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SME Product Owner

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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SME Product Owner

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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Date live: Apr. 10, 2024

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Finance

Reference Code: 90385549

Contract: Permanent

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Job Title: PC Loan IQ Transformation
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 Treasury Transformation program is made up of Liquidity, ALM & Hedge Accounting components, focusing on a number of regulatory and transformative initiatives. The purpose of this role is to support Liquidity Transformation activities to ensure outcomes align with finance architecture strategy, driving standardisation, efficiency of operation and future state design principles. This will include data analysis, process assessment, future state operating model/process build, testing, and training. 

What will you be doing?
•    Understand implications of the Wholesale Lending Data Strategy for Finance and focus on delivering near term milestones.  
•    Co-ordinate and plan analysis and testing tasks for one or more components of the Strategy streams and support VP leads in design, engagement and delivery. 
•    Work closely with India/ London leads to facilitate engagement with senior PMO, Finance Line and IT colleagues to plan, discuss and implement change. 
•    Identify issues and risks of implementing the strategy as they become apparent and present options and proposed solutions for discussion with senior stakeholders across Finance, IT and PMO. 
•    Utilising Agile techniques to ensure high visibility to stakeholders and continuous delivery through sprint cycles. 
•    Challenge IT to ensure designs are addressing the user requirements and the root cause and identifying and suggesting improvements to scope or design to add value to end user solutions. 
•    Work with leads and BI Finance stakeholders (primarily Corporate and Investment Bank areas) to ensure Loan IQ requirements are defined, understood and aligned to the broader Finance Strategy.   
•    Gaps and issues are escalated to appropriate governance forums for review and remediating actions executed. 
•    Partner with the Loan IQ delivery team to ensure requirements are aligned to the Finance strategy and prioritized by the programme. 
•    Execution on programme deliverables in partnership with BI Finance teams. 

What we’re looking for:

•    Degree educated from a top tier institution 
•    Qualified Accountant with a strong grasp of IFRS accounting standards 
•    Robust understanding of Barclays front to back system infrastructure and Product Control & Financial Control processes. Able to apply the Barclays RFT data strategy to execute strategic change. 
•    Demonstrable experience of executing Finance change for Wholesale Lending businesses in specific context of LoanIQ as the Operational Loan Servicing and Accounting sub ledger 

Skills that will help you in the role:

•    Strong Product knowledge of the suite of Wholesale Lending businesses across CB & IB 
•    Ability to apply automation technology & techniques in manipulating large data sets 


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.


More about working at Barclays

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Barclays offers a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture. A place where people can bring their whole selves to work and be respected for who they are, valued for what they do and celebrated for their contribution to our business and our community.

OWe are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

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.

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The Barclays Way

This is the spirit of Barclays. It’s why we exist, what we believe and how we behave. But most importantly, it’s how we make decisions, take action and get things done.

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Purpose

Working together for a better financial future.

Values

We believe great talent RISES. It acts with Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Mindset

We discover our full potential through our desire to Empower, Challenge and Drive each other.

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