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This is senior management role playing a crucial part in driving the strategic and operational stand-up of the finance team to support BPL (New Co). The Head of Finance Ops, Treasury and Transformation will be responsible for leading the Operational Finance, Transformation and Treasury functions for the new standalone company (BPL New Co), including ownership of regulatory safeguarding and cash management processes.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the Operational Finance, Transformation and Treasury functions for the new standalone company (BPL New Co)
Ownership of regulatory safeguarding and cash management processes
Drive the strategic and operational stand-up of the finance team to support BPL (New Co)
Responsible for the stand up of the Operational finance and treasury support for BPL, including implementing safeguarding processes
Responsible for wider liquidity and cash management and optimisation for the organisation and broader capital management
Own all financial related change activity, working closely with product and tech teams to drive automated and efficient processes across the department
Develop business capabilities for Finance through key stages of functional design, data, end-to-end-process and controls, delivery, and functional testing
Requirements:
Functional Design: leveraging best practice concepts, and in collaboration with Line SMEs, support options analysis and recommendations as part of decision making
Data Analysis/Modelling/Governance: design conceptual data model underpinning all phases of the processes, and governance requirements in accordance with GDMS standards and principles
End-to-End Process & Controls - development of target process and controls design/documentation and operational runbooks and aligning these components with organisational and role/service model design definitions
Delivery/Implementation Support: update design/functional requirements throughout the development cycle, and resolve RAIDS related to functional requirements and business processes. Project management for change programmes that have limited technology investment
Functional Testing: develop scripts and data to test alignment to requirement definitions, ahead of user testing cycles
Manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives
Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide
Manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business
Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives
Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function
Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately
Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence
Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate
Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives
Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives
Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations
Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area
Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally
Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions
Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division
What we offer:
Hybrid working
Structured approach to hybrid working with fixed, ‘anchor’, days
Supportive and inclusive culture and environment
Commitment to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment