Controls Partner

The Chief Controls Offices’ mission is to build a strong controls culture across the bank to ensure resiliency, an enhanced control environment and a reduction of threats. This will be achieved through the deployment of modern technology and data-led intelligence – to protect our financial future – keeping customers, clients and colleagues safe and secure.

USCB Chief Controls Office’s mission is to partner with Process and Risk Owners to execute the control agenda and drive an enhanced control environment and consistently excellent outcomes. Our strategy is to drive continuous control environment improvements by modernizing processes, embedding automated, preventative controls and building a cohesive, scalable Control Operating Model that strengthens risk management and leads to a simplified, cost-effective control organization.

Role will 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.
• Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice.
• Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Track, escape, and resolve control issues, ensuring timely remediation and documentation in the appropriate tools

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy procedure development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders.

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do

• 2-3 years managing risks and controls
• Knowledge of managing risk and controls frameworks within Financial industry
• Knowledge of laws and regulations within financial industry