Barclays - AVP - Regulatory Change Oversight

About Barclays:

Barclays is an international financial services provider engaged in personal banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management with an extensive presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia. Barclays- purpose is to help people achieve their ambitions - in the right way.

With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs approximately 140,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.

For further information about Barclays, please visit our website www.barclays.com.

We provide large corporate, government and institutional clients with a full spectrum of solutions to their strategic advisory, financing and risk management needs.

It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Overall Job Purpose :

- To reinforce Regulatory Change Oversight's role as a - centre of excellence- and ensure it meets the key objective to provide a high-level governance and control framework around global horizon scanning for news of relevant regulatory developments (relating to conduct and reputational events) arising from the various external bodies that regulate/supervise Barclays around the world.

Specifically the role-holder is required to work collaboratively with a diverse and global team to ensure that RCO continues to :

- Scan over supervising regulators in APAC to ensure early identification of regulatory events (eg rules changes and consultations) is captured, assessed and rated for relevance to Barclays;

- Maintain an effective electronic global database to ensure that details of the regulatory events affecting Barclays are being effectively tracked (with internal owners identified);

- Provide periodic alerts and publications to key internal stakeholders to ensure awareness of regulatory events and required actions;

- Prepare presentation decks (bi-weekly and monthly) where regulatory changes and consultation papers impacting Barclays are discussed with internal stakeholders;

- Track and coordinate Barclays- response to key consultations;

- Provide senior management with insightful MI (and face to face briefings, presentations) on the status of regulatory developments and applicability to related change programmes; and

- Support and enhance the Conduct Risk culture across Barclays and ensure adherence to the bank's Values and Behaviours.

Key Accountabilities :

Service Delivery (60%) :

- Support the effectiveness of RCO's key operational processes (eg updating the RCO regulatory tracker database) and understand accountability for key elements such as MI reporting quality; process improvement; issues escalation and record keeping.

- Ensure that cost efficiencies are delivered wherever possible and all RCO expenditure maintained in line with budgetary disciplines.

- Secretariat for forums and committees chaired by RCO.

- Ensure team's outputs for RCO (eg alerts, updates, publications, presentations, MI) are appropriate for the intended audience, accurate and consistently delivered in a timely manner and to a high standard.

Develop and Maintain a Network of Internal and External Relationships (25%):

- Maintain excellent working relationships with key stakeholders (internal and external) ensuring a full audit trail of communications and ensuring that all commitments are followed up and closed off in a timely and accurate manner.

Regulatory Risk (15%) :

- Support and promote the effective operational management of RCO's governance framework.

- Where RCO is present at external committees or meetings, ensure that accurate records/meeting papers etc are obtained and filed.

- Ensure that all issues and concerns are managed (and appropriately escalated to line management) promptly and effectively.

Person Specification :

Skills :

- Strong eye for detail and attention to sub-text and wider implications (eg cross-border, sector issues, emerging risks)

- Excellent written/oral communication skills including:

- Written communication - able to draft board level minutes, prepare MI specifications and reports (tailored for the audience)

- Verbal communication - able to engage articulately, accurately and concisely

- Presentation and public speaking - have the confidence and ability to make presentations and conduct trainings

- Exceptional analytical skills in order to disseminate complex information and then identify and prioritise the relevance/applicability of regulatory change affecting Barclays.

- Project Management experience and able to critically assess progress of various regulatory change programmes. Able to work independently.

- Ability to adapt within a changing environment and work effectively with multiple stakeholders from various backgrounds.

- Ability to drive, manage and own personal development, goals and objectives to meet personal and corporate goals.

- Strong Influencing skills - across all levels of Barclays.

- Exceptional organisational skills and ability to multi-task effectively

Knowledge and Expertise :

- Strong understanding of the laws and regulations affecting the investment/corporate/private banking and retail banking sectors in APAC.

- Past experience in the Compliance or Legal department in a bank or financial institution or securities regulator is essential.

- Degree from a reputable university is required, preferably Bachelor of Laws or Juris Doctor

- Fluent in English as a native language. Fluency in Mandarin, Korean or Japanese (verbal and written) is a plus.

- PC literacy with appropriate knowledge in the following systems is essential.

- PowerPoint

- Excel

- Word

- Outlook

You must be able to demonstrate that you live the Barclays values and behaviours:

- 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..