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Barclays Bank Europe ICAAP Author

Dublin, Ireland

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Date live: Jun. 27, 2024

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Treasury

Reference Code: 90389737

Contract: Permanent

Barclays Europe ICAAP Author
Dublin, Ireland 

As a Barclays Europe ICAAP (Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process) Author you will identify the risks and assess whether the bank holds adequate capital to assist these risks. Your future team is accountable for leading the process to assess the internal capital assessment, capital adequacy and producing ICAAP documents that are integrated into the planning and risk management processes of the bank. You will deliver high quality ICAAP document for Barclays Europe and help with the presentation of the document to the Board and regulator. 

Barclays Europe is an essential part of Barclays’ success across the globe. We support the bank’s global growth by servicing European clients and markets. We connect European clients to the power of Barclays globally, offering them access to the largest capital markets and growth opportunities in the US, UK and Asia. And we offer agile, determined, and resilient people a platform for remarkable professional and personal growth. This is your chance to get closer to Europe and stay more connected than ever to the rest of the globe.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

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.

What will you be doing?
•    Having overall accountability for delivery of the ICAAP process and document for Barclays Europe
•    Leading author of the ICAAP document
•    Running the ICAAP Steerco for Barclays Bank Europe and managing stakeholders throughout the ICAAP process (Chief Risk Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Head of CALM, BRC members)
•    Presenting the internal capital adequacy assessment to senior management committees for review and approval
•    Having regulatory engagement and management of remediation actions
•    Managing key interdependencies and messages between Group, BBPLC Solo ICAAP and BBUK ICAAPs
•    Providing training to senior management on the constituent components of the ICAAP, allowing them to review and challenge the assessment of capital adequacy 
•    Being involved with other secondary activities, include assisting with embedding of the ICAAP into key decision making processes of the firm 

What we’re looking for:
•    Superior written and verbal communication skills with excellent leadership, organisition, planning and influencing skills
•    Expert knowledge of interdependencies between a bank’s business strategy, risk management process, medium term planning and internal stress testing
•    Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks and manage conflicting deadlines 
•    Strategic thinker with the ability to drive execution and able to balance multiple critical requests with precision

Skills that will help you in the role:
•    Track record as a lead author for either ICAAP or CCAR (or similar regulatory submission)
•    Experience presenting to senior management committees, Board members and regulators
•    Expert knowledge of a bank’s capital and risk management processes including Reverse Stress Testing, Risk Appetite, Risk Limit setting and Economic capital adequacy assessments

Where will you be working?
You will be based in our new flagship office, One Molesworth Street, which is in the heart of Dublin city centre. We are currently expanding which drives a culture of change and hard work ethic, nonetheless the company maintains an open, friendly atmosphere.  This is enhanced through our unique on-boarding programs and a number of committees which all employees are eligible to join.









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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.

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