BA4 CDEG

Join us as a "CDEG Analyst” at Barclays. Where Client Insights and Analytics (CIA) is a division of CIB Chief of Staff Office focusing on the capital returns of our client base across CIB businesses. CIA works in partnership with Senior Relationship Management, Banking, Markets Distribution and Trading to evaluate the needs of our Institutional and Corporate clients whilst ensuring optimal value generation for our shareholders. The group owns the calculation of client relationship returns in CIB delivered through a suite of technology platforms to support wider business decision making.  The team also works in close partnership with Corporate Bank, Payments, Barclaycard, PBOS, Treasury, Finance and IT colleagues to drive strategic and tactical solutions.  This wide partnership and engagement model helps review the effectiveness of how financial resources are deployment across BI.  CIA actively contributes client and data insights on a number of Pan-Barclays International projects, senior management presentations, and analysis for the Power of One Barclays (P1B) initiative.

To be a successful “CDEG Analyst" candidate is expected to work in a high intensity, results oriented team environment as part of the Client Insight and Analytics team in Mumbai, which is virtual extension of IB Chief of Staff team. The candidate is responsible for producing Business Strategy presentations, Formulating and Implementing Strategies for Growth area / initiatives, Business Performance reviews, Marketing Material (Client Briefs), owing competitor benchmarking to identify GAPs/solutions, owning/optimizing internal databases to facilitate internal KPI reviews and performing ad-hoc customized analysis. The candidate is expected to interact closely with counterparts in other regions and products to understand their requirements and deliver innovative and accurate result in minimum duration.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, individual will be working as part of a team to develop a coherent strategy for improving the returns of our Institutional and Corporate client base in light of complex regulatory, commercial and organisational constraints, and helping to design and build the policies and toolset to implement this strategy, role requires sound understanding of Investment Banking Secondary Trading Business and financial markets (Fixed Income Securities in particular), good eye for detail and an ability to liaise with the Senior Business Managers, trading desks and Technology teams to ensure the timely and accurate delivery of critical business strategy inputs.

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Supporting the build out and integration of tools and reporting used to support Front Office decision making around client capital and client profitability.
• Working with Technology partners, support the roll out of existing tools across Barclays International.
• Becoming the point of contact for the user base of CIA tools and reporting, solving problems and answering queries around the underlying data/analysis.
• Designing and developing analysis around client capital in order to drive further improvement of returns across the business.
• Working with partners in Markets, Banking, Corporate Bank, Payments and Infrastructure in order to implement capital optimisation initiatives.
• Supporting the firm’s strategic response to regulatory initiatives by analysing the impact on financial resources and identifying means to manage it
• Contribute to the development of CIA tools and reporting including expansion of the Client Cross-Sell framework to achieve targeted revenue growth and maximize returns opportunities across CIB.
• Contribute to the development of best in class client insights dashboard by working with business stakeholders and technology partners to harmonise existing or new client insight tools and platforms.
• On-demand analysis for business stakeholders with creation of presentations to support insights.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Positive and proactive approach to problem solving.
• Clear communicator who can explain things simply and ask the right questions. 
• Organised and detail-focused: comfortable juggling multiple tasks and keeping lists up to date. 
• Curious and proactive: willing to chase answers and learn new tools quickly. 
• Experience with agile or software development is a plus.
• Understanding of financial metrics (P&L, RWA, LBS, funding).
• Communication skills (written and verbal), with ability to articulate complex concepts clearly.
• Ability to take ownership of tasks.
• Experience of working across Risk, Finance, Treasury, Structuring or Capital management space advantageous.
• Data mining hands-on experience of manipulating/transforming/processing large data sets using SQL or similar technologies.
• Experience of other programming languages, e.g. Python, R, SAS etc.

This role will be based out of Mumbai.

Purpose of the role

To manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures. 

Accountabilities

• Management of change projects within the organisation, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Development and management of project plans that outline the scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements for change projects.
• Communication with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure that they are informed about project progress and that their needs and expectations are being met.
• Management of project teams, ensuring that they are properly resourced and that they have the necessary skills and expertise to deliver on project objectives.
• Management of project budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered within the agreed budget.
• Creation of reports on project progress to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Management of project risks, ensuring that risk, assumptions, issues and dependencies are identified, assessed, and mitigated as necessary.
• Facilitation of change management activities, including training and communication, to ensure that change projects are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

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.