Associate Banker - Public Sector.

Join us as an Associate Banker within our Public Sector team. We work closely with public sector clients to understand their objectives, opportunities, and challenges, helping them achieve their ambitions. This role will focus on managing a portfolio of charity clients, ensuring their unique needs are met with tailored financial solutions. We provide expert insight and collaborate with product specialists to deliver exceptional service. As an Associate Banker, you will support Relationship Directors in growing their portfolios and maximising the client experience by striving for excellence in everything you do. Working within a large, dynamic team, you’ll contribute to outstanding customer service, ensure robust risk and control practices, and play a key role in deepening client relationships while supporting business development activities to attract new customers to the Bank.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Strong relationship management skills, both with clients and internal stakeholders

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Planning and organisational skills to manage multiple priorities effectively

• Knowledge of digital banking products and services

Desirable Skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Awareness of public sector banking solutions and AML risk

• Familiarity with corporate banking operations

• Knowledge of credit risk processes and policy

• Commercial awareness and ability to identify opportunities for client growth

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 in London.

Purpose of the role

To support Relationship Directors with the growth of their portfolio, Maximising the clients overall experience by striving to be consistently excellent in all they do. 

Accountabilities

• Following, improving and strengthening of controls wherever possible, working collaboratively with Relationship Director to proactively identify and manage risk.
• Relationship management with Product and Group Partners and act as a conduit for the portfolio. Deliver Products and Services to meet the needs of our clients and balance both short- and long-term consideration.
• Provision of Support to Relationship Managers/Directors, such as supporting client contact strategy, Annual Reviews and the maintenance of client account plans.
• Provision of service to clients to drive positive Savanta scores, ensuring servicing activity is directed to the appropriate contact point championing self-serve and digital adoption.
• Participation in internal training programs and workshops to develop their knowledge of banking products, financial analysis, and relationship management skills.
• Development and maintenance of industry knowledge dependent on portfolio purity, supporting team industry initiatives.

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.