Control Mapping Operations Program

Join Barclays in the Office of Legal Obligations (OLO) as a Control Mapping Operations (CMO) Program Support, where you will play a critical role in shaping strategic outcomes through rigorous analysis and insight. In this role, you will lead the assessment and interpretation of complex, multi‑source information to produce clear, defensible insights that drive strategic decision‑making and senior management action. You will address high‑impact issues by applying structured analytical thinking, sound judgment, and a strong understanding of business, risk, and regulatory considerations to deliver practical, value‑adding solutions.

You will communicate complex matters with clarity and confidence to senior leadership and governance forums, tailoring messages to diverse audiences and clearly articulating implications, options, and recommendations. You will also oversee and personally contribute to the production of high‑quality, senior‑ready materials—including executive packs, MI, briefing papers, and governance submissions—that distill complexity into compelling narratives and withstand executive and regulatory scrutiny.

To be successful in the role of Control Mapping Operations Program Support, you will demonstrate:

• Proven experience in strategic analysis and the interpretation of complex, multi‑source data to generate robust insights that directly inform strategic decisions and executive action.
• Strong judgment and problem‑solving capability when addressing significant business, risk, or regulatory challenges.
• Experience presenting to Executive Committees, Boards, and formal governance forums.
• A track record of overseeing and contributing to high‑quality, senior‑level deliverables, including executive packs, MI, briefing materials, and governance papers.
• The ability to provide effective leadership across teams and stakeholders, fostering a culture of analytical rigour, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Additional highly valued skills include:

• Experience in data‑driven roles within strategy, risk, regulatory, or advisory environments, with significant exposure to senior leadership or executive audiences.
• Advanced analytical capability, including working with complex datasets, management information, and performance metrics, with familiarity in data visualisation and analytical tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Excel, or equivalent), and a clear focus on insight rather than tooling.
• A strong understanding of risk management frameworks, regulatory expectations, and governance processes, including experience producing materials subject to regulatory, audit, or supervisory review.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills at executive level.
• Demonstrated people leadership, including mentoring senior professionals and leading effectively through influence.

You may be assessed against critical capability areas relevant to success in the role, including risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, alongside role‑specific technical skills.

This role will be based in Knutsford.

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.

• Knowledge of business areas, products, processes and platforms to be able to assess risk
• Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.
• Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations.
• Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders.
• Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies,…