Risk and Compliance Manager
You will support the Head of Risk & Compliance in discharging their responsibilities under the Annual Compliance Plan, maintaining awareness of the compliance function and engaging with regulators including the Central Bank of Ireland.
This role is key to overseeing the ERMF, ensuring that appropriate risk management processes and controls are in place and are sufficiently robust.
To succeed in this role you will have:
* Risk management experience and an understanding of Irish and European regulatory environments as it relates to Payment Institutions or similar financial institutions including the ability to translate into practical frameworks for individual businesses.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Experience with positive stakeholder management at all levels of the business.
* A self-starter with the ability to design, implement and embed effective risk management frameworks and related activities.
* Strong attention to detail, and a real commitment to delivering high-quality outputs which are right first time.
Other skills you may have include:
* Knowledge of payment acceptance and corporate card issuing.
* Broad business and industry knowledge/experience.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this 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 a 12-month fixed-term contract.
The location of this role is Dublin.
This role is deemed as a Controlled Function role under the Central Bank of Ireland Fitness and Probity Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.
Purpose of the Role
To develop, implement and maintain Risk policies and standards across various business lines and risk types, working collaboratively with Senior Management across the organisation to develop and execute risk management practices that support the achievement of the Bank's strategic objectives.
Accountabilities
* Development of policies, standards and guidance, soliciting feedback from stakeholders across the Bank to deliver an approach that meets regulatory requirements, maintains the integrity of the Framework design and is practical and achievable for the organisation to implement and operate.
* Management of the Annual Refresh cycle for Frameworks, Policies and Standards, ensuring analysis of emerging risks and regulatory changes are identified, and the needs for new or updated policies are updated within the set timeframe.
* Impact assessments to ensure policies and standards can be implemented in adherence with set timeframes. Investigation and addressing of policy violations or potential issues and ensuring the dispensation, waiver and breaches process is invoked where required.
* Implementation and execution of the Barclays Control Framework that align to Risk Policies, including engagement with the Chief Controls Office and monitoring adherence across the organisation.
* Management of key stakeholders in response to transformation projects, ad-hoc requests, regular dialogue and training and education.
* Maintenance of Framework components to ensure a clear lineage from Laws, Rules and Regulations through policies, standards and controls. Complete periodic Control Assessments, reviewing the design and operating effectiveness.
* Maintenance of a centralised repository of all risk policies and standards.
* Implementation of control lineage processes, responsible for approving controls mapped to control requirements within policies and standards.
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.
* Adept at adopting and including 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.