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Macro and Credit BCO - India

Mumbai, India

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Date live: 02/25/2026

Business Area: Control

Area of Expertise: Controls

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000090657

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Barclays Controls

In a Controls role, you'll ensure rigorous and consistent management of Barclays' control environment in collaboration with business partners. Your work will safeguard the organization's integrity and compliance.

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Join us as Macro and Credit BCO - India where you will:

  • Support the Markets Trading & Sales Business (Rates, FX & Credit) within the India Bank Branch entity while forming part of the APAC Markets BCO function.

  • Act as the central coordination point for all business-relevant controls, ensuring consistency and quality delivery of the Controls Strategy and Frameworks.

  • Define and implement appropriate risk assessment and control frameworks enabling supervisors to meet non-financial risk oversight accountabilities.

  • Provide oversight across controls, issues, risk events, audit actions, policies and standards, ensuring effective remediation where required.

  • Lead controls remediation projects arising from regulatory mandates, internal audit findings (2nd & 3rd line), and self-identified risk events.

  • Support audit engagements including preparation, coordination, stakeholder management, and tracking remediation actions to closure.

  • Implement governance frameworks for monitoring risk and controls, including preparation of controls MIS, reporting packs, and representation at relevant forums.

  • Support regulatory interactions, submissions, control mandates implementation, and regulatory reviews.

  • Effectively challenge risk and control decisions where required and provide advisory input on control enhancements.

  • Partner with regional APAC stakeholders and leverage group-wide control functions to drive consistency and sustainable outcomes.

To be successful in this role you should:

  • Possess extensive understanding of Macro and Credit businesses within a top-tier financial institution.

  • Demonstrate experience working within a full-service Risk/Controls Defence function supporting Markets Trading & Sales.

  • Have proven experience embedding risk and control frameworks across Markets lines of business.

  • Exhibit strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across functions and geographies.

  • Apply sound judgement, structured analytical thinking, and attention to detail in complex control environments.

  • Balance regulatory requirements with commercial business needs while maintaining robust control standards.

  • Communicate confidently and effectively with senior stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.

Essential skills / Basic qualifications:

  • Strong understanding of Markets Trading & Sales business through Front Office experience or direct support functions (Business Management/COO, Business Controls, Product Control, Operational Risk, Compliance, Audit, etc.).

  • Excellent knowledge of risk and control assessment techniques with a strong risk management mindset.

  • Knowledge of the India Financial Services regulatory environment and associated mandates.

  • Strong understanding of Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF), Operational Risk Framework (ORF), and associated Controls Framework.

  • Proven ability to operate effectively within a matrix organisation.

Desirable skills / Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience using data analytics tools and techniques to enhance control monitoring and reporting.

  • Strong cross-functional collaboration capability within regional or global governance structures.

  • Experience supporting APAC Markets governance frameworks.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as:

  • Ability to design and embed sustainable risk and control frameworks.

  • Effectiveness in managing audit and regulatory remediation.

  • Quality of governance reporting, controls MIS, and stakeholder engagement.

  • Strength of independent challenge and risk-based decision-making.

  • Strategic contribution toward strengthening the APAC Markets control environment.

Job location is Mumbai.

Purpose of the role

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.  

Accountabilities

  • Knowledge of business areas, products, processes and platforms to be able to assess risk
  • Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.
  • Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations.
  • Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders.
  • Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice.
  • Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework.

Vice President Expectations

  • To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
  • If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
  • If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
  • OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
  • Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
  • Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
  • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
  • Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
  • Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
  • Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

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.

Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 39 countries and employing around 100,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.

To find out more about Barclays' strategy please click here.

We 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.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

Learn more about Barclays locations

Across our campuses, we offer modern workspaces, collaborative areas, and state-of-the-art meeting rooms. Facilities include wellness rooms, on-site cafeterias, fitness centers, and tech-equipped workstations. Designed for innovation and comfort, they support a dynamic and productive work environment.

Gain access to wellness rooms, gyms and mental health support.

Our welcoming and inclusive culture supports you to bring your whole self to work, explore your potential and pursue your passions.

Modern spaces designed for teamwork and brainstorming.

There’s so much more than work to involve and engage you on campus. From socialising to sports, from community events to volunteering.

Learn more about Barclays locations

Across our campuses, we offer modern workspaces, collaborative areas, and state-of-the-art meeting rooms. Facilities include wellness rooms, on-site cafeterias, fitness centers, and tech-equipped workstations. Designed for innovation and comfort, they support a dynamic and productive work environment.

Health and wellness

Gain access to wellness rooms, gyms and mental health support.

A place where you can belong

Our welcoming and inclusive culture supports you to bring your whole self to work, explore your potential and pursue your passions.

Collaborative Areas

Modern spaces designed for teamwork and brainstorming.

More than work

There’s so much more than work to involve and engage you on campus. From socialising to sports, from community events to volunteering.

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Be you. Be valued. Belong.

We celebrate the unique perspectives and experiences each individual brings, believing our differences make us stronger and drive success.

You can learn more about our commitment to our colleague on our Inclusion and Opportunities page.

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Your assessment

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Your interview

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Next step

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We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. If you'd like to explore flexible working arrangements, please discuss this with the hiring manager. Your request will be reviewed in-line with the requirements of the role/business needs of the team.

Hybrid working

We have a structured approach to hybrid working, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days, as set by the business area. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Barclays is built on an international scale.

Our geographic reach, our wide variety of functions, businesses, roles and locations reflect the rich diversity of our worldwide customer base. All of which means we offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience.
And the chance to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues, including some of the very best minds in banking, finance, technology and business. Throughout, we’ll encourage you to embrace mobility, exploring every part of our operations as you build your career.

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