Job Description

Purpose of the role

To mitigate the impact of unexpected incidents by identifying, responding and resolving disruptions that threaten the banks IT services, operations and technological infrastructure through effective decision making and successful resource delegation. 

Accountabilities

• Development, implementation and management of major incident management programmes.
• Execution of responses to reported incidents from various channels including email, phone and monitoring systems, prioritised by its potential impact to the bank's IT systems, and provide regular status updates to affected stakeholders.
• Analysis of logs, system data and user reports to identify the root cause of incidents and determine the necessary course of action to resolve or follow escalation protocols to escalate incidents to the relevant team or individual for assistance.
• Execution of regular tests and simulations to test response procedures in the event of an incident.
• Documentation and analysis of past incident details, the steps to resolution and lessons learnt from each case to support the identification of recurring issues in the future, implement preventive measures to minimize future occurrence and to build a comprehensive knowledge bases of known issues.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders 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.

We are expanding IB Global Reconcilation Team and need enthusiastic and experienced professionals to join our GTSM (Global Technology Service Management) team supporting various Reconcilation platforms.

This role is responsible for ensuring that reconciliation systems in Barclays run reliably and issues are resolved quickly. The focus is on maintaining business continuity, data accuracy, and regulatory compliance. This role is highly valued in investment banking because it directly supports transaction accuracy, financial reporting, operational stability, and customer trust. It can also provide a strong pathway into service management, production engineering, platform engineering, or technology leadership.

To be successful as an L2 Reconciliation Support Engineer, you should have experience in:

• Monitoring Intellimatch – Reconciliation jobs and batch processes. Investigating reconciliation breaks, exceptions, and data mismatches.
• SQL and Oracle database troubleshooting, Unix/Linux commands, and Shell scripting.
• Reconciliation concepts (Breaks management, Balance substantiation, cash, securities, positions, trades).

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Risk, control & governance awareness – (SLO, SLI, SLA, KPI/KRI, IPC Hygiene).
• Automation & efficiency mindset – (Eliminate repetitive task and improving processes).
• Ensure systems remain dependable, resilient, and business-ready under all circumstances. The ability to lead during Major Incidents is highly valued.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills. 

This role will be based out of Glasgow.