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Join Barclays as a Technology Controls Officer and play a key role in strengthening the technology risk and control environment across our global platforms. In this role, you will partner closely with technology teams across APAC and MEA, ensuring that systems are secure, resilient, and aligned with Barclays’ risk framework and regulatory expectations. Acting as a trusted advisor to engineering and technology stakeholders, you will help embed strong risk and control practices while supporting the delivery of reliable and innovative technology solutions. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of technology, risk, and governance within a global banking environment.
Job Responsibility:
Act as a technology risk and control partner to engineering and platform teams across multiple technology environments
Identify and assess technology risks, ensuring appropriate controls are implemented and operating effectively
Support governance, regulatory compliance, and audit engagements relating to technology controls
Provide guidance on resilience, operational readiness, and risk management across technology platforms
Track and manage control improvements and remediation activities where gaps are identified
Produce clear risk reporting and insights for senior stakeholders and governance forums
Collaborate with technology, risk, and business teams to strengthen the overall technology control environment
Assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk
Knowledge of business areas, products, processes and platforms to be able to assess risk
Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings
Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations
Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders
Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank's internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice
Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework
Requirements:
Experience in technology risk, IT controls, technology governance, or operational risk
Experience working within banking, financial services, or another regulated environment
Strong understanding of technology risk frameworks, control environments, and governance processes
Experience supporting internal or external audits, regulatory requirements, or control testing activities
Ability to partner effectively with technology teams and senior stakeholders
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
Nice to have:
Professional certifications such as CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC, or similar
Experience working across global or multi-regional technology environments
Knowledge of technology resilience, incident management, or business continuity frameworks
Experience supporting technology transformation or large-scale change programmes