Equities Business Management - AVP

Join us as an “Equities Business Management - AVP” Business Management function is broad ranging and involves responsibility for the strategy, the infrastructure and administration of the business.  There is particular emphasis on strategy, execution of initiatives/projects, budgeting, risk control agenda, and cost control. 

To be a successful “Equities Business Management - AVP” candidate is expected to work in a high intensity, result oriented team environment as part of the Equities Business Management Team in Mumbai, which is a virtual extension of Global Business Management Team. The Business Management function is broad ranging and involves a rich set of responsibilities such as streamlining business processes and managing costs or supporting the delivery of technology with agility to support all investment strategies.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success role has particular emphasis on strategy, budgeting, cost control, and risk and controls.  It involves constant liaison with, and often provides the link between, trading and IT, Product Control, Risk Control, Operations, Legal and Compliance, as well as working closely with Sales & Trading.  As such, it is key to the smooth and efficient running of the business and touches the firm in most areas and at all levels.

Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Be the business face-off with Markets Risk and Control, Legal, Risk, HR, PCG, Audit, Compliance, BCM, and ORM teams, ensuring we operate an effective control environment for the Equities business.

• Conduct deep dive on Industry benchmarking and competitor analysis (e.g. Coalition, McLagan)

• Co-ordination of firm-wide strategic initiatives / project management.

• Be a leading participant on the management business review analysis.

• Have an oversight of strategic business initiatives, including evaluation of new and existing investments.

• Communication and articulation of business strategy for Senior Management especially for Town Halls, results reporting and communication, industry roundtables, etc.

• Review of various pricing arrangements with e.g. brokers, clearing houses.

• Work with support functions to identify opportunities to reduce consumed costs.

• Deliver Planning and Stress Testing by providing inputs to annual budgeting process -revenue, client revenue, FO costs, RWA/LBS, and technology deliverables.

• Represent Front Office in governance forums (e.g. asset class control meetings, thematic requirements – e.g. Volcker, Best Execution, Product Governance, risk review committees)

• Periodic evaluation of business leadership construct, reorganizations, headcount shape and ongoing human capital requirements.

• Business planning and monitoring support e.g. Business MI and Strategy Presentations, key Performance Indicators (KPI) and trend analysis, etc.

• Production management reports on P&L, Client Revenue, Trading revenues, volumes, margins, market share, Expenses / Profitability, Capital – RWA and Balance Sheet etc.

• Coordinate/Collate materials for business updates & governance forums including Exco meetings.

• Proactively own management of business commentaries and client highlights for the client strategy team, use it in weekly, monthly management meeting packs.

• Conduct deep dive performance analysis proactively and propose strategic actionable insights for the head of business

• Ad-hoc customized analysis as required by the business managers to analyse the business performance or lead/lag indicators.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Good understanding of Markets business with specific focus on Equities and Prime brokerage.

• Strong Leadership and team management skills.

• Vision for business growth and be able to relate to strategic mindset of the business head.

• Experience of creating, enhancing and producing Business MI.

• Good PowerPoint and excel knowledge.

• Excellent communication skills (oral/written) as the candidate would have to work closely with the on shore teams globally.

• Aptitude for self-learning – Should be able to demonstrate a self-learning attitude.

• Proactive in nature. Should be able to take decisions and support those.

• Strong automation skills with hands on expertise on VBA, Python, dashboarding in Qlikview and Tableau.

This role will be based out of NKP, Mumbai.

Purpose of the role

To enable the success of the business and assist senior leaders navigate complex challenges, make informed decisions, and achieve their goals

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with business and senior leadership to develop and implement business strategies that align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
• Liaison between different business units and functions, fostering communication and collaboration.
• Management and coordination of strategic initiatives, projects, and change management efforts to optimize business processes and strengthen the control environment.
• Improvement of operational efficiency within the organisation including the identification of areas for improvement, streamlining of processes, and implementation of best practices to enhance productivity and effectiveness.
• Development of performance reporting for key metrics that reinforce the strategic objectives of the division and support the external commitments made. Involvement in aspects of financial analysis and budget management, including assistance in financial planning, forecasting, and monitoring of financial performance against targets.
• Support to business heads in partnership with HR on hiring, workforce planning, joiner/mover/leaver actions.

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.