AVP – Finance Transformation

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To develop business capabilities for Finance through key stages of functional design, data, end-to-end-process and controls, delivery, and functional testing. 

Accountabilities

• Functional Design: leveraging best practice concepts, and in collaboration with Line SMEs, support options analysis and recommendations as part of decision making.
• Data Analysis/Modelling/Governance: design conceptual data model underpinning all phases of the processes, and governance requirements in accordance with GDMS standards and principles.
• End-to-End Process & Controls - development of target process and controls design/documentation and operational runbooks and aligning these components with organisational and role/service model design definitions. .
• Delivery/Implementation Support: update design/functional requirements throughout the development cycle, and resolve RAIDS related to functional requirements and business processes. Project management for change programmes that have limited technology investment.
• Functional Testing: develop scripts and data to test alignment to requirement definitions, ahead of user testing cycles.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• 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. 'Complex' information 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.

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.

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Join us as a "Team Member " within Finance Transformation at Barclays,
Location : Chennai

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, as mentioned below :

Key Accountabilities

• Drive forward specific Stress Testing and Impairment (ST&I) transformation modelling initiatives, facilitate workshops and work with key stakeholders to actively manage day-to-day activities
• Perform design related activities, author business requirements, functional specifications, and produce outputs such as Architecture documents and diagrams, business requirements documents (BRD), and functional specification documents (FSD), perform functional testing, support UAT
• Bring together Risk, Quants, Technology partners and business/process SMEs to achieve desired outcomes
• Identify business processes inefficiencies that delay the target end state.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Extensive knowledge of the banking and financial markets sector
• Broad knowledge of modelling techniques including the model lifecycle for Stress Testing, have the ability to read, understand, write model documentation
• Understand Stress Testing regulations / requirements (such as IHC CCAR, EBA stress test, ACS, and internal stress testing frameworks)

• Exceptional business analytical skills
• Appreciation of data principles, including data modelling and data design
• Proven ability to work globally and develop close working relationships with peer teams in other regions
• Solid problem solving skills
• Ability to work independently and deliver with accuracy and attention to detail
• Have track record and interest in working with large scale change, business and technology transformation programmes
• Have Word, Power-point skills, with the ability to storyboard and produce best-in-class presentations

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications such as FRM (GARP), CFA, MBA Finance, CA/CPA, and or any advanced Finance / Risk qualifications
• Python, Data Analytics, working knowledge of datasets, databases (such as SQL, equivalents) towards techno-functional skills
• Knowledge of IFRS9 risk analytics would be advantageous
• Stress Testing and Impairment modelling knowledge and experience
• Experience of finance transformation programs and demonstrable track record leading a variety of relevant projects from inception through design and implementation