You will support BBPLC AUS Branch Operations as an Assistant Vice President, providing functional oversight, technical subject matter expertise, and day-to-day operational support across Asia Loan Closing and local branch activities. The role reports to the VP – Head of Australia Branch Operations and works closely with the BA4 and VP as part of the three-person BBPLC AUS Branch
Operations team.
- Asia Loan Closing performs the middle office control function for the APAC Special Situations desk, supporting primary and secondary loan activity across BBPLC Australia, Singapore, and London booking models.
- The role requires strong technical understanding of loan trade capture, validation, lifecycle events, reconciliations, settlements readiness, and associated risk and control requirements.
- The AVP will also support AUD liquidity management and branch operating processes, liaising closely with the TFI desk in Singapore, Treasury, Product Control, Finance, Technology, and other regional Operations teams.
Key Accountabilities:
- Provide day-to-day functional oversight for Asia Loan Closing activity, ensuring primary and secondary loan transactions are supported accurately, controlled effectively, and escalated in a timely manner.
- Act as the technical expert for loan closing processes, including CATS validation, trade blotter maintenance, CATS and ACBS reconciliation break investigation, NDA/MNPI handling and corresponding with potential buyers and agents. Understanding front to back flow including documentation status tracking, lifecycle event monitoring, and settlement readiness is essential.
- Support the APAC Special Situations desk by partnering with Front Office, Product Control, Finance, Loan Servicing, Client Confidentiality, Compliance, and regional Operations teams to resolve trade, funding, and control issues.
- Perform and oversee AUD liquidity management processes for the Australia Branch, including daily projection checks, RITS and account balance monitoring, funding coordination, and exception escalation.
- Drive process discipline, documentation quality, and continuous improvement across a small team environment, including SOP maintenance, process simplification, capacity creation, and support for automation or strategic platform initiatives.
- Deputise for the VP where appropriate in operational forums, issue management discussions, stakeholder updates, and regional governance processes, while ensuring matters requiring senior escalation are promptly raised.
Essential / Desirable Skills:
- Strong experience in loans operations, loan closing, middle office trade support, or a closely related credit operations function.
- Sound technical knowledge of primary and secondary loan trade flows, including booking validation, loan documentation lifecycle, funding coordination, settlement dependencies, and exception management.
- Strong control mindset with experience in reconciliations, maker-checker processes, risk identification, escalation management, SOP ownership, and evidence retention.
- Ability to operate effectively in a small team, balancing hands-on processing, technical problem solving, functional oversight, and stakeholder management.
- Good understanding of Australian branch operating requirements, AUD liquidity or payment processes, RITS / ESA activity, or willingness to build expertise in these areas.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues clearly to Front Office, regional Operations, control, and senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to identify process improvement opportunities, strengthen controls, support automation, and maintain resilient day-to-day operations.
This role is based in our Sydney, Australia office.
Purpose of the role
To support business areas with day-to-day processing, reviewing, reporting, trading and issue resolution.
Accountabilities
- Support various business areas with day-to-day initiatives including processing, reviewing, reporting, trading, and issue resolution.
- Collaboration with teams across the bank to align and integrate operational processes.
- Identification of areas for improvement and providing recommendations in operational processes.
- Development and implementation of operational procedures and controls to mitigate risks and maintain operational efficiency.
- Development of reports and presentations on operational performance and communicate findings to internal senior stakeholders.
- Identification of industry trends and developments to implement best practice in banking operations.
- Participation in projects and initiatives to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
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 outcomes
- 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 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.
