Job Description

Job Title: Vice President, Finance 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: The role exists to act as a key SME for Barclays\' hedge accounting function supporting business activities across a number of legal entities in the Barclays group. . What will you be doing . Manage aspects of the central hedging solution - ensuring robust application of controls, reviewing and challenging financial results as necessary . Manange the day to day BAU run out of Chennai Hedge accounting team . Act as a key SME for Hedge Accounting\'s risk and control framework: . Involving assistance around identification and coordination of risk events . Embedding PC and FC control framework within HA operation . Assisting coordination around EUDA, RCSA and other key control assessment activities . Provide ad hoc hedge accounting advice and insight to business stakeholders . Direct aspects of the function\'s technology development identifying issues, defining and reviewing business requirements, and ensuring that development and user testing is carried out to the highest standard What we\'re looking for: . Hedge accounting knowledge [cash flow and fair value], ideally gathered in a financial institution with interest rates being the key managed risk . Excellent written and verbal communication skills tested in a variety of mediums including presentations, policy documents and stakeholder meetings/forums . Ability to manage multiple interconnected and disperate deadlines and deliveries, proactively forecasting or reacting to a fast changing set of requirements . Demonstrable significant experience of managing change projects within a finance function . Experience of linking entity results through to financial statement production . Experience of team leadership and developing people . Fully qualified accountant, with extensive post qualification experience . Degree (or higher) educated, from a top tier university Skills that will help you in the role: . Strong control awareness . Confident and assertive manner . Ability to work independently with a spectrum of people from junior finance staff to front office business heads. . Proactive and change focused with problem solving ability. . Mature and able to negotiate through difficult situations . Ability to drive the team\'s agenda in large forums spread across various locations. . Good influencing and negotiation skills and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. . Displays enthusiasm, initiative and diligence. . Works well in a team with high standards for team work Leadership requirements . Judgment - Balances short-term & long term goals, manages ambiguity well, is an astute risk taker, can see things in new and innovative ways and understands the business. . Influence - Adept at influencing and aligning colleagues to make things happen, builds trusting and collaborative relationships, knows self deeply and creates teams to complement own strengths. . Execution - Turns strategy into results, measures, manages and delivers performance, always delivers on promises. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to be creative and to \'think outside the box\'. . Drive - Passionate about making a difference, relentlessly seeks out and overcomes major challenges, has real drive and determination, continuously raises the bar and is emotionally resilient. Proven track record in delivering to tight deadlines under pressure. . Excellent Communication & Presentation - Excellent people-management and relationship-building skills with ability to operate at most senior levels. . Process improvement - drives through change and process re-engineering by continuously leaning and streamline processes. Language: Ability to speak /write English fluently Personal attributes essential to performing role: e.g. essential/desirable skills, competencies, expertise, knowledge, and experience 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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