Corporate Access Specialist - Investment Banking

Join us at Barclays as a Corporate Access Specialist. We are seeking a highly organised and commercially focussed specialist within the EMEA Corporate Access team. In this role, you’ll lead the design and execution of high‑quality access events for corporate and institutional clients, with a strong focus on US companies and flawless delivery across formats. You’ll work closely with Research, Sales, and senior corporate stakeholders to deliver impactful roadshows, conferences, thematic programmes and investor engagements, while driving process excellence, operational discipline and continuous improvement across the platform. This position will carry a primary focus on execution and will require a highly effective approach to events and client satisfaction.

To be successful as a Corporate Access Specialist you should have:

• Significant experience in Corporate Access, ECM/IBD, Research, Investor Relations or a related front‑office function
• Strong understanding of equity markets and institutional investor workflows
• Proven ability to manage complex, multi‑stakeholder projects under tight deadlines
• Excellent communication skills with confidence engaging senior corporate and investor representatives
• Highly organised, detail‑driven, and capable of managing multiple events simultaneously

Other skills of value include:

• Prior experience working with US corporates in a Corporate Access context
• Experience delivering physical, virtual and hybrid investor events
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret engagement and performance metrics
• Familiarity with CRM systems, corporate access platforms and virtual meeting tools
• Interest in leveraging technology and AI to enhance efficiency and execution quality

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.

You will be based in our Canary Wharf, London Office.

Purpose of the role

To deliver high-quality investor access events, including non-deal roadshows, conferences and expert meetings. 

Accountabilities

• Relationship management with IR and management teams at corporates as well as relevant contacts at key client counterparts, leveraging relationships with Companies to originate high quality opportunities for Corporate Access events that will connect Corporates with investing clients.
• Planning, scheduling and coordination of investor access events such as non-deal roadshows, reverse roadshows, conferences and expert and ad hoc meetings.
• Precise management and execution of Corporate Access events, including venue selection, catering, audio-visual setup, transportation, and on-site coordination, participant registration and attendee communications.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.