Assistant VP - Research

Join us as an “AVP Research" you make the best investment decisions. Our Research vision is best described as “differentiation and integration” – we produce proprietary products, differentiated market analysis and actionable investment ideas to sophisticated investors around the globe, integrated across research disciplines, asset classes and geographies.

To be successful as an “AVP Research” primary responsibility of the research data scientist is to use alternative data and data science methods to inform financial research collaboratively with finance domain experts. The secondary responsibility is to continue developing our methods and infrastructure for producing this research, and thereby increase our productivity over time. This is mainly done by encapsulating repeatable analysis in software which can be shared with the team. Another secondary responsibility is to work on longer-term projects to improve our capabilities, e.g. by developing neural language models on text, innovating new bias adjustment methods, and similar.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, Data scientists need strong interpersonal skills. They will work closely with global team members and analysts and will need to act professionally and communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences in both written and oral communications.

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Collaborate on short (typically a few weeks) research projects for publication on Barclays’ research platform.
• Onboard new data sets and write software to make them usable.
• Inform analysis designs, especially with regard to causal and statistical inference.
• Understand and apply your understanding of selection bias in alternative data sets.
• Apply ML methods tactically, improving research deliverables without slowing down the research process.
• Ideate and execute novel methods for longer term projects (typically a few months) with high novelty and potential impact on financial research.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Strong data analysis and ML skills.
• A basic understanding of data pipelining and automation, with experience using PySpark on large data sets (over 1B data points) and SQL for data extraction.
• Strong understanding of the application of statistics to research design
• Strong communication skills, especially if evidenced by past writing (e.g. blog posts, articles, etc.)
• Strong skills with causal and statistical inference, including observational causal designs.
• Past experience with large scale text analysis or geolocation data analysis
• Experience in quantitative finance.

This role will be based out of Nirlon Knowledge Park, Mumbai.

This role is deemed as a Certified role under the PRA & UK Financial Conduct Authority - Individual Accountabilities Regulations and may require the role holder to hold mandatory regulatory qualifications or the minimum qualifications to meet internal company benchmarks

Purpose of the role

To produce and deliver Research with differentiated market insights and actionable ideas to Barclays Clients. 

Accountabilities

• Analysis of market, sector, corporate and/or economic data to help develop investment theses for your coverage universe to produce best in class Research.
• Research may range from individual company or sector notes, through to long dated thematic reports.
• Presentation of Research views to Barclays Clients; this can be through direct, face to face and virtual interactions, Research hosted events and written communications.
• Engagement with Markets, Client Strategy and other stakeholders, to raise awareness of your Research both to Clients and internally. Prioritise interaction with the most relevant and valuable Clients for your Research.
• Provision of insights and Research views to internal Clients to help them navigate financial markets and risks.
• Collaboration with the Supervisory Analyst, Compliance and other stakeholders to ensure Research is produced and delivered to Clients and internal stakeholders in a compliant manner.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders 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.