Structured Credit Controls Officer

**Job Title**:
Business Controls Officer

**Corporate Grade**:
D

**Reports to (Line Manager’s Job Title)**:
Credit Business Controls Lead

**Direct Reports (if applicable)**:
0

**Business Area**:
Chief Control Office (CCO)

**Department/Function Level 1**:
Chief Operating Office (COO)

**Department/Function Level 2**:
Controls

**Primary Location**:
London

**IAR Role**

No

**Regulated Role**

No

**If yes, what is the name of the regulator**

N/A

**Contractual Legal Entity **- Please refer to link below for legal and regulatory requirement.**

BX

**Barclays Overview**

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.

**We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.**

Working Flexibly

Hybrid Working

Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

About the Chief Controls Office

The Chief Controls Office (CCO) is a function within the Chief Operating Office (COO) that operates across the bank (Barclays UK (BUK), Barclays Bank Plc (BBPLC) and Barclays Execution (BX) Services) to strengthen the control environment by driving consistent, excellent performance against the Control agenda. The team is an integral part of Barclays’ increasing emphasis on sustaining and strengthening an effective control framework, to meet our business needs, meet regulatory requirements and also to deliver upon our core values and commitments to all of our customers, clients and shareholders.

The purpose of the Chief Controls Office is to improve the Control Environment. We do this by defining and executing strong controls processes and offering effective control management tools and reporting. Control Business Partners directly partner with key stakeholders in the business as well as other BX services to provide an expert advisory service on a range of control related matters that support the assessment and management of risk across the businesses.

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About Barclays Bank PLC (BBPLC) Chief Control Office

This includes Investment Banking, Global Markets, Research, Consumer Banking, Private Banking and Corporate Banking businesses and Barclays Bank Plc Chief Operating Office (BBPLC COO).

Overall purpose of role
- First line of defence Risk and Control function directly supporting the Structured Credit business heads to drive the risk and control agenda for the business
- Assess the effectiveness of the end to end control environment and drive control change, enhancements and automation initiatives.
- Ensuring adequate frameworks are in place and appropriately applied to comply with the regulatory requirements relating to oversight over Appointed Representatives and delivering the right outcomes for our customers, clients and colleagues.
- To provide clear articulation of the risk and control landscapes including ability to demonstrate an understanding of control requirements for relevant internal Barclays and external Regulatory policies. This will include (but is not limited to): Control, Issues, Risk Event and Audit guidance, guidance on Policies and Standards and the oversight and management of risk.
- Act as the point of coordination and syndication of all Control Services, ensuring consistency and quality delivery of the Controls Strategy, Control Frameworks, improvement initiatives and capabilities across each Business, Functions or Horizontals.
- To develop and maintain relationships with senior colleagues and stakeholders - with the ability to effectively challenge risk and control decisions, when needed.

Key Accountabilities
- To lead on oversight, guidance and support relating to issues management in respect of risk and control issues including quality and adherence to SLAs throughout the issues management process.
- To ensure frameworks are implemented and managed effectively across aligned businesses, functions and horizontals.
- Work with senior stakeholders across the three lines of defence to ensure frameworks that regulate and support Senior Managers and Certified individuals in discharging their Reasonable Steps are fit for purpose and well understood by the business areas, functions and horizontals.
- Work with senior stakeholders across the three lines of defence to ensure that the frameworks that regulate and support the use of Appointed Representatives comply with the regulatory requirements and are effectively implemented.
- Specialist consultancy and advisory service to drive high quality risk management in line with strategy, regulation, Group frameworks, policies and standards to deliver