CCO DS&A Analyst

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To collect, clean, analyse, and visualise data to identify potential risks, assess compliance with regulations, and provide valuable insights to auditors. 

Accountabilities

• Development and execution of data extraction strategies to gather relevant data from various sources, including internal systems, external databases, and third-party vendors.
• Analysis of data to identify potential risks and control weaknesses.
• Provision of data-driven insights and analysis to auditors throughout the audit process.
• Supporting the development and testing of audit procedures based on data analysis results.
• Implementation of data management processes to ensure data accessibility, security, and integrity.

Analyst Expectations

• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.

Join us as a "DS&A Analytics" at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

To be successful as a [DS&A Analytics], you should have experience with

1 Stakeholder Management

2 Decision Making & Problem Solving

3 Strong Communication Skills

Some other highly valued skills may include

 1 Experience in risk management/control assurance

2 Good experience of Python and/or cloud concepts and Tableau

3 Experience is SQL is mandatory

Key Accountabilities

• Driving optimal decision-making via the effective communication of evidence-based, quantified conclusions
• Identifying the relevant data points for the issue at hand; understand and extract the required portions quickly through optimized querying of our data storage systems.
• Manipulating data efficiently, overcoming challenges around volume and velocity
• Being responsible for packaging conclusions and recommendations concisely, making the appropriate actions intuitively clear for customers
• Applying technical and analytical expertise to exploring and examining data with the goal of discovering patterns and previously hidden insights
• Identifying opportunities for data science and analytics and communicate appropriately to stakeholders.

• Drawing insights from data analytics independently; coaching others to do the same.
• Develop management reports and dashboards for stakeholders translating business requirements into tactical/ strategic analytics/ BI solutions!
• Create automated reporting and dashboards to allow CCO colleagues to explore data and look for issues!
• Perform in-depth analysis to identify key business risks and opportunities and make recommendations to improve risk and control environment!
• Distil complex data and relationships into clear, concise charts and visualizations.

Essential Skills:

• Excellent knowledge of best practice data storage, retrieval, and manipulation tools, such as SQL
• Mandatory is SQL Queries and Phyton
• Some familiarity with Python and/or cloud concepts and Tableau
• Knowledge of automation of reports, dashboards

Desirable skills:

• Experience in risk management/ control assurance.
• Ability to identify and learn emerging data analytics technologies and utilize them to deliver practical business solutions.
• Ability to perform complex quantitative analysis and translate results into meaningful business insights.
• Experience training end users in data analysis technologies.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

[Location-Chennai]