Compliance Assurance Lead

Compliance Assurance Lead

Location: London, Greater London

Timeline: 6 months

Hours/week - 35 hrs/week

Pay Rate range - Unknown

Compliance Assurance - VP 

Dive into the heart of Barclays' new Laws, Rules, and Regulations (LRR) Risk Management framework. As the LRR Risk Oversight Assurance AVP, you'll lead Compliance assurance / Monitoring & Testing reviews, shedding light on our risk management practices and culture. 

Your expertise will be key in ensuring LRR Risk is consistently managed across all Barclays entities and pinpointing areas for improvement.

Key accountabilities:

• Support the Head of department by defining and implementing the LRR Risk Oversight Assurance Plan

• Team Motivation: Ensure you and your review team are fully accountable for working papers being completed timely and accurately, with clear and concise findings.

• Drive Excellence: Proactively shape review coverage, ensuring we're focusing on the right areas.

• Maintain Standards: Uphold our Compliance Assurance / Monitoring & Testing methodology, ensuring every step—from planning to reporting—is executed flawlessly.

• Deliver Insight: Design and lead reviews that not only identify risks but also highlight best practices, adding value to our operations.

• Manage Like a Pro: Keep your reviews on track, addressing challenges head-on and ensuring timely completion.

• Build Relationships: Engage with stakeholders at all levels, becoming a trusted advisor and leader in the business.

• Stay Ahead: Keep your finger on the pulse of industry developments, regulatory changes, and internal objectives, ensuring our Compliance Assurance and Controls remain relevant.

• Shape the Future: Contribute to our annual review plan, assessing risks and ensuring our business activities align with our reputation and regulatory standards.

Essential Skills:

• Proficient in investigation, identifying risks, non-conformities, and root causes with expertise in report writing.

• Management experience with continuous improvement implementation

• Has lead others in the workplace, or managed outcomes / deliverables of small teams 

• Delivering reviews and be able to multi- task across the different business units

• Sharp analytical mindset with structured and timely work delivery.

• Experience with Automated Assurance teams, emphasizing data-driven testing and analytics.

• Ideally have worked in Financial Services Compliance Assurance / Monitoring & Testing / Controls Assurance / Compliance roles in the past. 

• Ideally have experience in issue validation, assessing closure criteria & robust testing to provide assurance & evidence that controls are working effectively. 

• Preferably holds a Bachelor's degree.

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.