Control Partner, APAC & ME, Chief Controls Office

Join us as a Control Partner, APAC & ME, Chief Controls Office, where you will partner with APACME Operations, Transaction Cycles and the COO–CCO lead to drive risk and control activities across Corporate Banking. Embed the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF) and Barclays Control Framework to strengthen risk ownership and operational governance. Lead and execute key control activities such as RCSA, thematic reviews, governance oversight, control validation, and issue read-across. Apply control-by-design principles to streamline, standardize and automate processes across the region. Support regulatory, audit and internal governance engagements through strong analytical and advisory capabilities. Build strong partnerships across the three lines of defence and all Corporate Banking business units (ICB, TB, WL, Regulatory Relations). Enable the region’s target operating governance model by driving continuous improvement and control excellence.

To be successful in this role, you should:

• Demonstrate strong understanding of Corporate Banking products, processes, and regulatory environments.
• Be highly analytical and able to interpret complex operational, regulatory and product issues.
• Collaborate effectively with senior stakeholders across APAC & ME, including Operations, Coverage, Product, Compliance, Legal, Audit and Operational Risk.
• Influence decision-making, secure buy-in and drive adoption of best practices.
• Communicate clearly, confidently and with strong attention to detail.
• Display strong ownership, proactiveness, and the ability to work at pace.

Essential Skills / Basic Qualifications:

• Experience in financial services, preferably Corporate Banking.
• Solid understanding of governance frameworks, operational risk, and control design.
• Strong background in risk management, audit methodology or operational oversight.
• Proven stakeholder management experience across diverse teams and geographies.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to generate actionable insights.
• Experience in process improvement, performance control and control assurance.

Desirable Skills / Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working across APAC or Middle East Corporate Banking environments.
• Exposure to regulatory horizon scanning, impact assessments or regulatory engagement.
• Familiarity with end-to-end transaction cycles (TB, WL, ICB).
• Experience driving automation, control-by-design principles, and standardisation initiatives.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as:

• Risk & Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) execution
• Governance and operational rigour
• Risk identification, mitigation and thematic review capabilities
• Analytical problem-solving and regulatory interpretation
• Stakeholder influence and collaboration
• Communication and documentation excellence

Job Location is Mumbai.

Purpose of the role

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.

Accountabilities

• 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, regulation, and best practice.
• Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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 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.
• 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.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• 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.
• 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.

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.