Job Description

Purpose of the role

To develop and analyse, the bank's financial and regulatory policies and interpretations, complying with applicable laws, internationally agreed standards, and regulations, to enable effective management of the bank’s financial risks.  

Accountabilities

• Development and assessment of financial policies, standards and associated controls that govern the bank's statutory and regulatory reporting obligations, and analysis of financial data and industry trends to identify areas for policy improvement or revision.
• Management of the implementation of financial and regulatory policies across the bank's departments and business units, and support to employees on the interpretation and application of policies.
• Continuous review of evolving laws, regulations, and regulatory guidance affecting the bank's operations, and assessment of the impact of regulatory changes on the bank's business activities, financial performance, and risk profile.
• Communication of financial and regulatory policies to relevant stakeholders in a clear and concise manner, and development and delivery of training programs on financial and regulatory policies to ensure employee understanding and adherence.
• Management of communication with regulatory authorities to gain insights into upcoming regulatory changes and expectations and participate in regulatory consultations and provide feedback on proposed regulations.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.

Join us as the Head of Regulatory Reporting, where you will lead the preparation, validation, and submission of regulatory and tax returns (including CESOP, PSR, Supplementary and other local returns), ensuring accuracy, completeness, and adherence to deadlines. You will oversee data validation processes, ensuring outputs meet regulatory, formatting, and jurisdictional requirements and maintain governance frameworks, including regular review forums, documentation standards, and control processes across all reporting activities. Leading on demand regulatory & tax requests and projects as they arise and development and implementation of new associated processes, ttranslating regulatory requirements into operational deliverables and identify, track, and resolve data, formatting, or process issues, ensuring timely remediation.

Barclaycard International Payments Limited is the Acquirer for European Barclaycard merchants.  As such, the Finance team will oversee Merchant settlement and lead the end‑to‑end delivery of regulatory reporting obligations across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and full compliance with applicable regulatory requirements. The role is responsible for embedding robust governance and control frameworks, driving high standards of data integrity and validation, and fostering effective stakeholder engagement to support timely, compliant, and scalable reporting outcomes.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Regulatory Reporting experience at management level
• Experience of Group Finance functions
• Be able to work together with colleagues to demonstrate best practice in all aspects of the role.

Desirable skills include:

• Numerate – ability to work with spreadsheets and perform financial analysis
• Knowledge of IT systems, XML and databases
• A team player; someone who will contribute to areas outside their remit and appreciates the bigger programme picture
• Ability to work under pressure and adhere to tight deadlines

You may be assessed on the 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.

This role is based out of our Dublin office.

This role is deemed as a Controlled Function role under the Central Bank of Ireland Fitness and Probity Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks.

Entry Salary: €86,322.65

Upper Salary: €99,000

The entry and upper salary information above includes only annual full-time equivalent base salary and represents the typical range of pay for the role. The actual pay rate will reflect the responsibility level of the role and experience level of the individual. The entry and upper salary information does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are also eligible for a suite of competitive country-specific benefits.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.