with GDMS standards and principles.
• End-to-End Process & Controls - development of target process and controls design/documentation and operational runbooks and aligning these components with organisational and role/service model design definitions. .
• Delivery/Implementation Support: update design/functional requirements throughout the development cycle, and resolve RAIDS related to functional requirements and business processes. Project management for change programmes that have limited technology investment.
• Functional Testing: develop scripts and data to test alignment to requirement definitions, ahead of user testing cycles.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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 a VP – Finance Transformation – Impairment at Barclays, where you'll take part in the transformation of our digital ecosystem in the Mortgages domain, promoting innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experience.

To be successful as a VP – Finance Transformation – Impairment, you should have experience with:

• Strong Impairment and Financial Risk Expertise – Deep understanding of IFRS 9, ECL, RWA, impairment disclosures, reporting, FINREP/COREP, Impairment interaction with Planning, Forecasting and Stress Testing processes and use cases that are internal and external / regulatory (EBA, PRA, etc.).
• Broad Modelling and Analytics Knowledge – Familiarity with end-to-end model lifecycles across Impairment, Stress Testing, Treasury and Risk, including scenarios, data, assumptions, modelling, adjustments, outputs and reporting.
• Business Architecture and Regulatory Understanding – Ability to interpret and produce business architecture artefacts, requirements, process flows and technical documentation, with a sound understanding of regulatory and reporting requirements.
• Data and Business Analysis Skills – Strong analytical capability, including data modelling, data design principles, problem solving and translating business needs into actionable outcomes.
• Commercial and Economic Acumen – Understanding of banking products, financial markets and key economic drivers that influence portfolio performance and impairment outcomes.
• Leadership and Stakeholder Management – Proven ability to influence, negotiate and communicate effectively across senior stakeholders, global teams and cross-functional functions, while leading teams and driving outcomes.
• Transformation and Change Delivery – Experience delivering large-scale business and technology transformation and change programmes, combined with strong attention to detail and the ability to create high-quality executive presentations and storyboards.

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Credentials such as FRM (GARP), CFA, MBA Finance, CA/CPA, and or any advanced Finance / Risk qualifications.
• Data Analytics, working knowledge of datasets, databases / query languages (such as SQL, equivalent) towards techno-functional skills.
• Good understanding of AI / ML from a capability, design, and business perspective.
• Knowledge of transformation frameworks, business process modelling, controls environment, model execution frameworks, and reporting tools (such as Tableau or Qlik).
• Knowledge of data flow, lineage, reporting tools, planning/stress testing/impairment/treasury use cases and regulations, regulatory forms and tools.
• Knowledge of Planning, Stress Testing, Impairment, Treasury modelling, operational processing, reporting.
• Strong communication skills, usage of Office and other enterprise tools.

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.

The role is based out of Noida and Chennai.