Vice President- Reporting

As a Vice President - BUK Reporting CoE at Barclays, you will be accountable to the Director Reporting for driving customer and business insights across various BUK products. Your role will involve leading a small team in Chennai, India and you will be expected to demonstrate the following skills and qualities: - Possess strong commercial awareness and understanding to deliver commercial insights that facilitate commercial decision-making in line with the overall BUK business strategy. - Exhibit strong stakeholder and communication skills to effectively partner with UK-based CoE colleagues, UK Finance Directors/Business Leads, and UK business stakeholders. - Drive continuous process improvement by proactively identifying and delivering enhancements. - Manage the delivery and prioritization of adhoc insight requests from the team in a sustainable manner. To be successful in this role, you should have the following qualifications and experience: Basic/ Essential Qualifications: - Qualified Chartered Accountant / Management Post Graduate from a premier institute with extensive PQE and senior management experience. - Strong analytical and interpretation skills. - Broad knowledge of risk management and controls. - Experience in managing and leading a team, focusing on building team capabilities through strong leadership, commercial acumen, and a solid understanding of BUK businesses and BUK Strategy. Desirable skillsets/ good to have: - Strong understanding of Barclays UK/Consumer Banking. - Sound commercial knowledge and understanding of economic drivers. - Experience in identifying efficiencies and leading teams to successful delivery. You may be evaluated based on key critical skills essential for success in the role, such as a deep product understanding (preferably in consumer banking within UK markets), expertise in data management with the ability to handle complex data sets, and the capability to derive clear actionable insights from data analysis. Your responsibilities in this role will include: - Developing and implementing business unit financial strategies, plans, and budgets, utilizing insights to assess the financial implications of strategic initiatives and recommend appropriate actions. - Creating financial models to forecast future performance, evaluate investment opportunities, and assess financial risks for business units. Analyzing the impact of business decisions on financial performance and providing recommendations. - Collaborating across functions to offer financial insights and guidance to business unit stakeholders. - Identifying opportunities and implementing financial process improvements to streamline financial operations. - Providing support to business units in identifying, assessing, and mitigating financial risks, including offering training and guidance on financial risk management and compliance practices. - Analyzing and presenting financial data to provide insights into business performance, identify trends, and support decision-making. As a Vice President, you are expected to: - Contribute to setting strategy, driving requirements, and making recommendations for change. - Plan resources, budgets, and policies, manage and maintain policies/processes, deliver continuous improvements, and escalate breaches of policies/procedures. - 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 within your team's work. - Collaborate with other areas of work and business-aligned support areas to stay updated on business activity and strategies. - Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives, and providing in-depth analysis with interpretative thinking. - Seek to build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve key business objectives. All colleagues are expected to uphold the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as embody the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive in their behavior and actions.,