"Global Regulatory Governance Tech and CSO"

Pune, India

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Date live: Sep. 26, 2024

Business Area: Control

Area of Expertise: Controls

Reference Code: JR-0000012368

Contract: Permanent

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Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications

Experience in playing a lead role in:
- Review of Audit findings, self-identified issues and breaches to align them with operational risk, regulatory requirements and Barclay’s Control Framework
- Advising IT on pragmatic approaches to meeting regulatory mandated technology controls and risk reduction
- Delivering of risk reduction and operational improvement projects
- Managing diverse staff and stakeholders
- Relevant professional certification such as CISA, CISSP, CISM, PMP, CRISC or equivalent

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.

Key Accountabilities

Lead a team that governs regulatory engagements for Technology & CSO, supporting leadership where necessary
Delivers against the agreed strategy for Technology and CSO regulatory, external audit and client engagement globally
Advisory around developing the Tech & CSO response to all regulatory requests for information and meetings, providing governance and internal review/quality assurance
Responsible for delivering position papers on regulatory policies and statements, identifying impact to Barclays Technology & CSO strategy
Supports the conduct of gap assessments and high-level compliance assessments against regulatory standards and preferred governance frameworks.
Acts as an escalation point for notification to the regulators of significant events within Barclays
Develop an effective working relationship with the Regulatory Relations, Compliance and other key governance stakeholders
Tracks progress of all activity associated with commitments made to regulators, ensuring there is a clear plan for delivery and escalating issues as needed
Drive the Emerging and Heightened Risk Management Initiative, scan the horizon for external events such as Regulatory actions & penalties, regulatory changes/breaches and emerging threats. Carry out proactive risk assessment to analyse Barclays Controls environment & preparedness and recommend remediation for identified gaps
Ensure appropriate security policies and controls are in place that will safeguard bank’s digital information and electronic systems.
Promote awareness of applicable technology and security policies, standards and procedures
Establish and maintain an effective risk culture

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

Experience in working with senior stakeholders across businesses & functions
Ability to engage and influence key stakeholders related to the role both globally and within India and also strong relationship with key partners such as Control office, Compliance and CSO
Excellent written and communication skills
Ability to work in a highly matrix environment

Decision-making and Problem Solving

Coordinate & Manage priorities and organize work to competing and demanding deadlines
Ability to develop a fact based point of view, raise issues and engage in a fact-based discussions and problem solving

Risk and Control Objective

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards

Person Specification

Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a fast-paced, high volume, results driven environment
Ability to rapidly assess a situation and identify, isolate and communicate problems and issues.
Excellent communication skills (both oral/written) including ability to clearly communicate risks and control issues to technologists and non-technologists.
Excellent analytical and methodical approach to respond to internal and external events related to Technology & Cyber, emerging threats, identified vulnerabilities, regulatory actions.
Detail orientated with excellent time management skills
Problem solving – ability to think unconventionally and find solutions to unstructured problems
Ability to network and establish rapport with internal colleagues across global teams
Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to communicate difficult or complex ideas clearly and constructively
Collaborative, able to drive agreement across varying stakeholders
Confident in negotiating and influencing colleagues or stakeholders
Degree of independent thinking and decision-making authority, and ability to influence upwards
Strong assertiveness skills and ability to challenge effectively at all the levels in the organization on the underlying risk management
Being a global role, person must be adaptive and flexible to work across various time zones

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and equivalent work experience in relevant industry with strong background in risk management, technology and information security
Experience in managing Technology & Cyber Regulatory Engagements and external audits
Experience of a project environment, in particular planning, testing, and tracking against a plan
Experience in leveraging IT risk frameworks such as COBIT5, COSO, NIST
Excellent knowledge of information technology risks, controls and risk remediation

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.

More about working at Barclays

Barclays has been in Asia Pacific for over 50 years, supporting corporations and financial institutions across the Asia Pacific region and connecting them to the capital markets of UK, Europe and the Americas. For more information click here.

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We continue to embed and review our hybrid working environment and remain in a phase of testing and learning. This means that working arrangements could change, with reasonable notice, to align with the needs of our business.

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