Risk Governance and Controls AVP

Barclays•Wilmington, DE

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Join us as a Risk Governance and Controls AVP, where you will support the oversight of regulatory requirements, risk governance, reporting, and data controls. You will help ensure alignment with regulatory expectations from the FDIC, PRA, Federal Reserve, and OCC from a risk perspective. You will also support compliance with BCBS 239 and broader regulatory expectations related to reporting, regulatory readiness, governance activities, data lineage, critical data elements, and reporting requirements. Working closely with business and risk partners, you will provide review and challenge across credit and market risk, controls, RCSA, and regulatory initiatives, helping to identify gaps and drive appropriate remediation. This is an opportunity to combine your regulatory, risk management, data, and technology expertise within a leading global financial institution.

Requirements

Knowledge of regulatory requirements and BCBS 239 and other regulatory requirements impacting Credit and Markets, data, reporting, governance, and controls
Experience supporting regulatory governance, regulatory readiness, remediation, or regulatory-driven initiatives
Experience with data governance reporting, data lineage, critical data elements, and end-to-end data flows
Ability to develop reporting requirements, produce analytical reports, and maintain effective reporting processes
Risk and controls expertise
Change and transformation expertise
Business acumen
Strategic thinking
Digital and technology expertise
Job-specific technical skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with risk oversight, control testing, RCSA processes, and effective review-and-challenge
Familiarity with regulatory expectations and interaction with regulators such as the FDIC, PRA FED, and OCC
Background in credit analytics, credit strategy, credit cards, or unsecured lending
Hands-on experience with SAS, Databricks, AWS, and Python

Responsibilities

Provide support to the Chief Risk Officer(s) in the implementation and ongoing effectiveness of the bank's risk management framework across various business units and functions.
Support the implementation of risk management policies, standards, procedures, and controls across the bank.
Assess and promote risk management awareness, risk controls, and culture.
Review, challenge, and monitor the effectiveness of existing risk management practices and identify areas for improvement.
Identify new and emerging risks, assess the likelihood and impact of identified risks, and recommend appropriate mitigation strategies.
Manage and operate associated committees, forums, and meetings.
Maintain risk inventories and governance documentation.
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, appraise performance relative to objectives, and determine reward outcomes.
Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identifying the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialization to complete assignments.
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 develop 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, requiring an understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organization 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 practices (in other areas, teams, companies, etc.) to solve problems creatively and effectively.
Communicate complex information, which 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.
Support the oversight of regulatory requirements, risk governance, reporting, and data controls.
Ensure alignment with regulatory expectations from the FDIC, PRA, Federal Reserve, and OCC from a risk perspective.
Support compliance with BCBS 239 and broader regulatory expectations related to reporting, regulatory readiness, governance activities, data lineage, critical data elements, and reporting requirements.
Provide review and challenge across credit and market risk, controls, RCSA, and regulatory initiatives, helping to identify gaps and drive appropriate remediation.