Job Description

Date live:

09/06/2025

Business Area:

BIA

Area of Expertise:

Audit

Contract:

Permanent

Reference Code:

JR-0000052540

In Audit, you'll play a crucial role in providing independent, reliable, and insightful assurance to the Board and executive management. Your work will focus on evaluating the effectiveness of governance, risk management, and control over current and evolving risks, adhering to international auditing standards and adapting to the changing business environment.

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Join our Internal Audit Traded Risk team as a VP - Audit Owner. This will be a high profile role with a significant amount of exposure to senior stakeholders across Barclays Internal Audit (BIA) and the wider Bank. You will be required to: assist in the coordination of the global team across the UK, India and New York; drive global audits and independently land issues; be the global team SME for Traded Risk; and have a deep working knowledge of the underlying regulation (both current and upcoming); and lead regulatory reviews from a BIA perspective.

To be successful one should have experience with below:

Senior Internal/External Auditor with experience in leading audits.

An SME in Market Risk and/or Counterparty Credit Risk, with an in depth understanding of CRR regulatory requirements and upcoming Basel.

Excellent communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with stakeholders and work independently or within a team

Undergraduate and/or postgraduate education in Accounting, Finance, Risk Management, or a related field

Relevant professional certifications such as CPA, CIA, FRM, or CFA, or equivalent career experience in audit or risk management roles

Proficiency in data analytics and coding, with experience in tools like Tableau, Python, SQL, and other data science techniques



You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.



This role is based in London.



Purpose of the role



To lead the development and delivery of audits aligned to the bank's standards and objectives



Accountabilities



Leading the delivery of Continuous Monitoring activities, including engagement with senior stakeholders to discuss the relevance of business changes on risks, controls and the audit plan.

Management of challenging stakeholder discussions regarding audit exceptions.

Independent preparation and review of material in response to regulator requests.

Management of actual or perceived conflicts to independence and objectivity for all owned audits.

Development of an impactful annual audit plan.

Production of audit reports, selecting the most appropriate language to use in different audit scenarios, with a clear understanding of the needs of the different users of the audit report.

Management of the tracking, validation and closure of several audit issues across a portfolio, overseeing that issue closure is activity performed by others, ensuring they meet quality and timeline requirement and engaging effectively with stakeholders on contentious validation conclusions.



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.



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Application Process

Your application



We'll ask for information about you, your CV and cover letter.



1

Your assessment



Covering your behaviours and ability at work.



2

Your interview



Exploring your past experiences and skills.



3

Next step



We'll request additional information so that you can complete our screening process



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Working flexibly



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.