Data Analyst - BA4

Join us as a Data Analyst at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionize our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

To be successful as an Analyst, you should have experience of UK Regulatory Landscape requirements.

• 4 years of prior regulatory reporting experience, specifically supporting PRA (UK) or EBA (Europe) regulatory submissions.
• Strong hands‑on experience with regulatory template validations, including:
  • Understanding the reasoning behind specific validations that have triggered on regulatory templates.
  • Ability to interpret validation rules and messages.
  • Ability to analyse underlying data issues and identify clear actions to resolve and clear the validations from the templates.
• Hands‑on experience with data lineage and data integrity, with a clear understanding of how data is sourced, transformed, and controlled across systems.
• Working knowledge of key regulatory reporting concepts, such as:
  • Risk‑Weighted Assets (RWA)
  • Output Floor
  • Exposure values and credit risk measures
  • Capital ratios (e.g., CET1, Total Capital)
  • Counter‑cyclical Capital Buffer (CCyB) rates
  • Mark‑to‑Market (MTM) and valuation‑driven metrics etc.
• Clear understanding of reporting data dictionary concepts, including how definitions, business rules, and data mappings are created, documented, and maintained.
• Good understanding of how banking and financial data flows into regulatory reporting systems, from upstream source systems through transformation layers and into regulatory templates.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, Commerce, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related analytical discipline.
• A post‑graduate qualification (MBA, PGDM, MSc in Finance / Risk / Analytics) is desirable but not mandatory, and relevant hands‑on regulatory reporting experience will be strongly valued.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Prior experience of working on a Basel 3.1 implementation or regulatory change project, particularly supporting transition from project to BAU.
• Working knowledge of AXIOM, including:
  • How data flows from source systems into AXIOM.
  • How data is aggregated and calculated within the platform.
  • How regulatory templates are populated.
  • How reference data is created, maintained, and used in reporting.
• Ability to work closely with Data Operations, Finance, Risk and Technology teams to investigate issues, support remediation, and improve data quality.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to identify data breaks, inconsistencies, or control gaps and support timely resolution.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with Regulatory reporting tool like Axiom, as well as job-specific skillsets.

This role will be based out of Gurgaon.

Purpose of the role

To enable data-driven strategic and operational decision making through extracting actionable insights from large datasets, performing statistical and advanced analytics to uncover trends and patterns, and presenting findings through clear visualisations and reports.

Accountabilities

• Investigation and analysis of data issues related to quality, lineage, controls, and authoritative source identification, documenting data sources, methodologies, and quality findings with recommendations for improvement. 
• Designing and building data pipelines to automate data movement and processing.
• Apply advanced analytical techniques to large datasets to uncover trends and correlations, develop validated logical data models, and translate insights into actionable business recommendations that drive operational and process improvements, leveraging machine learning/AI.
• Through data-driven analysis, translate analytical findings into actionable business recommendations, identifying opportunities for operational and process improvements.
• Design and create interactive dashboards and visual reports using applicable tools and automate reporting processes for regular and ad-hoc stakeholder needs. 

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• 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 own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.