Embark on an exciting journey within Barclays Risk team, where you’ll be reviewing the risk metrics, calculations & methodologies, and checking and challenging the risk profile for Japan based funds against appropriate benchmarks.

You’ll be ensuring the Japan based funds adhere to investment mandate and JFSA regulatory requirements, engage with the business where exceptions and breaches occur, providing independent review, and check and challenge. You’ll represent Risk at the local Investment Committee, to provide input into new fund launches and provide fiduciary investment risk support for the London funds business on breach controls, metric reviews, and forum reporting.

This role will be based in our Tokyo office.

Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in both English and Japanese will be instrumental in fostering connections and driving success. Your knowledge and experience as a risk manager, compliance officer, or fund manager at an asset management firm will help you to thrive in this role.

Key skills required for this role include:

Risk ManagementRegulatory Compliance ManagementRisk and Controls

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific, and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

Purpose of the role

To set the risk appetite setting for the Trading portfolio and active calibration & monitoring of limits

Accountabilities

Collection and analysis of market data from various sources and ensuring risk is correctly captured, modelled and capitalised.Escalation of critical risk issues or breaches to Traders and senior Risk Management Leadership teams for timely action, as may be required.Review and provision of feedback on market risk models including change governance.Internal, Regulatory and Scenario stress testing for the Trading portfolio, as required.Steer and execution projects of market risk wide-significance e.g. FRTB, One Risk, as required.

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 outcomesIf 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.