Job Title : Internal Reporting Transformation VP
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:

This role will hold responsibility for design and oversight of specific initiatives within the broader Finance Transformation program. You will be “hands on” supporting transformation activities to ensure outcomes align with wider finance strategy.  You will be driving innovative and future proofed designs for the activities using your knowledge of data flows, reporting and control standards. This will include data analysis, process assessment, and future state operating model/process design, promoting best practice design concepts and solutions.

What will you be doing?

The Internal Reporting Transformation is accountable for owning specific initiatives as part of the overall finance Transformation strategy. This will include: 
•    Become a trusted advisor and recognised expert to Finance colleagues across various initiatives.
•    Actively drive transformation outcomes for the function, through a strategic lens;
•    Pro-actively develop the conversation and challenge the status quo; 
•    Narrating and championing the transformation journey.
•    Provide guidance and support to wider Finance Transformation team;
•    Presenting and influencing key stakeholders at the Steering committee and other key forums.
•    Ensuring continuous focus on quality and controls as part of transformation delivery.
•    Translate information by subject matter experts in Finance to capture problem statements.
•    Identify business processes inefficiencies that delay the target end state

Key programme responsibilities include: 
•    Work closely with SMEs to understand business requirements and how they translate into functional specifications to support technology development, data and process change 
•    Be responsible for specific designs for the program and facilitate design workshops;
•    Provide cross FTC data view on transform programs and sing off on data architecture working closely with technology architecture teams
•    Supporting on design proposals to drive consistency within Finance; Champion solutions that meet business requirements in a holistic manner – acknowledging the interplay across teams, systems and data;
•    Manage delivery risk, through effective testing and change control frameworks.

What we’re looking for:

•    Senior candidate with knowledge of Finance process, system, data and technologies with experience in Internal Reporting FTC across clusters
•    Strong Data and business analysis skills, responsible for a wide range of activities including gathering data, organizing information, analyzing historical results, making forecasts and projections, making recommendations, and generating models, presentations, and reports
•    Demonstrate a range of styles and techniques in leadership and communications, including influencing and negotiating with a broad set of stakeholders;
•    Excellent Power-point skills, with the ability to storyboard and produce best in class presentations;
•    The successful candidate will possess a demonstrable track record, working on a variety of relevant projects;
•    Academic or professional qualifications;
•    Degree level education and an excellent general academic track record;

Skills that will help you in the role:

•    The ideal candidate will have experience of finance transformation programs and strong command of project management techniques and principles, and process management skills and techniques

•    Finance process experience & technology / data relevant to the role, see below:

Internal / Management Reporting:
–    Performance Reporting (holistic Finance)
–    Income, Impairment, Cost, Capital, RWA's
–    Actuals / Projections 
–    Metrics / KPI's
–    Product & Segmental Reporting

•    Technology / data transformation functional experience relevant to the role, see below:

Tech:
–    Data analysis skills
–    Reporting / Dashboarding Tools exposure
–    Alteryx/ ETL exposure

•    Strong data manipulation skills including Excel and exposure to data manipulation tools (e.g. Qlikview, Business Objects, Lumira, SmartView, SQL, SAS);

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.