AVP Financial Reporting

Financial Reporting AVP

Contract length: 6 Months

Location: London

Department: Financial Reporting

Job type: Contract

Hours: 35 per week (Monday to Friday)

About Financial Reporting

• The Financial Reporting team is responsible for preparing statutory, regulatory, and management reports. We uphold financial data integrity through effective controls and collaborate with the businesses we serve to develop innovative strategies for enhancing shareholder value. Our global practices and consistent execution drive excellence across the division.

Overall Purpose of Role:

• As an Assistant Vice President (AVP) in Financial Reporting at Barclays, you will play a pivotal role in preparing information for externally published documents such as the Annual Report, Results Announcement, Interim Management Statements, and Regulatory returns. You'll join the Barclays Bank PLC Financial Reporting team, contributing to quarterly statutory and regulatory financial reporting. This position requires a strong grasp of technical knowledge, analytical prowess, and a deep understanding of Barclays Bank PLC's operations. Collaborating with team members and stakeholders across various business areas and strategic initiatives is central to the role.

Key Accountabilities:

• Prepare and present balance sheets for Barclays Group, Barclays Bank Group, and Barclays International.

• Review, challenge, and present notes for statutory and regulatory accounts, including IFRS 12 and Contractual Maturity.

• Analyze, review, challenge, and prepare data for detailed regulatory submissions (e.g., FINREP, SEC, COREP) involving IFRS 12, Contractual Maturity, Sovereign Template, and Schedule 1 Derivatives.

• Support interim and annual report preparation

• Review and challenge data submitted by financial control and product control teams

• Lead initiatives to enhance work processes using Alteryx

• Collaborate with auditors to facilitate the external reporting process

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Fully Qualified Accountant – ACA, CIMA, ACCA. (WIll accept part qualified)

• Post qualification experience in financial services.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

• Strong communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder management skills, including interaction with senior stakeholders and managing multiple deliverables.

• Knowledge and understanding of key accounting principles under IFRS.

• Experience with SAP and/or BCE Hyperion.

• Experience in month-end or quarter-end focused reporting roles, either from financial control or product control.

Desirable Skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Robust controls awareness.

• Effective stakeholder engagement and understanding of their requirements.

• Enthusiastic, motivated, proactive team player.

• Knowledge of balance sheet, income statement, and SOCIE.

• Familiarity with Barclays International businesses and products.

• Attention to detail, stakeholder management, presentation, and problem-solving skills.

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays 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 its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measure and reward the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.

Hybrid Working

Barclays is 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. Barclays is 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. Barclays also has a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances

Your Benefits

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.