Department Budgeting Lead – VP
Wilmington, DE

As a Barclays Department Budgeting Lead – VP, you will support the F&BM Lead by managing the end to end financials across transaction cycles. Taking the lead on finance support for Operations on a number of USCB aligned transaction cycles to deliver end-to-end Finance reporting that enables management to proactively shape strategy. You will conduct service management reviews engaging and coaching service owners to better understand and influence cost allocation drivers.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

We are currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. We’re flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. We also have a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances.

Please discuss the detail of the working pattern options for the role with the hiring manager.

What will you be doing?

• Supporting business decisions and financial strategy for the Transaction Cycle/Function
• Collaborating with BMs and Business to deliver the monthly financials for profit and loss and balance sheet
• Managing the relationship of the cost ledger COE to ensure appropriate documentation is in place
• Managing the delivery of month end processes
• Drafting insights & commentary of current & Outlook financials (including Capacity Creation) with clear linkages to drivers
• Leading on the build of the annual plan and updates to RAF
• Working with the Centres of Excellence to ensure full alignment to Barclays operating model
• Having oversight of and ensure adherence / alignment to all global / local regulatory and statutory requirements

What we’re looking for:

• Evidenced management credentials; proven ability to maintain energy and resilience within an organisation throughout a period of change and/or against significant obstacles
• Bachelor Degree qualification as a minimum
• Significant experience in financial services; experience on an international scale preferred
• Experience operating in a multi-geographic, matrix organisation, with proven ability to balance commercial, client, and regulatory needs across businesses and geographies

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Attention to detail and solid organisational skills with the ability to balance multiple critical requests from various stakeholders with outstanding precision
• Ability to develop and maintain constructive relationships with internal stakeholders across all levels and geographies of the organization using excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent Communication skills across a variety of forums and mediums with the proven ability to distil information into key messages and deliver succinctly according to audience
• Ability to develop business strategy, communicate in clear and confident manner and act independently to implement, sometimes using creativity in approach

Where will you be working?

Barclays' Wilmington campus includes two beautiful buildings located along the historic Wilmington Riverfront. A glance out our windows reveal a scenic look at the Christina River, along with a growing riverfront community of luxury apartments, shops, and restaurants. Additionally, the Wilmington train station is a short walk away making travel from New York and Washington, DC convenient.

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