Assistant Vice President- Controls Assurance

Role Overview: You will be joining Barclays as an Assistant Vice President in Controls Assurance, where your core responsibility will be to execute design assessment and operating effectiveness testing of controls in alignment with testing plans and relevant policies. Your role will provide assurance to Management that the processes and controls within the reviewed Business Unit are effectively designed and operating to mitigate identified risks. Key Responsibilities: - Collaborate across the bank to maintain a satisfactory, robust, and efficient control environment by executing ad-hoc assessments and testing on the design and operational effectiveness of internal controls, aligned to control policies and standards. - Develop detailed test plans and procedures to identify weaknesses in internal controls and other initiatives aligned to the bank's control framework to mitigate potential risks and issues. - Communicate key findings and observations to relevant stakeholders and business units to improve overall control efficiency and provide corrective actions to senior managers. Collaborate with other control professionals to resolve complex issues and ensure consistent testing methodologies across the bank. - Develop a knowledge center containing detailed documentation of control assessments, testing on design and operational effectiveness of procedures, findings, and distribution of material on internal controls to train and upskill colleagues within the bank. Qualifications Required: - Qualified Chartered accountant with 6-8 years of post-qualification experience, preferably from big 4 consulting firms, in risk management, controls assurance, or internal audit. - Understanding of SOx and Risk Management practices including Internal Audit. - Ability to communicate internal control concepts clearly in a business context. - Verbal and written communication skills to effectively deal with internal and external stakeholders, keeping them updated on audit work progress and observation status. - Knowledge of internal control and regulatory requirements & practices such as Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO, Basel IV regulations. - Proficiency in using MS Office packages (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power-point). - Understanding of data analytics skills used in control testing.,