Control Assurance - AVP

Role Overview: Join Barclays as Control Assurance - AVP and provide first-class support to clients by managing and offering a full range of control services to the Finance Function to support risk management across the Controls environment. At Barclays, the vision is clear - to redefine the future of banking. Key Responsibilities: - Collaborate across the bank to maintain a satisfactory, robust, and efficient control environment through 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 prioritized by severity to disrupt bank operations, potential losses, and reputational impact. - 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: - Effective written and oral communication skills, with the ability to present credibly to senior stakeholders. - Working knowledge of operational risk & control processes and practices, including experience in their application across functions with the ability to demonstrate a risk management mindset. - Good understanding of SOx requirements and the COSO framework and its application to internal controls over financial reporting. - Experience in Product Control/Financial Control/Regulatory reporting and/or Auditing, preferably in Financial Services. - Experienced in identifying, documenting, and testing controls. - Formal Accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or equivalent). - Ability to understand, implement, and drive improvements to a risk & control framework. Additional Details: This role is based out of Noida location. Note: The company's additional details and expectations for the Assistant Vice President role have been omitted as they do not directly relate to the job description provided.,