Regulatory Reporting Assurance Associate Job in Chennai at Barclays

Barclays is hiring for the role of Regulatory Reporting Assurance Associate!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Provide technical support to the wider QA team in building reperformance tools and data testing in the assurance cycles and support in undertaking the assurance testing
• Undertake and manage re-performance and data accuracy testing across the Prudential Regulatory disclosures (COREP and Pillar 3) with assistance from technical SMEs in London
• Support the lead of the team in being able to manage the assurance activities with specific reference to re-performance testing and data accuracy
• Maintain the reperformance tools and be able to update these as regulations are amended
• Identify and implement enhancements to the control frameworks, and ensure these meet our governance policies, with a specific focus on assurance

Requirements:

• An individual with a Quants/data management background in Risk/Finance is desired.
• Should have experience working within a large-tier bank
• Excellent organizational skills, able to react to complex challenges with focused plans and contingencies and a forward-thinking focus that anticipates future challenges and how to resolve them through the assurance activity they will be responsible for
• Must have an understanding of financial markets, financial and/or regulatory reporting, risk, governance and controls  
• Must have an awareness of the prudential rules and regulations (calculation and disclosures) so that they can confidently help determine the tooling for reperformance that is required
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) with proven experience dealing with senior stakeholders 
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships across the bank - creates and maintains a culture in which trust and mutual respect are valued, challenging people and systems that do not support this. Uses influencing strategies and conveys a strong vision to achieve results and obtain buy-in across the organisation
• Comfortable working across ‘virtual’ teams and embraces the opportunity to work across various functions and locations
• Sets high standards for self and others, leads by example and delivers to a high standard consistently through themselves and others
• Able to guide and coach other members of the team to reach their full potential and actively manage their professional development
• Qualified Accountant ACA or equivalent with experience in financial audits/assurance 
• Prior experience in a top-tier bank or similar financial institution, or a large blue-chip corporate 
• Strong written, Excel and PowerPoint skills and previous experience in managing and working with large volumes of data in an audit/assurance environment
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and understanding and executing requirements/expectations