Records Business Partner

Join us as a Records Business Partner at Barclays, you'll be responsible for mitigating information risk throughout the entire records management lifecycle, by defining and assessing controls to ensure that Barclays meets its legal and regulatory records retention obligations. Primary responsibilities include the operational tasks, functions and remediation of BAU (Business As Usual) that gets implemented supporting data retention governance. The successful individual will also work closely with the Records Management teams in US, EMEA, India, Singapore and with colleagues from the BI records team and those elsewhere across the Barclays Group.

To be successful as a Records Business Partner, you should have:

- Financial services background within Investment Bank and/or Management Consultancy as part of a project team who has assisted in all steps of the project management lifecycle.
- Business analysis with proven experience in development and writing of project specifications.
- Implementation of business process improvements.
- Experience in the utilisation of electronic document/records management systems or evaluating electronic records management products and systems.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

- Ability to work independently as well as a team, and able to maintain effective working relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Understanding of the life cycle of a record.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with confidence and under pressure, delivering on time and within budget.
- Proven experience of continuous improvement on process, service, or systems.
- Self-motivated and ambitious with strong desire to succeed.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Detail orientated and ability to produce high quality work.

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

This role is based in Knutsford.

**Purpose of the role**

To enable effective data governance, risk management, and compliance within the bank, acting as a liaison between business units and the Data & Records Management (DRM) function, translating business needs into actionable strategies and ensuring efficient implementation of DRM.

**Accountabilities**
- Partnership with the local business unit to ensure successful implementation of data & records governance frameworks as appropriate to the needs of the business unit.
- Provision of guidance and support on records classification, retention, storage, retrieval and disposal to business units.
- Monitoring local data quality and records metrics and identify areas for improvement.
- Identification of opportunities for data improvement and optimisation.
- Partnership with the relevant business unit to support their data priorities and ensure appropriate decisions related to data & records are embedded in their BAU decision making and change programs.

**Vice President Expectations**
- Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
- Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
- Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
- Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
- Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
- Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
- Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
- Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship - our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset - to Empower, Challenge and Drive - the operating manual for how we behave.