Barclays - Vice President - Finance Business

Job Description

What will you be doing
The Finance Business Architect is accountable for owning specific initiatives as part of the overall finance architecture strategy. This will include:
- Become a trusted advisor and recognised expert to Finance and technology colleagues regarding Finance business architecture strategy;
- Actively drive transformation outcomes for the function, through a strategic lens;
- Pro-actively identify opportunities for improvement, develop the conversation and challenge the status quo;
- Narrating and championing the transformation journey;
- Provide guidance and support to Finance Business Architecture Analyst within the team;
- Presenting and influencing key stakeholders at the Design Authority and other forums;
- Apply industry best practice design principles / concepts, as part of solution design;
- Ensuring continuous focus on quality and controls as part of transformation delivery.
Key programme responsibilities include:
- Input into business case and benefits measurement;
- Be responsible for specific designs for the program, facilitate design workshops and prepare topics for the programme wide design authority;
- Support translation of business requirements into functional specifications to support technology development, data and process change;
- Work closely with Programme Managers and various Business Analysts to understand business requirements and how they translate into system, data and process change;
- Analyse data sources to support the creation of design proposals to drive consistency within Finance;
- Champion solutions that meet business requirements in a holistic manner - acknowledging the interplay across teams, systems and data;
- Manage delivery risk, through effective testing and change control frameworks.
What we're looking for:
- Financial services experience, within retail and/or investment banking;
- Knowledge of Finance process, system and technologies;
- Appreciation of data principles, including data modelling and data design;
- Demonstrate a range of styles and techniques in leadership and communications, including influencing and negotiating with a broad set of stakeholders;
- Excellent Power-point skills, with the ability to storyboard and produce best in class presentations;
- The successful candidate will possess a demonstrable track record, working on a variety of relevant projects;
- Academic or professional qualifications;
- Degree level education and an excellent general academic track record;
Skills that will help you in the role :
- The ideal candidate will have experience of finance transformation programs and strong command of project management techniques and principles, and process management skills and techniques (Lean, Six Sigma);
- Finance process experience relevant to the role, details are available through the resourcing team;
- Technology transformation experience relevant to the role, details are available through the resourcing team;
- Strong data manipulation skills including Excel and experience using data manipulation tools (e.g. Qlikview, Business Objects, Lumira, SmartView, SQL, SAS);

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