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Barclays Investment Bank · 5 days ago

Risk Manager - Global Networks Services

Building 400-115 South Jefferson Rd Campus, Whippany

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$150K/yr - $200K/yr

Barclays Investment Bank is redefining the future of banking and is seeking a Risk Manager for Global Networks Services. In this role, you will support the Risk Function by identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks across various business units, while ensuring adherence to risk policies and frameworks.

BankingFinancial Services

Responsibilities

Development of strategic direction for risk, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes

Management of the risk department, including oversight of risk colleagues and their performance, implementation of risk priorities and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness

Relationship management of risk stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third-party services

Adherence to the Risk policy, standards and frameworks, and maintaining a robust control environment

To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. 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. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements

If the position has leadership responsibilities, People 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

OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions

Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment

Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda

Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does

Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business

Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies

Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions

Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes

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

Qualification

Technology risk domainsRiskControl frameworksRisk analysisRemediationChange management skillsProject coordination skillsBusiness acumenContinuous improvement mindsetCommunication skillsStrategic thinking

Required

Experience with technology risk domains including cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, data, and operational resilience

Risk and control frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT, or SOC 2

Assessing and challenging technology controls across applications, networks, and cloud environments

Risk analysis, control testing, and remediation planning to address control gaps

Communicating technical risks clearly and effectively to business and senior stakeholders

Preferred

Understanding of technology architectures and system design to assess inherent risk in complex environments

Experience navigating regulatory expectations related to technology, cybersecurity, cloud, and resilience

Change management and influencing skills to drive adoption of improved risk and control practices

Project or program coordination skills supporting risk assessments and control uplift initiatives

A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify process gaps and strengthen risk frameworks

Benefits

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401(k)

Life insurance

Other paid leave for qualifying circumstances

Incentive award

Company

Barclays Investment Bank

Barclays Investment Bank offers large corporate clients with strategic advisory, financing, and risk management solutions. It is a sub-organization of Barclays Corporate Banking.

Founded in 1997