Strategic Cost Lead VP

Embark on a transformative journey with Barclays as a Strategic Cost Lead VP. Your role will be to provide financial expertise and support to specific business units or departments within the organization, and act as a liaison between the finance function and various business units, helping to bridge the gap between financial data and business decisions. You will lead strategic cost management for USCB by delivering robust financial analysis, forecasting, and insights that enable informed decision-making and cost optimization.

Act as a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, ensuring alignment between financial performance and strategic objectives.

To be successful as a Strategic Cost Lead VP, you should have:

• Experience working independently in highly dynamic environment
• A deep understanding of corporate finance, P&L, and balance sheet analysis
• The ability to communicate complex financial insights to non-financial stakeholders
• Experience working with and influencing stakeholders around the bank

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Exceptional organization and attention to detail
• The ability to translate detailed financial data into strategic insights
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint; experience with data management tools (Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, Hyperion Essbase) preferred
• Familiarity with digital and technology-driven finance solutions

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in the Wilmington, DE office.

To provide financial expertise and support to specific business units or departments within the organisation, and act as a liaison between the finance function and various business units, helping to bridge the gap between financial data and business decisions.

• Development and implementation of business unit financial strategies, plans and budgets, using insights to evaluate the financial implications of strategic initiatives and recommend appropriate actions.
• Development of financial models to forecast future performance, assess investment opportunities, and evaluate financial risks for business units, and to analyse the impact of business decisions on financial performance and provision of recommendations.
• Cross functional collaboration to provide financial insights and guidance to business unit stakeholders.
• Identification of opportunities and implementation of financial process improvements that streamline financial operations.
• Support to business units in identification, assessment, and mitigation of financial risks, including provision of training and guidance to business units on financial risk management and compliance practices.
• Analysis and presentation of financial data to provide insights into business performance, identify trends, and support decision-making.

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counseling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert…