Senior analyst

Step into the role of Senior Analyst, Security Operations at Barclays, where you'll provide first-class support by conducting in-depth due diligence, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, and safeguarding our clients and organization with expertise and care.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role such as:

• Trade settlements, day-to-day initiatives including processing, reviewing, reporting, trading, and issue resolution.

• Be aware about FCA Regulations, Fails Management and Reconciliations.

• Trade middle office - managing risk and performance.

• Managing complete Trade lifecycle with execution, clearance, settlement and resolution.

Desirable skills sets:

• Excellent communication skills.

• Equity, fund settlements, capital markets, investment banking and record keeping.

• Awareness into UK regulatory requirements.

• Settlement's Process Knowledge - Pre-Matching, Fails Management & Reconciliation.

• Product Knowledge - Equities, Fixed Income & Mutual Funds.

You may be assessed on key essential 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 Chennai.

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.

Analyst Expectations

• To meet the needs of stakeholders/ customers through specialist advice and support.
• Perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard which will impact both the role itself and surrounding roles.
• Likely to have responsibility for specific processes within a team.
• They may lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources. They supervise a team, allocate work requirements and coordinate team resources.
• 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 manage own workload, take responsibility for the implementation of systems and processes within own work area and participate on projects broader than direct team.
• Execute work requirements as identified in processes and procedures, collaborating with and impacting on the work of closely related teams.
• Check work of colleagues within team to meet internal and stakeholder requirements.
• Provide specialist advice and support pertaining to own work area.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how all teams in area contribute to the objectives of the broader sub-function, delivering impact on the work of collaborating teams.
• Continually develop awareness of the underlying principles and concepts on which the work within the area of responsibility is based, building upon administrative / operational expertise.
• Make judgements based on practise and previous experience.
• Assess the validity and applicability of previous or similar experiences and evaluate options under circumstances that are not covered by procedures.
• Communicate sensitive or difficult information to customers in areas related specifically to customer advice or day to day administrative requirements.
• Build relationships with stakeholders/ customers to identify and address their needs.

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.