Barclays India | VP - Financial Control

Responsibilities

• Purpose of the roleTo manage the financial operations of the organisation, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and reliability of financial reporting.
• Lead capital adequacy, liquidity and ALM reporting processes.
• Ensure compliance with RBI accounting requirements, Indian GAAP, IFRS, and Ind AS standards.
• Maintain a robust internal financial control framework and strong governance standards.
• Manage relationships with regulators, statutory auditors, and internal auditors, including regulatory inspections and audit reviews.
• Provide technical guidance on complex accounting, regulatory, and treasury-related matters.
• Partner effectively with Finance, Risk, Treasury, Operations, and Business teams to deliver regulatory obligations.
• Drive automation, process improvement, and transformation initiatives to enhance efficiency, scalability, and controls.
• Lead, develop, and motivate high-performing teams while fostering a culture of ownership, integrity, and accountability.
• Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.

Experience within the indian banking industry

• Strong knowledge of RBI regulations and regulatory reporting.
• Strong knowledge of Basel capital adequacy framework.
• Strong knowledge of liquidity and ALM reporting.
• Strong knowledge of treasury and banking products.
• Strong knowledge of RBI accounting norms.
• Strong knowledge of Indian GAAP, IFRS, and Ind AS.
• Strong knowledge of financial control-related activities.
• Strong knowledge of internal financial controls and governance frameworks.
• Proven experience managing financial audits and regulatory inspections.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing large teams in a demanding and complex environment.
• Desirable Skills/Preferred Qualifications:Strong ownership and problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to navigate complex situations and manage multiple regulatory deliverables.
• Effective stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong leadership, team development, and people management capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Self-motivated with a proven track record of delivering results under pressure.
• You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as:RBI regulatory reporting.
• Develop others..OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank with consumer, corporate and investment banking businesses. Its history goes back to 1690 in London.

Barclays' Indian centres support the group's global operations, finance and technology. Finance professionals typically work in financial control, regulatory reporting, product control, tax and risk.

• Industry: Banking and financial services
• Headquarters: London, UK
• In India: Banking in India plus large Barclays service centres (including Pune, Chennai and Noida)