Vacancy title:
Audit Assistant

Jobs at:
Barclays Bank UK

Deadline of this Job:
Open

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

JOB DETAILS:
Reports to: Chief Internal Auditor
Barclays is a British multinational banking and financial services company headquartered in London. It is a universal bank with operations in retail, wholesale and investment banking, as well as wealth management, mortgage lending and credit cards. It has operations in over 50 countries and territories and has around 48 million customers. As of 31 December 2011, Barclays had total assets of US$2.42 trillion, the seventh-largest of any bank worldwide.

Job Summary: The Audit Assistant’s primary role will be the review of regulatory returns as required by the Financial Institutions Act and Barclays Internal Audit (BIA) Vision through;

• Assisting Barclays in becoming the Go To Bank, by facilitating the improvement of the Governance and Control Environment. We:
• Attracting and retaining the most talented and diverse internal audit team (Colleagues).
• Target excellence in our performance and continuously review our innovative yet simple audit processes to maximise BIA efficiencies (Company).
• Using our integrity and judgement, we audit the right things in the right way at the right time (Conduct).
• Partnering with clients to maximise the effectiveness of the Governance and Control Environment (Customer and Client).
• Positively contribute to the Barclays Group Citizenship Plan (Citizenship).
• 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.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Colleague

• Own and drive personal learning to support achievement of career aspirations.
• Provide constructive feedback and evaluation to team members for assignments.
  • Share knowledge with BIA colleagues and peers in the business. Be open to learn from others through feedback given to you.
• Treat all colleagues fairly, regardless of background or circumstance.
• Be comfortable to challenge others; be prepared to be challenged.
  Company: Review regulatory returns on a monthly basis
  Conduct:
• Take into account reputation of Barclays at all times, through positive interactions and following policy and process.
• Sets an example and supports fair and ethical behaviour in all colleagues.
  Customer/Client
• Build strong relationships and mutual trust with all colleagues internal (AVPs/CIAs/VPs/Directors/Managing Directors) and external (Regulators).
• Understand the needs of client/customer and make decisions using this knowledge.
• Discuss and agree the factual accuracy of review observations with AVP/VP, as appropriate.
  Citizenship
• Support citizenship agenda across BIA to contribute positively to the communities we operate in.
• Apply citizenship lens when making business critical decisions.
  Self-development – 10%
• Pursue self-development to increase personal effectiveness, acknowledging strengths and areas for development.
• Share best practice with, and provide feedback to, the other members of collections Team, on all business and people related issues, climate and local development and initiatives.

Financial Management Control and Analysis

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The Barclays Bank Audit Assistant must hold a good track record of high performance in previous roles.
• Desire to develop and progress career aspirations.
• Experience of working at different levels in an organisation.
• Experience of flexing and adapting style to meet the needs of others.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Preferred experience: Financial services industry knowledge.
• Proven track record of high performance in previous roles.
• Desire to develop and progress career aspirations.
• Experience of working at different levels in an organisation.
• Experience of flexing and adapting style to meet the needs of others.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Financial services industry knowledge.

You must be able to demonstrate that you live the Barclays values and behaviours:

• Respect – Respect and value those you work with and the contribution they make.
• Integrity – Act fairly, ethically and openly in everything you do.
• Service – Put clients and customers at the centre of everything you do.
• Excellence – Use your energy, skills and resources to deliver the best sustainable results.
• Stewardship – Be passionate about leaving things better than you found them. 

Job application procedure
If you feel challenged by any of the above positions, and believe you can deliver on key deliverables as outlined above, upload your application letter, current curriculum vitae and photocopies of academic certificate to our recruitment website detail below:

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