Finance Analyst (Temporary Contract - 12 Months)

About Barclays

Barclays is a transatlantic consumer, corporate and investment bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, with a strong presence in our two home markets of the UK and the US. Our goal is to become the bank of choice by providing superior services to customers and clients and supporting our stakeholders via a commercially successful business that generates long-term sustainable returns. 

Our two clearly defined divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, provide diversification by business line, geography and customer, enhancing financial resilience and helping to contribute to the delivery of consistent returns through the business cycle. We have a strong core business with exciting prospects, well positioned to deliver long-term value for our shareholders.

The businesses are supported by The Group Service Company. This delivers critical infrastructure services and enhances operational continuity for our business units, it is a centre of excellence for services required by the business, such as fraud management and cyber security, reducing duplication and promoting best practice across our businesses.

Consistent with the objective of delivering long-term sustainable value for all our stakeholders, we have developed our Shared Growth Ambition – our approach to citizenship and the sustainability of the business model we operate. The aim is to make decisions and do business that provides our clients and customers, and the communities which we serve, with access to a prosperous future. 

The delivery of our strategy is underpinned by the energy, commitment and passion of our people, and we are clear on our common purpose: creating opportunities to rise. We are a company of opportunity makers working together to help people rise – customers, clients, colleagues andsociety.

Overall purpose of role

The role holder will be responsible for routine processing, controls and reporting for BBplc Monaco branch, incorporating accounts payable, market risk controls and regulatory reporting preparation s well as month-end close activities.

Core accountabilities

The role holder will have the following primary areas of accountability:

1.Accounts Payable

The role holder will process third party invoices for the BBplc Monaco branch, ensuring correct approvals have been received and that the invoices are booked to the correct account lines and cost centres, and submitted for payment on a timely basis.

2.Market Risk Reporting

The role holder will prepare and distribute daily market risk monitoring controls, identifying and investigating unusual items and liaising with other teams (e.g. trading, operations and technology) to find explanations.

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The role holder will perform the end to end accounting and controls for this small entity, ensuring all routine journals are accurately processed and all entries are understood.

4.BBplc Monaco accounting

The role holder will prepare and book routine monthly journals in the source ledger, comfortable in explaining the rationale for each journal, investigating and explaining month on month variances, and ensuring each entry is booked accurately and on time. 

5.Regulatory and VAT reporting

The role holder will prepare routine monthly regulatory reports and quarterly VAT returns in accordance with procedures, investigating and explaining material month on month movements.

6.General tasks and team support

The role holder will support a variety of other activities across the finance team including ad hoc tasks and providing cover for absences for other team members.

Role requirements

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards

Professional/technical experience

The ideal candidate will have knowledge of standard banking products and French accounting rules as well as a working knowledge of Avaloq and SAP.

Academic and professional qualifications

The successful candidate will have some accountancy qualification; or equivalent work experience.

The ideal candidate should have advanced skills in Excel and a basic knowledge of VBA is an advantage.

Language skills

Personal attributes

The right candidate will be adaptable, a strong team player, a strong communicator across a wide spectrum of key clients internally and externally, will be able to work autonomously and manage their time and agenda to strict regulatory and internal deadlines.

Risk and Control Objective

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Purpose and Values

Barclays has a single cross-business Purpose for Barclays and five core Values which underpin it.

Our Purpose is to create opportunities for people to rise- customers, clients, colleagues and society. Put simply this is the answer to the question ‘What is Barclays for?’ and it should guide our every action as employees.

Respect

We respect and value those we work with, and the contribution that they make.

Integrity

We act fairly, ethically and openly in all we do.

Service

We put our clients and customers at the centre of what we do.

Excellence

We use our energy, skills and resources to deliver the best, sustainable results.

Stewardship

We are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.