Join us as a “Business Associate - Projects and Business Performance” at Barclays, where you will support the evolution of our leadership reporting, business performance governance and workforce insights. You will help drive data-led decision-making across Business Management, Chief Operating Office, Technology, Operations and Functional teams, ensuring high-quality executive reporting, strong governance and actionable insights for senior leadership.
To be successful as a "Business Associate - Projects and Business Performance", you should have experience:
- Experience in executive reporting, business performance management, workforce analytics, governance support, stakeholder engagement and translating data into actionable business insights.
- Executive insight and storytelling: ability to synthesise complex business, workforce and performance data into concise, compelling and actionable insights for senior leadership, including executive-level reports, business reviews, scorecards and presentations.
- Data analytics and business acumen: strong analytical capability with experience interpreting workforce, operational and performance metrics to identify trends, risks and opportunities, with proficiency in advanced Excel, data validation, key performance indicator management and reporting.
- Stakeholder management and influence: proven ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively across Human Resources, Finance, Technology and Business Management teams, managing competing priorities and delivering high-quality outputs within tight timelines.
Desirable skillsets/ good to have:
- Experience in reporting automation, dashboarding and digital solutions, including Power BI, Tableau, Power Automate and generative artificial intelligence.
- Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving capability with the ability to identify risks, opportunities and improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience supporting large-scale business transformation, governance or change management programmes.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with executive reporting, business performance management, workforce analytics, governance, stakeholder management and data-driven insight generation, as well as job-specific skillsets.
This role will be based out of Gurugram.
Purpose of the role
To enable the success of senior executives by helping navigate complex challenges, make informed decisions and deliver against their strategic objectives.
Accountabilities
- Strategic support to senior executives, such as the CEO or other top-level leaders including assistance in the development and execution of in year and multi-year business strategy, research, and analysis to support decision-making and act as delegate for the senior executive in specific situations.
- Management of Colleague engagement planning in line with the strategic direction, managing communication channels and ensuring effective coordination across different departments and teams.
- Management of key projects and strategic initiatives on behalf of senior executives, ensuring strategic projects are on track, monitoring of progress, and provision of regular updates to the executive team.
- Improvement of operational efficiency, alongside functional partners, within the organisation including the identification of areas for improvement, streamlining of processes, and implementation of consistently excellent best practices to enhance productivity and effectiveness.
- Development of performance reporting for key metrics that reinforce the strategic objectives of the division and support the external commitments made. Analyse and draw insight to drive performance. Involvement in aspects of financial analysis and budget management, including assistance in financial planning, forecasting, cost management and monitoring of financial performance against targets.
- Support to senior leadership to ensure appropriate resourcing across the business/function including planning and forecasting, partnering with HR to drive talent development and succession planning including the identification of high-potential employees, provision of mentorship and guidance, and support to leadership development and diversity initiatives.
- Support to the senior executive with risk and control oversight, escalation, crisis management and risk mitigation, support the development of contingency plans, coordination of responses to emergencies, and ensure business continuity.
- Implementation of a robust governance framework which supports the board of directors, executive forums and governance committees through the preparation of board materials, organisation of meetings, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
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.
