Legal Associate Vacancy At Barclays Bank PLC

Name of the Post: Legal Associate

Location: Pune, India

Essential Qualification and Experience

• Experienced paralegal, qualified lawyer (or equivalent) and/or experienced Compliance officer preferred.
• Barclays will also consider candidates with experience in data handling and management, including candidates with the ability to analyse, interpret and validate data; perform quality control on large volumes of data; create MI based on business needs; and read and understand data at both macro and micro level.
• Experience working in the financial services sector within a Legal or Compliance function, or similar.
• Strong capabilities in identifying and tracking issues or themes arising through processes which the LIM team are engaged in.
• A strong background in the creation of, and curiosity for enhancing, controls and procedures within an organization.
• An ability to identify improvements to a risk and control framework and providing appropriate challenge.
• Ability to assimilate information quickly as well as synthesize insights and inputs from across multiple workstreams and teams on a complex subject matter. Ability to form impartial, effective, and strategic conclusions.
• Ability to deliver consistently and to a high standard against a broad range of competing priorities and to plan and manage a portfolio of multiple tasks/projects through to completion.
• Displays strong interpersonal and communication skills. The ability to build and manage an effective internal and external stakeholder network.
• Excellent Excel and SharePoint skills, confident using Microsoft Office suite.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Assisting with the development, management and maintenance of the LRR Inventories.
• Assisting with the maintenance and operation of Legal Procedures relating to LRR Risk management, including the LIM team's Global Inventory Procedure.
• Creating and producing appropriate MI to senior governance forums.
• Developing knowhow in relation to the activities of the LIM team and in relation to new LRRs.
• Providing feedback and input required to Technology for the functionality of the databases housing the LRR Inventories.
• Providing input to data governance and quality control requirements in relation to the LRR Inventories.
• In collaboration with the Legal Learning and Development Lead, supporting training of colleagues within the Legal function globally in relation to LRR Risk management and the role of the Legal function in LRR Risk management.
• Supporting collaboration across the Legal function globally to enhance the consistency of LRR interpretation.
• Providing support to lawyers within the Legal function globally on remediation activity relating to LRR Risk.
• Collaborating across the Legal function globally, as well as with stakeholders across the organization, to ensure that LRRs are effectively allocated to, and adequately reflected within, relevant policies, standards, and controls.
• Supporting across a range of special projects, remediations and enhancements in LRR interpretation and controls.
• Supporting in the creation of an effective LRR risk and control culture, reinforcing the importance of effectively managing and escalating LRR Risk as well as supporting the Chief Controls Office, Compliance and Internal Audit functions in relation to their oversight of the same.

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