Director - CoS Office

• Exceptional verbal and written business communication abilities.

• Deep understanding of the commercialisation of processes and outputs.

• Creative, proactive, analytical, and self-starting mindset.

• Ability to move with pace and enthusiasm.

• Superb attention to detail with the ability to foresee problems and opportunities and take action.

• Skill in managing multiple competing priorities for optimal commercial outcomes.

• Extensive experience in the Financial Services industry.

• Working knowledge of the Investment Bank.

• Exceptional relationship-building skills, with the confidence and calmness to interact with C-Suite level executives.

• Expert proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Proven experience running governance procedures for an Executive office.

• Hands-on experience working in cross-functional/multi geographicalsettings.

• Understanding of Finance & Accounting concepts.

• Prior Chief of Staff experience is a plus. 

The overall objective of the IB Chief of Staff (CoS)team is to run a proactive, and commercially-drivenbook of work with a keen attention to detail, with collaborating across the firmto deliver exceptional results.

Reporting directly to the Chief of Staff, the team also supports wider stakeholders at the C-Suite level, as well as external clients, and partners across the firm.

The established IB CoS team provides comprehensive support and leverage to the Head of IB/President of Barclays Bank Plc in executing the IB-wide strategic agenda, with individual roles encompassing a range of activities to deliver this support and broaden the impact of the initiatives, withend-to-end support from design to delivery.

Overview of Role

The position offers a valuable opportunity to understand the inner workings of the IB business and enhance connectivity with senior management. The successful candidate should possess strong business writing skills, the ability to synthesise complex information for senior management, and some working knowledge of the Investment Bank.

The team works across four pillars, as described below. A number of roles are available and while specialism in particular areas is expected, a goal for the team is to cross-train and work in a fungible way. 

Drive Strategic Projects: Quarterback for strategic projects led fromthe IB CoS office

• Create commercial impactful project plans.

• Set-up and run working groups while managing a larger set of senior stakeholders with cares on the projects.

• Design and implement projectsmanagement tools that facilitate the delivery of large, complex multi- stakeholder projects where most of the deliverables are sat outside the team.

• Connect dots, draw out themes and follow-ups across multiple projects in the team to maximise commercial outcomes, and to drive simplification across the IB and firm.
  

Manage Strategic Content: Drive, own and execute IB CoS office keycontent deliverables

• Ranging across Board decks,Group Executive Committee content, Investment Bank Management Team (IBMT) agendas/actions,briefing packs, regulatory engagement and more.

• Deliver sharp, timely analytics and insights on broad business inputs: financial, people, commercial, process, governance.

• Collaborate across teams and functions to secure, interpret, and express views clearly, concisely.

• Utilise expert PowerPoint, Excel, Word skills to demonstrate best-in-class business communication.

Co-ordinate Commercial Client Engagement: Conceptualise and action a strategic client agenda for seniorleaders in the IB

• Lead on proactive and reactive client, travel and events agenda: using quantitative and qualitative inputs to select and evaluate client data and opportunities.

• Drive and support seamless client coverage to help realise the revenue potential that exists from better cross-selling to our most important clients.

• Design, own, manage and execute entire client and externalstakeholder prep and delivery to maximise commercial outcomes and minimize bureaucracy.

• Use judgement to review and give feedback on inputs, constantly casting for ways to maximise the long-term commercial impact, while being collaborative across the firm and executing with true finesse.

• Deep understanding of client behaviour. Takes holistic view of clients’ goals and has a view on how Barclay’s can work to deliver on them.

Drive Governance & Process: Own and execute rules, practices, and processes bywhich BBPLC and the IB operate

• Build out, organize and run multiple leadership logistics to drive the smooth operation of the IB and BBPLC. Such as co-ordinate and manage theIBMT, BBPLC Executive Committee meetings, Global IB Management Team Leadership Offsites and more.

• Know, learn, understand complex regulatory and governance frameworks such as attestations, SMR, Consumer Duty, Compliance and Risk frameworks and how they are implemented from this office to meet internal and external risk, regulator, and corporate accountability requirements.

• Lead optimisation and automation efforts for governance and process within the office, with a view to scaling and delivering these solutions across the IB and the wider firm. Innovate to simplify, and  communicatepractice broadly across the entity.

• Provide risk and control oversight, crisis management, and ensure business continuity.