Director, Global Transaction Banking Product Business Analyst

Location Radbroke, Northampton or 1CP

• A member of the Global Change Delivery leadership team, responsible for the leadership of the Business Analyst team and supporting the definition and evolution of the Requirements Lifecycle within Global Transaction Banking
• Build and lead a high-performing, highly skilled, engaged and diverse global BA team who are the trusted Requirements Lifecycle partner, fostering a culture of excellence, continuous improvement, and professional growth to achieve strategic objectives and deliver exceptional customer service
• Accountable for the BA team outcomes in support of the Global Transaction Banking strategy, aligning with the banks overall goals to meet best in class delivery support for all projects in the portfolio
• Ensuring the development of the product requirements are high quality, demonstrating robust analysis, critical thinking application and decisioning with full traceability to the desired outcomes, evolving market requirements , client and regulatory demands
• Responsible for leading and coordinating the discovery phase across the E2E value chain to enable development of solutions that go beyond existing and established structures, taking into consideration major competitor activity and client feedback
• Proactive engagement and collaboration with all end to end cross-functional teams including sales, technology, operations, risk and compliance to ensure cohesive delivery, appropriate traceability and sign-offs for requirements and establish strong relationships with key stakeholders globally
• Ensuring all requirements meet the highest standard, maintain a control by design / automation focus throughout the lifecycle, with appropriate Governance and Control
• Develop and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships, across the group

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities. 

Accountabilities

• Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
• Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
• Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
• Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
• Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
• Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
• Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Director Expectations

• To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide..
• They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
• Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
• Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
• Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
• Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

All Senior 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.

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.