VP - Legal Inventory Management

Barclays•Whippany, NJ

3d•$200,000 - $290,000•Onsite

About The Position

Join us as a VP- Legal Inventory Management, where you will help embed a new LRR governance and control framework across Barclays’ U.S. Legal function. You will support the development and maintenance of the U.S. LRR inventory and assist in applying key regulatory obligations. In this role, you will collaborate across the first and second lines of defense to strengthen controls and drive remediation efforts. You will work with Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Technology teams to improve governance and ensure consistent LRR risk management. This position offers the opportunity to influence regulatory strategy, enhance risk culture, and support effective oversight across the Legal function. To be successful as a VP- Legal Inventory Management, you should:

Requirements

Deep knowledge of U.S. financial regulations
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to interpret and operationalize regulatory requirements
Experience leading cross-functional legal or risk projects

Nice To Haves

Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills
Proven experience improving governance and control frameworks
Ability to manage multiple priorities and escalate risks
Collaboration and team-leadership abilities

Responsibilities

Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance.
Legal advice and support to the business on regulatory affairs, including regulatory compliance, risk management, and transactional matters.
Subject matter support in the Legal department’s representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to regulatory matters, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
Review of relevant legislation and regulation and creation and review of legal documents, where applicable, to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws and regulations that may impact the bank's operations.
Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on applicable legal and regulatory requirements related to the bank's operations.
Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs).
Keeping up to date with regards to changes to LRRs in the relevant coverage area.
Ensuring that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, the relevant policies, standards and controls.
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.
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.

Benefits

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.
This position is eligible for an incentive award.

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