Controls Professional

Barclays•New York, NY

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of the role is to assess the integrity and effectiveness of the bank's internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the bank's operational, financial, and reputational risk. This role will play a pivotal role in supporting the Investment Banking Businesses in sustaining a robust risk and control culture across the business. In this position, you’ll help drive key programmes across product areas, ensuring remediation activity is delivered effectively and in close partnership with business management and the COO organisation. You will chair the senior Investment Banking Risk & Control Committee, guiding meaningful discussions that strengthen oversight and judgement. Your work will include monitoring and reporting on the Investment Banking control framework while collaborating with senior stakeholders across all three Lines of Defence. You’ll also promote forward‑looking risk awareness by conducting deep‑dive analyses, identifying emerging themes, and providing actionable insights that help mitigate gaps and reinforce a safe and sound operating environment.

Requirements

Investment Banking first line of defence Risk and Control experience, including deep understanding of applicable conduct frameworks (i.e. supervision, conflict of Interest)
Excellent communication skills with validated ability to influence stakeholders
A detail-oriented focus and considerable organizational skills

Nice To Haves

Effective written and oral communication skills, with the ability to present credibly to senior stakeholders
Highly experienced in dealing with multiple stakeholders in different business functions who have different targets such as Barclays Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, Fraud, Legal
The ability to provide thought influence through bringing together insight and analysis including external knowledge
Risk and controls
Change and transformation
Business acumen
Strategic thinking
Digital and technology
Job-specific technical skills

Responsibilities

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.
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.
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.
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.
Chair the senior Investment Banking Risk & Control Committee, guiding meaningful discussions that strengthen oversight and judgement.
Monitor and report on the Investment Banking control framework.
Conduct deep-dive analyses, identify emerging themes, and provide actionable insights that help mitigate gaps and reinforce a safe and sound operating environment.