Finance Business Architect Full Time

About the job
Job Title: Finance Business Architect – Basel IV

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.

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 hold responsibility for defining the future state vision for finance processes as part of specific initiatives within the Basel IV programme as well as other broader transformation initiatives within Finance. The role is “hands on”, thus the role holder will be required to support various transformation activities, to ensure outcomes align with finance architecture strategy.
The role will be varied, depending on the initiative and the stage in the project life cycle requiring FBA support. As such the role will also include analysis (including data analysis), design, the ability to elicit, capture and translate requirements, as well as identifying and contributing to operating model improvements. The role holder must continuously promote best practice design concepts and solutions.
The role will give you exposure to the forefront of finance change, and experience across the breadth of Finance and Barclays.

What will you be doing?

Lead and manage initiatives to define, agree and articulate the future state process across various workstream’s
Lead and facilitate workshops to elicit process requirements, and co create the future state with key SMEs.
Drive the optimisation of finance processes
Pro-actively identify opportunities for improvement, develop the conversation and challenge the status quo;
Become a trusted advisor and recognised expert to Finance, Risk and technology colleagues regarding Finance business architecture strategy;
Present to and influence key stakeholders at a range of governance forums.
Actively drive business outcomes for the Regulatory reporting and Risk Reporting functions, through a strategic lens;
Manage conversations and interviews with subject matter experts (SMEs) to extract all required process information
Define the framework and governance for the capture and design of Basel IV processes ensuring adherence to organisational process standards and any regulatory requirements
Apply continuous improvement mindset to all team activities by identifying waste and rework and corresponding solutions

What We’re Looking For

Process optimisation / architect experience
Experience of leading initiatives, projects or engagements
Able to provide support and guidance to junior (AVP) team members
Financial services experience, within retail and/or investment banking;
Knowledge of Finance and Risk process, system and technologies;
Appreciation of data principles, including data modelling and data design;
Demonstrate a range of styles and techniques in communications, including influencing and negotiating with a broad set of stakeholders;
Excellent Power-point skills, with the ability to storyboard and produce best in class presentations;
Academic or professional qualifications;
Degree level education and an excellent general academic track record;

Skills That Will Help You In The Role

The ideal candidate will have experience of finance transformation / Regulatory change / Large data programs
Lean / Six Sigma experience or qualifications
Experience of Regulatory reporting requirements under Basel 3, CRR2 requirements and knowledge of regulatory returns (e.g. COREP, Pillar 3) as well as the interplay with other areas (e.g. Stress Testing, Treasury);
Strong data manipulation skills including Excel and experience using data manipulation tools (e.g. Qlikview, Business Objects, Lumira, SmartView, SQL, SAS);
Process modelling experience
Knowledge of Blueworks

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.