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About the Role

This role provides financial expertise and support to specific business units, acting as a liaison between the finance function and business units to bridge the gap between financial data and business decisions. The Finance Director will manage a business function, influence policy, and lead strategic projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement business unit financial strategies, plans, and budgets.
• Develop financial models to forecast performance, assess investments, and evaluate risks.
• Analyze the impact of business decisions on financial performance and provide recommendations.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to provide financial insights and guidance to stakeholders.
• Identify and implement financial process improvements.
• Support business units in identifying, assessing, and mitigating financial risks.
• Provide training and guidance on financial risk management and compliance.
• Analyze and present financial data to provide performance insights and support decision-making.
• Manage a business function, influencing policy and procedures.
• Plan, manage, and consult on complex and critical strategic projects.
• Lead people managers or organization-wide projects as a technical expert.
• Train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists.
• Provide information affecting long-term profits, organizational risks, and strategic decisions.
• Offer expert advice to senior management to influence decisions outside own function.
• Manage resourcing, budgeting, and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalate breaches of policies and procedures appropriately.
• Foster compliance and ensure regulations are observed.
• Monitor and influence external environments, regulators, or advocacy groups.
• Demonstrate knowledge of how the finance function integrates with the business division/Group.
• Maintain comprehensive knowledge of industry theories, practices, and market developments.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve complex problems.
• Exercise management authority to make significant strategic decisions or recommendations.
• Negotiate with and influence senior stakeholders internally and externally.
• Act as the principal contact point for key clients and counterparts.
• Serve as a spokesperson for the function and business division.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energize and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• Demonstrate Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, Stewardship.
• Demonstrate Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.

Requirements

• Exceptional stakeholder management, particularly within large matrix organisations.
• Knowledge of the Retail Mortgage and Savings Markets.
• High level of technical finance and balance sheet expertise.
• Strong commercial acumen.
• Experience presenting at senior committee and board level.

Skills

• Financial expertise
• Financial analysis
• Financial modeling
• Risk management
• Compliance
• Stakeholder management
• Commercial acumen
• Strategic planning
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Process improvement
• Leadership
• Coaching
• Negotiation
• Influencing

Location

• United Kingdom

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior Leader
• Director

About the Company

• MS&I has a balance sheet of c.£350bn Assets and Liabilities, generating >£3bn of Income.
• Role covers a number of businesses and legal entities.