Director - Bia Portfolio Manager - Markets

**About Barclays Internal Audit**

BIA provides independent, reliable, valued, insightful and timely assurance to the Board and executive management over the effectiveness of governance, risk management and control over current and evolving risks, in the context of the current and expected business environment and in accordance with the international standards definition of internal auditing.

**Overall purpose of role**

Demonstrate functional leadership, working collaboratively within BIA to develop strong stakeholder relationships which are independent and seen as a respected voice. Develop, drive and lead delivery of an audit plan ensuring it is completed according to BIA methodology and achieves quality standards. Contribute to the delivery of the BIA Audit Plan and provide assurance on the Control Environment to key stakeholders.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Role is to provide in-region senior leadership and support to BE Markets stakeholders.
- The role-holder will have direct accountability over the BE Markets portfolio as well as oversight and People Leader responsibilities.
- Responsible for leading BIA’s relationship with the Co-Heads of BE Markets.
- Member of the BIA BE Management Teams representing the BE Markets portfolio.
- Occasionally being an Audit Owner leading the delivery of select, higher risk audits in the portfolio.

**Purpose of the role**

To deliver portfolio objectives through effective portfolio management, including planning, reporting, monitoring and resource allocation, and to support executive stakeholders through the duration of change initiatives.

**Accountabilities**
- Monitoring and evaluation of portfolio performance.
- Development of risk management strategies, control implementations and compliance monitoring to mitigate risk and comply with regulatory policies.
- Documentation of Continuous Monitoring (CM) for the whole portfolio, sharing pertinent and timely CM information across relevant groups in BIA.
- Identification and address any gaps in understanding of key internal audit regulations and industry standards for Audit Owners (AO) or the Audit Delivery Team.
- Balancing cyclical, thematic and regulatory coverage requirements, available resources and ensure interlocking with other portfolio managers to develop an impactful annual audit plan to provide adequate coverage for the portfolio.
- Monitoring of threats to objectivity across the respective portfolio and take active steps to manage them, including adjusting audit responsibilities and team alignments where necessary.
- Portfolio view of audit product selection, ensuring an appropriate balance of audit product types suitable for the portfolio.

**Director Expectations**
- 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.

All Senior Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise and inspire, A - Align across the enterprise, D - Develop others.

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.