Job Title: VP Finance Assurance 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:  Complete ownership of the overall delivery of the Invesment Banking (IB) – SOX Program Book of work covering Group Finance, IB Operations, IB Product Control, Treasury and Valuations.  Lead and Drive the annual scoping, planning exercise for IB Product Control areas including strong risk-based focus and coordinate with KPMG External Audit teams, Business Units leaders, Legal entity Controllers, CBPs and other lines of defense.  In addition to the above, also support the SOX compliance delivery for identified process areas and provide leadership in the areas of scoping, planning, Design Effectiveness Assessments and Operational Effectiveness testing.  Stakeholder management  Senior Finance stakeholders in India, US and UK  Accountable Executives and Process/Control owners involved in reviews  Technology Control Testing (TCT) teams for the cluster  Manage relationship with external auditors  Drives consistency in testing approach across the Group Finance, Investment Banking and Treasury teams  Ensure efficiency in all deliverables to create capacity to absorb more work with the same team strength  Contribute effectively to any restructuring requirement of the team organisation structure  As a Leader of Finance Assurance, also drive natural interfaces with the Finance Control Testing programme and internal controls design assessment and Operating effectiveness testing for