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Associate Director – Vice President – Barclays Bank UK
Organisation: Barclays
Bank UK
Bank UK
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Director,
Internal Audit
Internal Audit
About Barclays UK:
Barclays is a British
multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London.
UK. It is a universal bank with operations in retail, wholesale and investment
banking, as well as wealth management, mortgage lending and credit cards. It has
operations in over 50 countries and territories and has around 48 million
customers. As of 31 December 2011, Barclays had total assets of US$2.42
trillion, the seventh-largest of any bank worldwide.
multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London.
UK. It is a universal bank with operations in retail, wholesale and investment
banking, as well as wealth management, mortgage lending and credit cards. It has
operations in over 50 countries and territories and has around 48 million
customers. As of 31 December 2011, Barclays had total assets of US$2.42
trillion, the seventh-largest of any bank worldwide.
Job Summary: The Associate
Director – Vice President will be responsible for working collaboratively with
others to develop strong client relationships and support delivery of BIA Audit
Plan. Barclays Internal Audit (BIA) Vision: To assist Barclays in becoming the
Go To Bank, by facilitating the improvement of the Governance and Control
Environment. We:
Director – Vice President will be responsible for working collaboratively with
others to develop strong client relationships and support delivery of BIA Audit
Plan. Barclays Internal Audit (BIA) Vision: To assist Barclays in becoming the
Go To Bank, by facilitating the improvement of the Governance and Control
Environment. We:
- Attract
and retain the most talented and diverse internal audit team (Colleagues). - Target
excellence in our performance and continuously review our innovative yet
simple audit processes to maximise BIA efficiencies (Company). - Using
our integrity and judgement, we audit the right things in the right way at
the right time (Conduct). - Partner
with clients to maximise the effectiveness of the Governance and Control
Environment (Customer and Client). - Positively
contribute to the Barclays Group Citizenship Plan (Citizenship).
BIA Overview: BIA aims to provide independent, reliable,
valued, insightful and timely assurance to the Board and Executive Management
over the effectiveness of governance, risk management and control over current
and evolving risks, in the context of the current and expected business environment.
valued, insightful and timely assurance to the Board and Executive Management
over the effectiveness of governance, risk management and control over current
and evolving risks, in the context of the current and expected business environment.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Colleague:
- Own
and drive personal learning to support achievement of career aspirations. - Actively
engage and motivate others to develop their skills/knowledge/experience to
contribute to the success of BIA. - Celebrate
the success of self and others and take pride in achievements. - Offer
constructive feedback and evaluation to team members for audit assignments
and support Directors in their assessment of Assistant Vice Presidents
(AVPs) - Act
as mentor and coach to less experienced team members and support others to
develop. Provide guidance to AVPs during audit assignments. - Significantly
contribute to the attraction of the best people through their role in the
recruitment process. - Create
an environment to encourage knowledge sharing, asking questions and
sharing viewpoints with BIA colleagues and peers in the business. - Ensure
the inclusion of all colleagues, regardless of background or
circumstances.
2. Company:
- Scope
audit assignments including preparation of the scoping document. - Manage
audit work to ensure that relevant risks and controls have been identified
and appropriately assessed. - Regularly
review and direct control evaluation (and perform evaluation when
appropriate). - Review
and complete documentation of scoping, process understanding, risk &
control identification, control evaluation and observations in BIA audit
toolkit. - Challenge
others where appropriate, if you believe self to be correct. - Makes
decisions on a broad range of factors, with Barclays values at heart. - Write
high quality observations and audit reports (with input from the audit
team). - Manage
audit teams on a day to day basis, working to ensure that audits progress
as planned, as regards scope, budget and timetable. - Technically
support management in identifying resolutions for control issues
identified. - Continue
to update awareness of risk issues and changes across relevant business
units and use this knowledge to amend audit approach where necessary. - Provide
complete, accurate and timely information to clients for BIA reporting.
This includes both Audit Committee Reporting, GACC reporting and any other
key senior management reporting. - Proactively
take on additional tasks as requested by the Director/Managing Director.
3. Conduct:
- Take
into account reputation of Barclays at all times, through positive
interactions and following policy and process. - Sets
an example and supports fair and ethical behaviour in all colleagues. - Make
sure colleagues are equipped to be able to protect our reputation at all
times.
4. Customer/Client:
- Lead
discussions with clients regarding audit observations, consulting with the
Director where necessary. - Build
trusting and open relationships with clients on each audit and develop
ongoing relationships with key clients in aligned business area. - In
charge of developing a wide network of contacts across BIA and the
business to identify and work towards common goals. - Know
our clients/customers and understand how team’s work benefits them.
5. Citizenship:
- Support
citizenship agenda across BIA to contribute positively to the communities
we operate in. - Apply
citizenship lens when making business critical decisions.
6. Risk and Control Objective:
Ensure that all activities and
duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements,
Barclays Operational Risk Framework and internal Barclays Policies and
Standards.
Ensure that all activities and
duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements,
Barclays Operational Risk Framework and internal Barclays Policies and
Standards.
7. Self-development – 10%
- Pursue
self-development to increase personal effectiveness, acknowledging
strengths and areas for development. - Share
best practice with, and provide feedback to, the other members of
collections Team, on all business and people related issues, climate and
local development and initiatives.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The
applicants should have significant experience in risk based auditing or
risk/control activities - Relevant
professional qualifications (e.g. ACCA, CIA, CISA, for audit roles;
technical qualification for specialist risk team roles; and graduate
degree for all) - Detailed
knowledge and understanding of relevant regulatory environment - Prior
exposure and experience of managing audits/driving initiatives in a
relevant field - Excellent
track record of high performance in previous roles to include senior
client management - Financial
services industry knowledge is preferred - Working
knowledge about new and emerging financial products and services. - Prior
experience of leading others during audit assignments is desired
Personal Competencies:
- Respect
– Respect and value those you work with and the contribution they make. - Integrity
– Act fairly, ethically and openly in everything you do. - Service
– Put clients and customers at the centre of everything you do. - Excellence
– Use your energy, skills and resources to deliver the best sustainable
results. - Stewardship
– Be passionate about leaving things better than you found them.
How to Apply:
If you feel challenged by any
of the above positions, and believe you can deliver on key deliverables as
outlined above, upload your application letter, current curriculum vitae and
photocopies of academic certificate to our recruitment website detail below:
of the above positions, and believe you can deliver on key deliverables as
outlined above, upload your application letter, current curriculum vitae and
photocopies of academic certificate to our recruitment website detail below:
Barclays is an equal
opportunity employer that recruits, develops and promotes people on merit, and
rewards outstanding performance, regardless of background and gender.
opportunity employer that recruits, develops and promotes people on merit, and
rewards outstanding performance, regardless of background and gender.
For queries contact us on
0417122453 or email: barclays.uganda@barclays.com
0417122453 or email: barclays.uganda@barclays.com
Deadline: 21st July,
2015
2015
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