Job Description

Job Title: Business Analyst Product Control Location: Chennai About Barclays Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group. 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. Working Flexibly We\'re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers\' and clients\' needs. Whether you have family commitments or you\'re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager,and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs. Hybrid Working We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. We\'re flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. We also have a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances These requests will be reviewed and agreed for a period of time i.e., will have a start and end date. Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager. Introduction: This role will be responsible for designing and delivering systemic solutions to the accounting specialism of Hedge Accounting, expanding the existing product offering under IAS39, considering accounting legislation in different jurisdictions whilst also considering the longer term adoption of IFRS9 and Dynamic Risk Management. This will be executed through a hybrid of delivering extensions to the existing platform whilst ensuring the required transformation outcomes align with finance architecture strategy, drive standardisation, efficiency of operation and future state design principles and business requirements. What will you be doing The Finance Business Architecture Analyst is accountable for developing and implementing specific initiatives as part of the overall finance architecture strategy, focusing on the Hedge Accounting finance transaction cycle. This includes elements contributing to the design of the future state, aligning internal stakeholders, using deep data analysis supporting design, interlocking specifics of the design to the overall end to end process. The candidate will use their industry knowledge, as well as collaborating with the wider Transformation team, to recommend best practice to enable data processes and data handling design solutions, preparing topics for review at the Design Authority working groups, then to work with the project management team to develop commercial milestones contributing to the development of effective plans. Initial focus will be on establishing the scope, vision and execution strategy for the overall strategy. Focus will then shift to driving design vision, ensuring Tech business analysts execute the delivery, resolving design issues, and managing execution risk. . Hold accountability for individual project management deliverables forming part of a broader program of work. . Be responsible for specific design processes for the program, for which they will facilitate design workshops and prepare topics for the programme wide design authority . Perform detailed process base-lining exercises, covering process design, performance, review of documentation . Perform detailed analysis of different types of data sources to support the creation of design proposals to drive transformation within the business . Potentially prototype such ideas using tools such as Alteryx or other data management techniques . Create communication materials for multiple levels of stakeholders . Work with the business analysts and business process owners to review and agree specifications and user stories . Agree the UAT and testing strategy including identification of use cases and examples . Test and feedback issues with the Technology teams . Enable the process transformation and people transformation into the required centres of excellence . Optimise the process from end to end together with the Business management teams What we\'re looking for: . Excellent Power-point skills, with the ability to storyboard and produce best in class presentations . Strong data manipulation skills including Excel. . Broad financial services experience with knowledge of Finance process, system and technologies . Demonstrate a range of styles and techniques in leadership and communications, including influencing and negotiating with a broad set of stakeholders . The successful candidate will possess a demonstrable track record, working on a variety of relevant projects, preferably with successful delivery Skills that will help you in the role: . The ideal candidate will have experience of finance transformation programs and strong command of project management techniques and principles, and process management skills and techniques (Lean, Six Sigma) . Professional Accounting qualification preferred . Degree level education and an excellent general academic track record . A continuous learning mind-set someone who applies analytical reasoning and problem solving to all they do. Where will you be working Chennai Be More at Barclays At Barclays, each day is about being more - as a professional, and as a person. \'Be More @ Barclays\' represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It\'s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are. Interested and want to know more about Barclays Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details. Purpose, Values and Mindset We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term. Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. Respect We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone\'s contribution. Integrity We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do. Service We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do. Excellence We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference. Stewardship We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them. Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive. Empower Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure. Challenge Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints. Drive Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.

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