Group Strategy VP

Embark on a journey as a Corporate Strategy VP at Barclays. In this role you will be providing advice to the bank's Group Executives and Board pertaining to the most urgent business opportunities and challenges. You will be working closely with senior stakeholders to solve multi-layered issues by developing project approaches, frameworks, conducting in-depth analyses, and identifying key industry trends.

To be successful as a Corporate Strategy VP, you should have experience with:

• A foundation in financial modeling, valuation, and strategic advisory, developed through hands-on experience in investment banking environments
• Crafting and delivering executive-level presentations with clarity and impact, translating complex financial data into strategic insights
• The ability to manage end-to-end project lifecycles — from strategic planning and stakeholder alignment to execution and post-implementation analysis

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Influencing skills with the ability to drive alignment and outcomes across cross-functional teams without direct reporting lines
• Creative problem-solver with a track record of generating unconventional insights that drive strategic outcomes
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to tailor messaging to diverse audiences and influence decision-makers

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Purpose of the role

To provide independent and balanced advice and counsel to senior stakeholders through problem identification, solving and decision making practices.

Accountabilities

• Provision of strategic advice to Group Executives to support the decision-making process of business challenges and opportunities.
• Development and implementation of strategic advisory incentives to grow and optimise the bank’s operations, through market research and analysis.
• Collaboration with various stakeholder groups to identify the appropriate strategic direction type to meet the needs of Barclays clients and investors.
• Development of financial models to support strategic recommendations and transactions through financial data analysis, financial projects and considering the financial impact of transactions.
• Management of transactions, negotiations, transaction structure development and post-transaction integration.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to maintain client relationships, and develop new relationships to identify opportunities.
• Identification of industry trends, maintain peer benchmarking and developments related to strategic advisory services by attendings conferences, participating in training and conducting market research.

Vice President Expectations

• 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.