Purpose of the role
To set the risk appetite setting for the Trading portfolio and active calibration & monitoring of limits
Accountabilities
- Collection and analysis of market data from various sources and ensuring risk is correctly captured, modelled and capitalised.
- Escalation of critical risk issues or breaches to Traders and senior Risk Management Leadership teams for timely action, as may be required.
- Review and provision of feedback on market risk models including change governance.
- Internal, Regulatory and Scenario stress testing for the Trading portfolio, as required.
- Steer and execution projects of market risk wide-significance e.g. FRTB, One Risk, as required.
Vice President Expectations
- 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.
All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.
