VP – Business Control Partner, Risk Solutions Group

Barclays•New York, NY

5d•$135,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Join Barclays as a VP – Business Control Partner, Risk Solutions Group, where you will play a pivotal role in supporting the GTC CCO Lead to maintain a robust and business‑aligned risk and control environment across the Risk Solutions Group (RSG). You’ll work closely with business stakeholders, COO teams, and control partners to embed first‑line accountability, strengthen governance disciplines, and ensure consistent application of the control framework. This includes providing thoughtful oversight and task on risk identification, issues management, and control effectiveness, while contributing to senior governance forums with clear, insight‑driven perspectives. You will also lead targeted deep dives into emerging risk themes, delivering actionable assessments that helps identify and mitigate control weaknesses across the organization.

Requirements

Considerable first line of defence (1LoD) Risk and Control experience within Investment Banking, with demonstrated understanding of conduct, supervision, and governance frameworks
Demonstrated ability to partner with business and senior stakeholders to drive remediation influence outcomes, and embed sustainable control improvements
High attention to detail with excellent organizational and execution skills, including experience in issue management, RCSA, and control monitoring
Solid understanding of Investment Banking products, derivatives, hedging practices and associated end-to-end risks and controls (particularly within coverage businesses)
Prior experience synthesizing data to support management materials and to drive effective discussion and outcomes
The ability to drive workstreams, conduct deep‑dive evaluations, and translate findings into clear, actionable recommendations
Risk and controls
Change and transformation
Business acumen
Strategic thinking
Digital and technology
Job-specific technical skills
Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship
Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive

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.
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.
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.
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.
Support the GTC CCO Lead to maintain a robust and business‑aligned risk and control environment across the Risk Solutions Group (RSG).
Work closely with business stakeholders, COO teams, and control partners to embed first‑line accountability, strengthen governance disciplines, and ensure consistent application of the control framework.
Provide thoughtful oversight and task on risk identification, issues management, and control effectiveness.
Contribute to senior governance forums with clear, insight‑driven perspectives.
Lead targeted deep dives into emerging risk themes, delivering actionable assessments that helps identify and mitigate control weaknesses across the organization.