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Job Title: FO Tech & Core Valuation PMO
Location: Chennai
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
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.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.
If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager.
Introduction:
- As a Programme Management Office (PMO) colleague you will support the Programme Director and Programme Managers with the effective management of Execution Risk, delivering on the business strategy and satisfying all stakeholders. To do this we must deliver our initiatives consistently and transparently ensuring delivery is managed in line with the relevant Policies and Standards, using the mandatory standard processes and tooling to improve the level and likelihood of successful outcomes. This will help in ensuring all stakeholders are aware of initiative progress and have the information they need to make the right decisions in a timely manner.
What will you be doing?
As a PMO you will be involved in:
- Maintaining and actively managing initiative documentation, facilitating key governance fora, reinforcing the accountabilities of key stakeholders, helping to ensure that decisions are made by the right people and based on the right information. This includes ensuring that the Accountable Executive and other key stakeholders / fora (e.g. Programme Delivery Forum, Portfolio Governance Board) have relevant and timely initiative MI (including status and any relevant risks or issues)
- Safeguarding effective change control processes, ensuring the business case is updated and managed through appropriate governance
- Supporting the Programme Managers in determining, monitoring and managing workforce and financial requirements, drawing insights from available information to inform daily delivery – such as challenging progress, prioritisation of resources or stop/start/continue decisions; tracking benefits and costs, driving budget efficiency
- Supporting the Programme Managers in assessing the risks from the change, including the tracking of thematic issues, early identification and management of RAIDs; and completing a Delivery Risk Assessment (DRA) where required
- Supporting the Programme Managers in in tracking milestones and outcomes, ensuring that planned outputs deliver the agreed outcomes and that the outcomes remain relevant; also enabled through provision of timely MI and estimating, scheduling and planning activity
- PMO have an important role to play in providing constructive challenge to Programmes and Projects, not only providing the information initiatives need to make the right decisions, but also helping initiative leads to pre-empt any issues and course correct where required by:
- Acting in partnership with Programme Managers, using their experience and insight to help challenge efficiency; to maintain a focus on delivering outcomes; to predict potential blockers and risks; and to deploy appropriate governance and oversight of delivery (including the Programme Reviews and Programme Delivery Forum)
- Driving best practice delivery in line with the relevant Policies and Standards through coaching and educating delivery teams on what good looks like; monitoring and driving improvement in data quality and timeliness of reporting to enable decision making; reviewing and challenging reports to ensure they are complete and accurate
- Supporting an environment of effective delivery by challenging behaviors; identifying development needs in the team; ensuring the right tools, templates and guidance are used; capturing lessons learnt from past delivery
What we’re looking for:
Experience of working within a PMO or Portfolio Management function
- Strong evidence in understanding and complying with governance and control requirements.
- Ability to record and manage detailed datasets, analyze, summarize, interpret and report on meaningfully.
- Personable and influential in managing stakeholder expectations.
- Technology and Financial Service industry awareness.
Skills that will help you in the role:
- Knowledge in MS Excel, Power point.
- Able to understand and investigate Financials
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At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. ‘Be More @ Barclays’ represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It’s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.
Skills
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About Company
Barclays is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services.
We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group. With over 325 years of history and expertise in banking, Barclays operates in over 40 countries and employs approximately 83,500 people. Barclays moves, lends, invests and protects money for customers and clients worldwide.
Barclays is a trading name of Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries. Barclays Bank PLC is registered in England and is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Registered in England. Registered No. 1026167. Registered office: 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP.
Important dates & deadlines?
Application Deadline
24 Oct 22, 12:00 AM IST
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