Operational risk business part, Vilnius

Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking and wealth management with an extensive international presence in Europe, the Americas, Africa and Asia.

With over 300 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 50 countries and employs over 145,000 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.

Currently we are expanding and looking for Operational Risk Business Partner (Fixed Term) to join the Operational Risk team which is responsible for identifying, assessing, managing and monitoring the risks faced by Operations and Technology.

As Operational Risk Business Partner (Fixed Term) your responsibilities would include:

• Effectively engage business owners to ensure awareness of risk profile whilst securing ownership and accountability for risks as required.
• Build strong relationships with the senior management team and functional areas to develop individual risk profiles and articulate risks in a clear and consistent manner.
• Challenge business management on their operational risk outputs for completeness, quality, accuracy, coverage, performance and consistency
• Support the implementation of the operational risk system.
• Provide the business with expert guidance, support, oversight and independent challenge to ensure that all material business risks and key controls are identified, documented, measured, monitored and mitigated.
• Facilitate risk and control assessments by documenting the key risk themes, control effectiveness, potential impacts, and mitigating actions across complex issues and major change programs.
• Support the business through effective engagement with Internal Audit and oversight of control issues.
• Provide on-going training and oversight across the business to ensure risk events are identified, reported, and managed.
• Ensure risk events are correctly captured and reported and determine whether these highlight any specific themes that need addressing.
• Assisting the business in the management and resolution of major business risk events by reviewing new control requirements, tracking implementation of action plans, and overseeing root cause analysis to prevent reoccurrences.

We expect you to possess:

• Previous experience in a risk management-related role.
• Knowledge of Regulatory Compliance Requirements and relevant legislation, including Basel III, with an in-depth understanding of Operational Risk.
• Broad experience in financial services, in particular retail financial services.
• Strong knowledge of operational functions and general practices.
• Evidenced ability to build strong networks with various business partners with whom the position will interact (i.e. Compliance, Internal Audit, Marketing, IT, Business Risk, Operational Management).
• Risk qualification would be an advantage (CISA/CISP).
• Strong Written and Verbal English language skills.

If it sounds like you, please click the link to apply:

https://barclays.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en_gb&job=90060839&src=JB-12040

Barclays Values and Diversity

Our common purpose is to help people achieve their ambitions – in the right way. We’ll measure and reward our people, not just on commercial results, but on how they live our Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship and bring them to life every day.

To find out more about working at Barclays and the development opportunities we offer please visit our website www.barclays.com

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