Job Title : AVP- Internal Reporting
Location: Chennai

About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do

Working Flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.  If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.

Hybrid Working 

Structured hybrid role:    
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home.  We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Introduction:

The role holder will be recognised as a Solution architect for reporting and data strategy requirements across the enterprise within the Rapid agile services framework of Internal Reporting function. Will be responsible for the delivery of milestones with clear road map from the demand management, prioritisation basis cost benefit analysis. This role will act as a bridge between Business, Transformation team SMEs and the technical experts on the converting the problem statements into results through innovative visualization, simplifying and automation. Managing the relationship with RFT teams and external tech consultants to enable tech solutions that are quick to market.

What will you be doing?

•    Support Development in Business Intelligence tools like SAP Analytics cloud and Data transformation in SAP BW 
•    Data scientist role with tools such as Phython etc to do Machine learning, enhanced commentary and Analytics
•    Able to provide design solutions with Internal reporting use cases on reporting and Analytics leveraging tactical solutions for comples business requirement  
•    To act as a Business analyst supporting the function thinking from a strategic point of view delivering MI views that enables analytics and supports quick decision making.
•    To support business on an agile basis in delivering the requirements which is critical in dev ops model
•    Build innovative dashboards on a sprint basis with key focus on controls and governance structure
•    Able to visually enhance an analytical view from the legacy excel/PPT model 
•    Understand the technology landscape and how it affects the clients area of reports and dashboards
•    Adhere to all the IR Controls and develop and implement robust controls mechanism in all processes managed

What we’re looking for:

•    Post graduate qualification in a numerate/information discipline desirable with min 10 years of experience
•    B. Tech and/or MBA (Finance) or any other graduation degree with a strong academic record
•    Experience in Financial Reporting, Regulatory reporting and Control, Planning and/or Analytics
•    Barclays data and/or analytics experience a distinct advantage
•    Experience around designing MI dashboards, analytics and insights
•    Highly motivated self-starter and Strong planning & organisational skill

Skills that will help you in the role:

•    Knowledge in Business Intellgence platforms like SAP, Tableau, Alteryx, Python, data management, transformation
•    Project management /scrum master capabilities to drive prioritization
•    Experience around designing MI dashboards and insights
•    Broad business and industry knowledge and experience

Personal and Interpersonal Skills
•    Confident and assertive manner. Develops relationships and manages stakeholder’s expectations professionally
•    Displays integrity, initiative, commitment and credibility through interactions with colleagues and clients
•    Works well in a team and maintains good relations with team members. Shows enthusiasm and diligence and ensures team motivation is optimized.

Technical Knowledge
•    Continually striving for process improvement
•    Understanding of the range of products and services within the firm and the ability to apply this to reporting requirements

Control Environment
•    Ensure adherence of team control requirements 
•    Escalates risk and opportunities appropriately
•    Has the mindset to strive to identify potential control breakdowns in process, also demonstrated with effective procedure manuals

Business Skills
•    Has the initiative and ability to break down problems into components parts and resolve them. Can solve problems effectively and creatively
•    Assist the MI lead in coming up with innovative, creative and scalable solutions. An understanding of the business drivers, project delivery, an ability to fully utilize the financial systems and available data is required. 
•    Good influencing and negotiation skills. Candidate will help the MI lead manage the relationship with Finance Business Partners, Business COOs, Projects and IT to ensure effective delivery of MI support to these stakeholders. This will include negotiating MI enhancements, report decommissioning and managing delivery with available resources.

Where will you be working?
Chennai


Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. ‘Be More @ Barclays’ represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It’s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.

Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower 
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.