Job Description Purpose of the role To develop business capabilities for Finance through key stages of functional design, data, end-to-end-process and controls, delivery, and functional testing. Accountabilities Functional Design: leveraging best practice concepts, and in collaboration with Line SMEs, support options analysis and recommendations as part of decision making. Data Analysis/Modelling/Governance: design conceptual data model underpinning all phases of the processes, and governance requirements in accordance with GDMS standards and principles. End-to-End Process & Controls - development of target process and controls design/documentation and operational runbooks and aligning these components with organisational and role/service model design definitions.. Delivery/Implementation Support: update design/functional requirements throughout the development cycle, and resolve RAIDS related to functional requirements and business processes. Project management for change programmes that have limited technology investment. Functional Testing: develop scripts and data to test alignment to requirement definitions, ahead of user testing cycles. 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. As a Barclays Cost Transformation – Senior Manager, you will leverage your unique technical expertise for the identification of cost-saving opportunities across Barclays UK. You will be instrumental in supporting Barclays UK meet its financial targets and solve its operational challenges. On a project-by-project basis and through complex, in-depth quantitative and qualitative analysis, you will recommend innovative solutions that drive operational change with subsequent financial and non-financial benefits, influencing to MD level. You may be assessed on 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. Essential Criteria: Numerical or finance or transformation background/experience. All candidates must be very comfortable with numbers and analysis (Eg. Managing budget/financial forecasting/cost management/cost savings). Desirable Criteria: Transformation experience (changing processes, cost saving transformation). External or Internal consulting experience. LEAN/ Agile/Six sigma experience Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.