Internal Auditor

**About Barclays Internal Audit**

**Barclays Internal Audit (BIA) Vision**: Leaders in Assurance
- Be Brilliant: Leading edge assurance; Leading edge people; Leading edge thinking
- Be Impactful: In the business; In the community and In the profession
- Be Agile: Be independent, a respected voice, innovative and efficient.

**BIA Overview**: BIA aims to provide independent, reliable, valued, insightful and timely assurance to the Board and executive management over the effectiveness of governance, risk management and control over current and evolving risks, in the context of the current and expected business environment and in accordance with the international standards definition of internal auditing.

**Overall purpose of role**

The core responsibility of an internal auditor within BIA is to work collaboratively with others, to develop strong independent client relationships and to be a respected voice. The internal auditor is responsible for the delivery of audits/assignments to a high standard in line with audit methodology and in accordance with the Barclays Group Audit Plan, relevant policies, procedures and quality standards.

**Key Accountabilities**
- Support the VPs and / or Directors in scoping the audit, where necessary.
- Support the VPs and / or Directors to identify, assess and document risks and controls.
- Support testing during audit assignments.
- Support the evaluation of the design and operating effectiveness of controls and document this understanding in the BIA audit toolkit.
- Update the VPs and / or Directors and other audit team members with progress and observations.
- Write high quality audit observations and support the VPs and / or Directors in writing the audit report.
- Provide suggestions for actions to address control issues identified.
- Proactively take on additional tasks as requested by the VPs, Directors or Managing Directors within BIA.

**Stakeholder Management and Leadership**:

- Build independent and respected relationships with clients on each audit and develop on-going relationships with key clients in aligned business area.
- Share knowledge with BIA colleagues and stakeholders in the business as appropriate with an independent mind set. Be open to learn from others through feedback given to you.
- Own and drive personal learning to support achievement of career aspirations and team effectiveness.
- Provide constructive feedback and evaluation to team members for audit assignments.

**Decision-making and Problem Solving**:

- Take into account reputation of Barclays at all times, through positive interactions and following policy and process.
- Be comfortable to challenge others; be prepared to be challenged.
- Set an example and support fair and ethical behaviour in all colleagues.

**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.

**Person Specification**

**Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications**:

- Proven track record of high performance in previous roles.
- Experience in risk based auditing or risk/control activities.
- Experience of flexing and adapting style to meet the needs of others.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work as a team player within BIA, and interact with management at all levels in the organisation.

**Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications**:

- Relevant professional qualifications (e.g. CIA, MIIA, ACCA, CISA, for audit roles; technical qualification for specialist risk team roles; and graduate degree for all).
- Financial services industry knowledge, preferably in Private Banking or Wealth Management.
- Understanding of the relevant regulatory environment.
- Knowledge about new and emerging financial products and services.

Purpose, Values** and Mindset**

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.

Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect

We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.

Integrity

We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.

Service

We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.

Excellence

We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.

Stewardship

We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower

Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the top