Barclays - Vice President - Finance Business Architect - P&ST

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);