Technology Rigor Controls Specialist-AVP

Barclays•Jefferson, CO

4d•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 involves collaborating with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings. The role also includes identifying and investigating potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritized 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 is also a key aspect. Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice, and implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework are critical functions.

Requirements

Experience with effective collaboration across Technology, Horizontal and Technology Standard owners, and business units; and demonstrated ability to coordinate with stakeholders.
Execution of technology control reviews across USCB platforms, including AI-driven components, assess effectiveness of internal controls and respond to audit and regulatory requests.
Identifying and evaluating technology and AI-related control weaknesses across the USCB technology stack and performing detailed evaluation and investigation to support continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the Barclays Controls Framework.
Preparation of high-quality risk assessment reporting, clearly articulating control gaps, and providing practical recommendations for control owners, senior management, auditors, and regulatory stakeholders.
Ensuring technology assessments are executed in line with established methodologies, standards, and governance expectations, and are defensible during audit and regulatory reviews.
Risk and controls knowledge.
Change and transformation knowledge.
Business acumen.
Strategic thinking.
Digital and technology knowledge.
Job-specific technical skills.

Nice To Haves

Background in financial services with experience in technology risk oversight and control activities, including issue resolution.
The ability to review processes, recognize potential risks, and establish the safeguards needed to reduce those risks. This includes evaluating requirements within Barclays.
Demonstrated the ability to collaborate effectively with technology teams, product owners, and subject matter experts to deliver pragmatic, well embedded control solutions.
Experience with digital banking, platforms, emerging technologies (AI).
Familiarity with technology risk domains such as change management.

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.
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.
Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation 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 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.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.
Demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Effective collaboration across Technology, Horizontal and Technology Standard owners, and business units; and demonstrated ability to coordinate with stakeholders.
Execution of technology control reviews across USCB platforms, including AI-driven components, assess effectiveness of internal controls and respond to audit and regulatory requests.
Identifying and evaluating technology and AI-related control weaknesses across the USCB technology stack and performing detailed evaluation and investigation to support continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the Barclays Controls Framework.
Preparation of high-quality risk assessment reporting, clearly articulating control gaps, and providing practical recommendations for control owners, senior management, auditors, and regulatory stakeholders.
Ensuring technology assessments are executed in line with established methodologies, standards, and governance expectations, and are defensible during audit and regulatory reviews.